'Life is wild!' First Generation Z member elected to US Congress

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Maxwell Frost had just been elected to represent Florida in the US Congress when the 25-year-old received a call that embodied the historical moment. 'Still thinking about that 'please hold for the President' call last night,' Frost tweeted on Wednesday (Nov 9). 'Life is wild!' [embed]https://twitter.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1590356801916399617[/embed] It was US President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat calling with congratulations on being...

Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Democratic candidate from Florida, running for the US House of Representatives in the 2022 US midterm elections, appears in an undated handout photo provided on Oct 11, 2022.Maxwell Frost had just been elected to represent Florida in the US Congress when the 25-year-old received a call that embodied the historical moment.

The district is a Democratic stronghold that includes the Orlando area. Frost powered his campaign with US$2.6 million in fundraising, according to federal election filings, to defeat Republican Calvin Wimbish. "I have no doubt he's off to an incredible start in what I'm sure will be a long, distinguished career," Biden said.Appearing on ABC on Wednesday, Frost noted that Gen Z and millennial voters, who increasingly make up a larger share of the voting population, were instrumental in weakening a so-called "red wave" for Republicans.

One of his first priorities is to find common ground to pass universal background checks on guns, he told CNN on Wednesday.

 

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