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Photos of the week ending October 11, 2024

Speaker Mike Johnson,  left, appears with Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Friday to help with Perry’s tight House race.
Speaker Mike Johnson, left, appears with Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Friday to help with Perry’s tight House race. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

With the election just 25 days away, Congress is in recess as incumbents work to save their jobs from the challengers who aim to take their place. Roll Call’s photojournalists were on hand in Washington, Maryland and Pennsylvania this week to cover the political news.

Former President Barack Obama greets attendees during a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in the Fitzgerald Field House at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Obama greets Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey during Thursday’s Harris-Walz rally at the University of Pittsburgh. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Dave McCormick, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, greets members of the Fraternal Order of Police County of Allegheny Lodge #91 before a news conference in West Homestead, Pa., on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Marine One takes off from the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday, with President Joe Biden aboard, en route to Milwaukee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
People wait in line for seating in front of the Supreme Court on Monday, the first day of the court’s new term. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maryland, arrives for a campaign event in Frederick, Md., on Oct. 5. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
April McClain-Delaney, a Democrat running for Maryland’s 6th District House seat, speaks with supporters during a campaign event in Frederick on Oct. 5. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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