Maxwell Frost Became America's First GenZ President of Florida

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Democrat Maxwell Frost

According to a race call by the Associated Press, Democrat Maxwell Frost has won Florida’s 10th Congressional District, making him the first member of Generation Z to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

Maxwell Frost has won Florida’s 10th Congressional District

The first person from Generation Z to hold office in the United States Congress is Democrat Maxwell Frost, who won in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, according to a race call by the Associated Press. Frost was a strong favorite to win the firmly Democratic seat in Orlando. A republican, Calvin Wimbish lost to him by 19 percentage points. Rep. Val Demings, a departing Democrat who ran against Senate incumbent Marco Rubio, will be replaced by Frost. Accordingly, to reports Rubio was elected again. Frost accumulated more than $2.5 million in contributions and received the support of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Frost will join a Congress noted for its lack of age diversity when he assumes office in January, considering that its present membership is the oldest in American history.

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Who is Maxwell Alejandro Frost?

Maxwell Alejandro Frost, born on January 17, 1997 is an American activist and politician. He won the 2022 election as the Democratic candidate, and is now the incoming representative for Florida’s 10th congressional district . He was previously the national organizing director for March for Our Lives.

Frost’s other Campaigns and Activism Works

Frost has served as a key organizer for both the American Civil Liberties Union and March for Our Lives, the anti-gun violence organization founded in reaction to the Parkland school shooting in 2018. He focused his campaign on themes that were crucial to young people, such as combating climate change, maintaining the right to an abortion, and supporting Medicare for all.
He resigned from his former position in order to run for Congress, and while on the campaign trail, he drove for Uber to pay the rent. Through his childhood and early adulthood, he concentrated on community organizing rather than finishing college. He frequently refers to Gen Z as the “school shooter generation” and is enthusiastic about gun control. Since the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, Frost has worked as an anti-gun violence activist. He is outspoken about having survived a different instance of gun violence.

The First Generation Z Elected Member of the U.S. Congress

The average age of House members is 58, therefore Frost will be considerably younger than most of his contemporaries. Despite the fact that the U.S. Congress’s current membership is the oldest in history and that more than half of Americans are millennials or younger, this generation is not adequately represented in Congress. Despite the fact that the U.S. Congress is overwhelmingly older, white, and male, it is gradually diversifying in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and age. Only Frost will be an Afro-Cuban in Congress. This November, Frost wasn’t the only member of Generation Z to run for Congress. Karoline Leavitt, 25, a former member of Trump’s press team, prevailed in the Republican primary for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Despite the lack of any proof of widespread fraud, she ran on a campaign as a fervent conservative, outsider in politics, and denier of the 2020 presidential election results. Democrat Chris Pappas, the incumbent, defeated Leavitt in the midterm election.