What is Ranking member?
In [[Politics of the United States|United States politics]], a '''ranking member''' is the most senior member of a [[United States Congress|congressional]] or [[State legislature (United States)|state legislative]] [[committee]] from the minority party.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110701083132/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/politicsglossary/Congressional/ranking-member/</ref> When party control of a legislative chamber changes, a committee's ranking minority member is likely, though not assured, to become the next chairman of the committee, and vice versa. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Politics of the United States]] {{politics-stub}}