The first female House Speaker will seek a 19th term, reigniting debate about the age of US leaders.
  • @Serinus
    15•1 year ago

    I’d vote against Pelosi in the primaries for the same reason I’d vote against Biden or Trump or McConnell or Feinstein in the primaries. They’re all too fucking old. The average age of the Senate is 64 years. The average age of the House of Representatives is 57 years.

    Here’s every senator or congressperson age 68 or older.

    State Senator Age Birthdate Party
    Iowa Charles E. Grassley 89 9/17/33 R
    California Dianne Feinstein 89 6/22/33 D
    Vermont Bernie Sanders 81 9/8/41 I
    Kentucky Mitch McConnell 80 2/20/42 R
    Maryland Benjamin L. Cardin 79 10/5/43 D
    Idaho Jim Risch 79 5/3/43 R
    Illinois Richard J. Durbin 78 11/21/44 D
    Maine Angus King 78 3/31/44 I
    Massachusetts Edward J. Markey 76 7/11/46 D
    Connecticut Richard Blumenthal 76 2/13/46 D
    Utah Mitt Romney 75 3/12/47 R
    Vermont Peter Welch 75 5/2/47 D
    Hawaii Mazie K. Hirono 75 11/3/47 D
    West Virginia Joe Manchin III 75 8/24/47 D
    New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen 75 1/28/47 D
    Delaware Thomas R. Carper 75 1/23/47 D
    Rhode Island Jack Reed 73 11/12/49 D
    Oregon Ron Wyden 73 5/3/49 D
    Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren 73 6/22/49 D
    Arkansas John Boozman 72 12/10/50 R
    Michigan Debbie Stabenow 72 4/29/50 D
    New York Charles E. Schumer 72 11/23/50 D
    Washington Patty Murray 72 10/11/50 D
    Mississippi Roger Wicker 71 7/5/51 R
    Idaho Michael D. Crapo 71 5/20/51 R
    Louisiana John Kennedy 71 11/21/51 R
    Nebraska Deb Fischer 71 3/1/51 R
    Colorado John Hickenlooper 70 2/7/52 D
    Florida Rick Scott 70 12/1/52 R
    Texas John Cornyn 70 2/2/52 R
    Wyoming John Barrasso 70 7/21/52 R
    Maine Susan Collins 70 12/7/52 R
    Ohio Sherrod Brown 70 11/9/52 D
    Tennessee Marsha Blackburn 70 6/6/52 R
    West Virginia Shelley Moore Capito 69 11/26/53 R
    New Jersey Bob Menendez 69 1/1/54 D
    Virginia Mark Warner 68 12/15/54 D
    Alabama Tommy Tuberville 68 9/18/54 R
    Kansas Jerry Moran 68 5/29/54 R
    Indiana Mike Braun 68 3/24/54 R
    South Dakota Mike Rounds 68 10/24/54 R
    Wyoming Cynthia Lummis 68 9/10/54 R
    District Congressperson Age Birthdate Party
    CA-31 Grace F. Napolitano 86 12/4/36 Democratic
    DC-AL Eleanor Holmes Norton 85 6/13/37 Democratic
    KY-05 Harold Rogers 85 12/31/37 Republican
    NJ-09 Bill Pascrell Jr. 85 1/25/37 Democratic
    CA-43 Maxine Waters 84 8/15/38 Democratic
    MD-05 Steny H. Hoyer 83 6/14/39 Democratic
    SC-06 James E. Clyburn 82 7/21/40 Democratic
    CA-11 Nancy Pelosi 82 3/26/40 Democratic
    IL-07 Danny K. Davis 81 9/6/41 Democratic
    TX-31 John Carter 81 11/6/41 Republican
    CA-16 Anna G. Eshoo 80 12/13/42 Democratic
    FL-24 Frederica S. Wilson 80 11/5/42 Democratic
    CT-03 Rosa DeLauro 79 3/2/43 Democratic
    NC-05 Virginia Foxx 79 6/29/43 Republican
    TX-12 Kay Granger 79 1/18/43 Republican
    CA-07 Doris Matsui 78 9/25/44 Democratic
    IL-09 Jan Schakowsky 78 5/26/44 Democratic
    MO-05 Emanuel Cleaver II 78 10/26/44 Democratic
    GA-13 David Scott 77 6/27/45 Democratic
    IN-04 Jim Baird 77 6/4/45 Republican
    NJ-12 Bonnie Watson Coleman 77 2/6/45 Democratic
    CA-08 John Garamendi 77 1/24/45 Democratic
    OH-09 Marcy Kaptur 76 6/17/46 Democratic
    TX-37 Lloyd Doggett 76 10/6/46 Democratic
    CA-12 Barbara Lee 76 7/16/46 Democratic
    NC-12 Alma Adams 76 5/27/46 Democratic
    MD-02 C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger 76 1/31/46 Democratic
    TX-09 Al Green 75 9/1/47 Democratic
    VA-03 Robert C. Scott 75 4/30/47 Democratic
    GA-02 Sanford D. Bishop Jr. 75 2/4/47 Democratic
    NY-12 Jerrold Nadler 75 6/13/47 Democratic
    CA-18 Zoe Lofgren 75 12/21/47 Democratic
    FL-08 Bill Posey 75 12/18/47 Republican
    AS-AL Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen 75 12/29/47 Republican
    SC-02 Joe Wilson 75 7/31/47 Republican
    MI-01 Jack Bergman 75 2/2/47 Republican
    FL-22 Lois Frankel 74 5/16/48 Democratic
    MS-02 Bennie Thompson 74 1/28/48 Democratic
    OR-03 Earl Blumenauer 74 8/16/48 Democratic
    CT-01 John B. Larson 74 7/22/48 Democratic
    AZ-07 Raul M. Grijalva 74 2/19/48 Democratic
    PA-16 Mike Kelly 74 5/10/48 Republican
    TX-36 Brian Babin 74 3/23/48 Republican
    MD-07 Kweisi Mfume 74 10/24/48 Democratic
    NY-20 Paul Tonko 73 6/18/49 Democratic
    TN-09 Steve Cohen 73 5/24/49 Democratic
    OK-04 Tom Cole 73 4/28/49 Republican
    TX-25 Roger Williams 73 9/13/49 Republican
    MA-01 Richard E. Neal 73 2/14/49 Democratic
    FL-11 Daniel Webster 73 4/27/49 Republican
    ID-02 Mike Simpson 72 9/8/50 Republican
    TX-29 Sylvia R. Garcia 72 9/6/50 Democratic
    NV-01 Dina Titus 72 5/23/50 Democratic
    OH-03 Joyce Beatty 72 3/12/50 Democratic
    VA-11 Gerald E. Connolly 72 3/30/50 Democratic
    WV-01 Carol Miller 72 11/4/50 Republican
    TX-18 Sheila Jackson Lee 72 1/12/50 Democratic
    TX-26 Michael C. Burgess 72 12/23/50 Republican
    VA-08 Donald S. Beyer Jr. 72 6/20/50 Democratic
    FL-16 Vern Buchanan 71 5/8/51 Republican
    CA-04 Mike Thompson 71 1/24/51 Democratic
    NJ-06 Frank Pallone Jr. 71 10/30/51 Democratic
    WI-04 Gwen Moore 71 4/18/51 Democratic
    MI-05 Tim Walberg 71 4/12/51 Republican
    GA-12 Rick W. Allen 71 11/7/51 Republican
    UT-04 Burgess Owens 71 8/2/51 Republican
    CA-21 Jim Costa 70 4/13/52 Democratic
    MA-09 William Keating 70 9/6/52 Democratic
    FL-05 John Rutherford 70 9/2/52 Republican
    CA-26 Julia Brownley 70 8/28/52 Democratic
    CA-10 Mark DeSaulnier 70 3/31/52 Democratic
    OR-02 Cliff Bentz 70 1/12/52 Republican
    MO-03 Blaine Luetkemeyer 70 5/7/52 Republican
    HI-01 Ed Case 70 9/27/52 Democratic
    MI-06 Debbie Dingell 69 11/23/53 Democratic
    CA-28 Judy Chu 69 7/7/53 Democratic
    CA-41 Ken Calvert 69 6/8/53 Republican
    NY-07 Nydia M. Velazquez 69 3/28/53 Democratic
    TX-03 Keith Self 69 3/20/53 Republican
    CA-48 Darrell Issa 69 11/1/53 Republican
    CT-02 Joe Courtney 69 4/6/53 Democratic
    NJ-02 Jeff Van Drew 69 2/23/53 Republican
    NY-05 Gregory W. Meeks 69 9/25/53 Democratic
    TX-14 Randy Weber 69 7/2/53 Republican
    FL-02 Neal Dunn 69 2/16/53 Republican
    SC-05 Ralph Norman 69 6/20/53 Republican
    NJ-04 Christopher H. Smith 69 3/4/53 Republican
    PA-03 Dwight Evans 68 5/16/54 Democratic
    MI-13 Shri Thanedar 68 1/1/55 Democratic
    OR-01 Suzanne Bonamici 68 10/14/54 Democratic
    GA-04 Hank Johnson 68 10/2/54 Democratic
    NY-13 Adriano Espaillat 68 9/27/54 Democratic
    MN-04 Betty McCollum 68 7/12/54 Democratic
    CA-32 Brad Sherman 68 10/24/54 Democratic
    AL-06 Gary Palmer 68 5/14/54 Republican
    FL-28 Carlos Gimenez 68 1/17/54 Republican
    OH-06 Bill Johnson 68 11/10/54 Republican