25-year-old Maxwell Frost is poised to become the 1st Gen Z member of Congress

Maxwell Frost.
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Gen Z has officially entered the 2022 midterms group chat.

Twenty-five-year-old progressive activist Maxwell Frost has officially won the Democratic House primary in Florida's 10th Congressional District, pushing him one step closer to becoming the first Gen Z member of Congress, NPR reports.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.