NEWS: Congressman Greg Casar Claims Title of ‘Fastest Man in Congress’
Casar ends Republicans’ 15-year winning streak
WASHINGTON – On this misty morning, freshman U.S. Representative Greg Casar (D-Texas) just became the fastest lawmaker in Washington.
The 35-year-old Texas Democrat was the first member of Congress to finish the 42nd annual ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile in Anacostia Park on Wednesday morning with a time of 19:33 — all while sporting a Cesar Chavez t-shirt. Casar beat Congressman Mike Gallagher’s (R-WI) 2023 time by more than 20 seconds.
“Occasionally, ‘relative youth and inexperience’ serves you well in Washington,” joked Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas). “This is a wonderful charity event, and we all had a lot of fun, even in the rain and the mud.”
Casar is the first Democrat to win the competition since Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) in 2008. In 2016, fellow Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke placed second to Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Last year, Chris Pappas (D-NH) was outrun by Gallagher.
Casar was a high school runner, placing sixth at the Texas state championship
1,600-meter race. His personal record is 4:18 for the mile run.
Other political bigwigs that participated this year included U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (who won the fastest female member of Congress).
Proceeds from the charity race benefit Junior Achievement USA
. Learn more about the race here.
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Congressman Greg Casar represents Texas’s 35th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which runs down I-35 from East Austin to Hays County to the West Side of San Antonio. A labor organizer and son of Mexican immigrants, Casar serves as the Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the 118th Congress. He also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Agriculture.
