Who is Maxwell Frost? Anti-gun Florida Dem, 25, becomes first Gen Z Congress member
FLORIDA: The 2022 midterms have written history as we have the first Gen Z member winning. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, 25, has officially become the first Gen Z member elected to Congress after winning a House seat in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. The Democrat defeated Republican Calvin Wimbish and independent candidates Jason Holic and Usha Jain, securing the seat previously held by Rep Val Demings, who lost to Sen Marco Rubio.
The 25-year-old Gen Z Democrat based his electoral campaign around gun violence and advocated for stronger gun control laws and support for refined policies like Medicare-for-all. He won his primary contest in August. Frost's win comes as a major development as the average age of a House member is currently 58 and is also the first Afro-Cuban person in Congress as well, adding to the diversity of a body that is made up of 75 percent WHITE people. As for support, the young Democrat has endorsements from well-known lawmakers like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. He defeated Florida Sen Randolph Bracy and former US reps, Alan Grayson and Corrine Brown, among others, in the August 23, 2022, primary.
