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An Uber driving social activist has defeated a 72-year-old army veteran for a seat at the decision making table.

An Uber driving social activist has defeated a 72-year-old army veteran for a seat at the decision making table.

Move your zimmer frames Millennials, Generation Z is entering US politics, as Maxwell Frost has won a seat in US Congress.

The 25-year-old Uber driver ran on a platform of gun reform and social justice, defeating his 72-year-old Republican counterpart and Army Green Beret, Calvin Wimbish.

Frost will take over the Orlando-based and reliably liberal seat held by retiring Democrat Val Demings.

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The new Congressman was the national organising director of the March for Our Lives campaign, a movement that was born out of the 2018 Parkland massacre that killed 17 people.

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It is past time for Congress to take action to end gun violence. #politics #genz #campaign #election

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He ran a campaign that called for stricter gun control laws and was hard against restrictions for those seeking access to abortion. 

Generation Z refers to those born between the late 1990s to the early 2010s.

In the US, to become a member of Congress candidates must be at least 25-years-old.

To sit in the Senate politicians must be 30 or older and a requirement to be President is checking the "35 and older" age box.

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Frost, who turned 25 in January, addressed his supporters when his win was announced on Wednesday.

"Central Florida my name is Maxwell Alejandro Frost and I’m going to be the first Generation Z member of the United States Congress," he said. 

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At just 25-years-old, @Maxwell Frost is going to Congress. #election2022

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He convincingly defeated his Republican opponent.

Wimbish called himself a candidate who was “Christian, conservative, constitutionalist”.

Frost is now the youngest member of Congress in modern US history. As he is the youngest person elected since 1964 when Jed Johnson Jr. won his seat just days after his 25th birthday.

The new politician will stand out in the House where the average age of members is now 58-years-old. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is 82.

Meanwhile in the House, Senator Chuck Grassley will serve for another six years. He is 89-years-old and has held the Iowa seat since 1981.

Chuck Grassley, 89, who was born before the invention of the chocolate chip cookie, will serve another six (6) years in the Senate.

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Frost replaces Republican firebrand, 27-year-old Madison Cawthorn, who lost his re-election bid to contest the Midterms after a short 12-month long political career marked by various controversies including allegations of insider trading and leaked nudes. 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She was 29 when she took her seat in 2019.