If the Democratic Party is to recover from the defeat in the Presidential Election of 2024, and the losing of seats in the US Senate races of 2024, it is essential that younger voices be advanced in the party structure and leadership.
With a few members of the party in both houses of Congress deciding to retire in 2026, this is the time for “new blood” to play a major role in the future.
So in the House of Representatives, this includes such members as:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
Jasmine Crockett of Texas
Maxwell Frost of Florida
Ro Khanna of California
Robert Garcia of California
Joe Neguse of Colorado
Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania
Greg Casar of Texas
Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts
and includes such members of the Senate as:
Ruben Gallego of Arizona
Chris Murphy of Connecticut
Jon Ossoff of Georgia
Cory Booker of New Jersey
Andy Kim of New Jersey
The call by Democratic National Committee Vice President David Hogg, who is just 25 years old, for a youth movement in the party in future elections, and the advancement of younger members of the party in Congress, makes total sense!
Maybe we will see a renaissance like the engagement in 1960s when John Kennedy excited the “coming of age” young adults at the time.
I think this is what this country needs today, so we can get our Democracy back from Treasonous Trump and MAGA Ignorance.
I second what Wayne said.
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Former President Joe Biden’s physical deterioration was severe enough in the second half of his presidency that his aides privately discussed putting him in a wheelchair for his second term, according to a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/biden-book-wheelchair-age
Democrats race toward 2028 while Republicans take a wait-and-see approach.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/democrats-republicans-2028-presidential-election
Young men and women are pulling apart ideologically – in the US, UK, South Korea, France, Germany and elsewhere, young women now take far more liberal positions on immigration and racial justice than young men, while older age groups remain evenly matched.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2025/may/13/they-want-to-feel-like-men-why-are-gen-z-men-turning-to-rightwing-politics
Another thing in the new book about Biden is that he didn’t recognize George Clooney at a fundraiser the movie star was co-hosting.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/biden-book-george-clooney
The new book reveals how Biden’s inner circle kept Cabinet from him in final two years of presidency.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/politics/biden-book-cabinet-emergency