US EditionWaters, 87, to Run for Reelection as Democrats Seek Generational Change
Waters rejects age concerns as she seeks reelection in June; her district’s average age is 36 and she has won past races with 70% to 80% of the vote.
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87-Year-Old Maxine Waters Vows to Seek Leadership Post If Democrats Retake the House
Tom Williams/APRep. Maxine Waters suggested on Monday that she would seek to reclaim her role as chair of the Financial Services Committee should Democrats retake the House in November, at which point she would be 88 years old.“If you take a look at my energy and what I do — I am Auntie Maxine,” Waters told Politico. “I’m the one who popularized ‘reclaiming my time.’”Waters, who is currently 87 and has a birthday in August, has represented south…
Maxine Waters (87) and Jim Clyburn (85): Are Leaders Nearly 90 the Future of the Democratic Party and CBC Leadership?
Maxine Waters and Jim Clyburn represent something more complicated than a simple gerontocracy problem—they embody the tension between Black political power and generational renewal that threatens to fracture the Democratic Party’s most loyal voting bloc. But their refusal to step aside reveals a deeper structural crisis: the Democratic Party is controlled by senior leadership that is demonstrably out of touch, lacking vision, and incapable of co…
Waters, 87, to run for reelection as Democrats seek generational change
After more than 35 years in Congress, 87-year-old Rep. Maxine Waters is not yet ready to ride off into the California sunset. First elected in 1990, the Democrat from Los Angeles has decided to run for a 19th term. If Democrats take control of the House in November’s midterm elections, Waters is in line to become chair of the House Financial Services Committee. She would become the oldest leader in the history of that committee, one of the most …
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