US EditionDemocrats face a reckoning over seniority as young members claw for change
- Young Democratic lawmakers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Maxwell Frost are challenging seniority norms in leadership as of 2025 across key committees in Washington.
- This push follows Democrats' setbacks in the 2024 elections and frustrations that older colleagues have not adapted, prompting calls for generational change.
- Groups such as Leaders We Deserve plan to spend $20 million targeting primaries to elect younger, more aggressive Democrats in safe districts against entrenched incumbents.
- The party faces challenges as aging leaders, some battling illness or stepping down, maintain control with endorsements for interim leaders, exemplified by the Grijalva-Huffman and Connolly-Lynch transitions.
- The conflict over seniority signals a deeper crisis in the Democratic caucus that could hinder unity and electoral strength unless leadership accommodates younger members seeking change.
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