ROUND UP: Candidates Under 45 Headed to the 117th Congress
November 16, 2020
In order to empower young people in politics, the Millennial Action Project tracked every single young candidate who ran for Congress this crucial election year. As of 12/07/20, a total of 81 candidates aged 45 and under have been elected to Congress. Here’s our round-up of the winners — both incoming freshmen and incumbents:
23 Incoming Freshmen
- Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), 42 y.o.
- Nikema Williams (D-GA-5), 42 y.o.
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53), 31 y.o.
- Jacob La Turner (R-KS-2), 32 y.o.
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1), 44 y.o.
- Cori Bush (D-MO-1), 44 y.o.
- Kat Cammack (R-FL-3), 32 y.o.
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4), 32 y.o.
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3), 34 y.o.
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1), 37 y.o.
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11), 41 y.o.
- Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23), 40 y.o.
- Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11), 25 y.o.
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15), 32 y.o.
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17), 33 y.o.
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16), 44 y.o.
- Blake Moore (R-UT-1), 39 y.o.
- Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5), 41 y.o.
- Peter Meijer (R-MI-3), 32 y.o.
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), 39 y.o.
- Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2), 36 y.o.
- David Valadao (R-CA-21), 43 y.o. [former Rep.]
- Luke Letlow (R-LA-5), 41 y.o.
58 Incumbents
- Sharice Davids (D-KS-3), 40 y.o.
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL), 44 y.o.
- William Timmons (R-SC-4), 36 y.o.
- Greg Steube (R-FL-17), 40 y.o.
- Chris Pappas (D-NH-1), 41 y.o.
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8), 44 y.o.
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13), 43 y.o.
- Jason Crow (D-CO-6), 41 y.o.
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5), 45 y.o.
- Josh Harder (D-CA-10), 34 y.o.
- Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10), 44 y.o.
- Elaine Luria (D-VA-2), 44 y.o.
- Tom Cotton (R-AR-S), 43 y.o.
- Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31), 41 y.o.
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2), 36 y.o,
- Michael Cloud (R-TX-27), 44 y.o.
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7), 44 y.o.
- Colin Allred (D-TX-32), 37 y.o.
- Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14), 37 y.o.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), 31 y.o.
- Jared Golden (D-ME-2), 38 y.o.
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL), 44 y.o.
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5), 38 y.o.
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1), 38 y.o.
- Mike Levin (D-CA-49), 41 y.o.
- Conor Lamb (D-PA-17), 36 y.o.
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), 41 y.o.
- Jennifer González-Colón (R-PR-AL), 44 y.o.
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-5), 37 y.o.
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15), 39 y.o.
- Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44), 44 y.o.
- Ro Khanna (D-CA-17), 44 y.o.
- Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16), 42 y.o.
- Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16), 36 y.o.
- Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9), 37 y.o.
- Jim Banks (R-IN-3), 41 y.o.
- Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2), 43 y.o.
- Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1), 40 y.o.
- Grace Meng (D-NY-6), 45 y.o.
- Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21), 36 y.o.
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2), 43 y.o.
- Andrew Kim (D-NJ-3), 38 y.o.
- Jason Smith (R-MO-8), 39 y.o.
- Bryan Steil (R-WI-1), 39 y.o.
- Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8), 36 y.o.
- Jaimie Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3), 41 y.o.
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7), 40 y.o.
- Brian Mast (R-FL-18), 40 y.o.
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9), 42 y.o.
- Stephanie Murphy (D-FL-7), 42 y.o.
- Seth Moulton (D-MA-6), 42 y.o.
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2), 36 y.o.
- Haley Stevens (D-MI-11), 37 y.o
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34), 45 y.o.
- Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19), 43 y.o.
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), 34 y.o.
- Michael San Nicolas (D-GU-AL), 39 y.o.
- Mike Garcia, (R-CA-25), 43 y.o.
We also created an interactive map to show the districts these young leaders will represent beginning January 2021. Click here to see the map.
Please note that there are some outstanding races that haven’t yet been called, and these numbers may change as they are called.
*Updated 12/07/2020
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