Congressmen in their nineties are running for reelection
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With an average member age of 58.9 years old, the 119th Congress is the third oldest since 1789, according to an NBC News analysis of congressional membership and birth-date data. It shows that while the Senate got a little younger, the House aged, and that baby boomers are losing seats to Generation X and millennials. The analysis of data from Legistorm, the Almanac of American Politics and the @unitedstates project, a group that tracks congressional information, calculates the age of each session of Congress as of the first day of the session, with the members who were sworn in that day. For instance 73-year-old Sen.-elect Jim Justice, R-W.Va., who will take Joe Manchin’s Senate seat on Jan. 13, was not included because Justice will not be a member of the body on Jan. 3. The average age of the Senate, 63.8 years, is still years older than that of the House, at 57.7 years. Caption from article by Joe Murphy, NBC News.
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