Who are the most brilliant/inspiring young politicians in the Democratic party?

[awesomerwb1]

As we await the final breakdown of the vote by age group, very curious to see how well the 18-40 age group did.

We need people like Pete Buttigieg and............and..........and...........etc to inspire and bring more young people into the mix.

The work has to start now while we still can.


Edit: I was just interested in young politicians. I love Pete, I think he's brilliant and is not polarizing like others who are a lot older than him.

[world wide wally]

1. Gavin Newsom

[JI7]

2. Sharice Davids

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Josh Shapiro

[ananda]

4. Bernie, AOC, Pete B, Katie P, Nancy P, etc.

And so on.

[Sky Jewels]

5. AOC is my absolute favorite politician ever.

[pamdb]

6. Young Dems

Ellisa Slotkin


Gretchen Whitmer


Mallory McMorrow-hopefully next Michigan senator after Stabenow


And, of course, Pete Buttigieg

[Deminpenn]

7. Brendan Boyle

Not well known outside of SE PA, but has methodically worked his way up from scratch.

[karynnj]

8. A new one to watch is Becca Balint, the new VT congressman elect

She is incredibly impressive, both during the campaign and as a legislative leader.

Obvious choices include Mayor Pete, Governor elect Shapiro, Katie Porter, Elissa Slotkin, Mike Scherrill. There were so many impressive young congress people on the impeachment committee. With many, only time will tell if their intelligence, talent, ability to have a vision and work out steps to make it real.

[yonder]

9. Pete B., Katie P., Beto O'R. come to mind first.

Especially Pete.

[mcar]

10. Lauren Underwood

Anna Eskamani (FL State rep).

[Torchlight]

11. Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, and O'Rourke and

all seem to posses idealism, conviction, education, and though I hate to say it (but it's a political tool since the 70's), appealing on-camera charisma.

Looking at the long game, I think each one will become particular and positive faces for the party in years to come.

[CurtEastPoint]

12. the new gov of MD, Wes Moore

https://wesmoore.com/

And Raphael Warnock is not that old!

[rurallib]

13. Is Kamala still considered young?

She is simply amazing to me.

[Island Blue]

18. She's a year younger than I am,

so I’m going to say, yes! 😄

[RockCreek]

14. Katie Porter popped into my mind first.

I looked her up, and she is 48. But between her energy and the fact that she went to law school, clerked, and had a Legal and then academic law career, I think she counts. She put in so many preparatory years!

[jg10003]

15. Fetterman, Shapiro

[PortTack]

16. All of the ones mentioned here in the comments! Seriously I don't think one could find a more

Capable, skilled, savvy, educated, dedicated group!

[Island Blue]

17. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina.

He’s a Veteran, has served in the NC Senate, and was just elected to the US House.

[dlk]

19. Katie Porter

She’s brilliant!

[Deep State Witch]

20. Wes Moore

New governor of Maryland. Grew up with a single mom, got into trouble, got sent to military school. Went into the Army as a commissioned officer, served in combat. Went to Johns Hopkins University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Author and entrepreneur.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Moore

[Bev54]

21. I would add Stacey Abrams to the list and

Gretchen Whitmer.