Maxwell (Washington Insider Magazine)-Maxwell Frost, 25, will possibly be the first person from Generation Z to be elected to Congress in January.
According to ABC News, Frost is expected to prevail in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Randolph Bracy, who was mostly backed by the party elite, was beaten by Frost.
After being predicted to win, Frost congratulated his supporters in the neighborhood.
In a news statement, he stated, “I love this community and my decade-long fight for everything and everyone in it is just getting started.
Frost, a national organizer for the ACLU who just turned 25 this year, later took on the role of national organizing director of March for Our Lives, a youth-led movement devoted to putting a stop to gun violence.
Rep. Val Demings, who won the Democratic primary for Florida’s Senate campaign on Tuesday, will lose her usually blue seat if he succeeds in November when he faces veteran Calvin Wimbish.
Leading progressives including Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Ed Markey support Frost.
When he discussed his bid for Congress with ABC News in March, he expressed the opinion that it was time to choose younger politicians who better reflected the beliefs and values of the younger voters.
Gun regulation, “Medicare for All,” and tackling climate change are a few of the important issues Frost ran on.
Members of Generation Z—those born after 1996—will be able to compete for office in the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2022 election cycle. Currently, lawmakers must be 25 years old by the time they are sworn in.
Karoline Leavitt, a former congressional staffer and Trump White House adviser who is competing in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District’s Republican primary, may join Frost in Congress in the next year. In September, she will find out if she advances to the general election in November.
