The top story of 2024 was the presidential election, which dominated the news and was a race like no other. But it was also a year jam-packed with other major stories, including monumental Supreme Court decisions, House fights, campaign road trips and more. Roll Call’s photojournalists were on hand for it all. Here are some of their most memorable images of the year.
Harry Dunn poses at the Maryland State Board of Elections office in Annapolis on Feb. 8 after filing to run in the 3rd District. The former Capitol Police officer would later lose in the Democratic primary. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi is seen after a rally on Feb. 3 in Port Washington, N.Y., in the 3rd District special election to replace expelled Republican Rep. George Santos. Suozzi won the special and a full term in November. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former Maryland governor and Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan greets Orioles fans at Gameday Firehouse in Baltimore on March 28, Major League Baseball’s opening day. Hogan later lost his Senate bid in November. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)A protester wearing a headband adorned with Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith’s face is seen in front of the Supreme Court on July 1 while waiting for the justices’ ruling on presidential immunity. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Hunter Biden, center, arrives at the O’Neill Building on Feb. 28 to give a deposition in the House Republican impeachment inquiry of his father, President Joe Biden. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie talk with the media in the Capitol on May 6 after meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson as part of their threat to file a motion to vacate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Before Rep. Greene’s news conference outside the Capitol on May 1 about her motion to vacate, aides stand behind a poster showing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Speaker Johnson. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Donald Trump greets running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, in the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)President Joe Biden speaks to Democratic National Convention attendees in Chicago’s United Center on Aug. 19. The president announced his decision not to run for reelection a few weeks prior. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff embrace on the United Center stage on Aug. 22, the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn, center, chats with voters at a campaign stop in O’Neill, Neb., on Oct. 14. Osborn lost his Senate bid against Republican incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer in November. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Johnson does an impression of Trump as Reps. Zach Nunn, left, and Ron Estes listen during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 18. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. John Thune fist bumps a staffer in the Capitol’s Senate Reception Room on Nov. 19. Senate Republicans elected the South Dakotan as their majority leader for the next Congress a few days earlier. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
