Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 9, 2020
With 94 percent of races called, the incoming freshman class is shaping up to be among the House's youngest in recent memory.
The average incoming freshman representative will turn 49 during her or his first year in office, the same as last year's freshman class. In the last two decades, the only younger freshman class was that of the 107th Congress, which turned an average of 45 in 2001, their first year in office. The average representative currently in office is 59.
Madison Cawthorn, age 25, is the youngest member-elect in decades and the youngest member of his class by several years. He's followed by Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) at age 31. Reps.-elect Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.) and Ritchie Torres are each 32.
Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:
