The first Gen Z candidates are running for Congress — and running against compromise
It isn't hard for Maxwell Alejandro Frost to name political moments throughout his childhood that have stuck with him.
"Turning on the TV and seeing a bunch of people sleeping outside of Wall Street talking about something called 'wealth inequality' – seeing that in elementary school," Frost said.
"Growing up learning that 30 minutes away from me, a kid that looked like me who was wearing a hoodie was murdered for being Black, Trayvon Martin, and seeing the outrage after that," he added.
Frost is running for Congress in Florida's 10th Congressional District, an open and solidly blue seat containing parts of Orlando – he's 25 years old, the minimum age to serve in the U.S. House.
He's also part of Generation Z – which the defines as anyone born between the years 1997 in 2012 – and, if that Millennials are not the youngest generation able to run, raising questions about how Gen Z will approach Washington.
