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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd vote against Pelosi in the primaries for the same reason I'd vote against Biden or Trump or McConnell or Feinstein in the primaries. They're all too fucking old. The average age of the Senate is 64 years. The average age of the House of Representatives is 57 years.

Here's every senator or congressperson age 68 or older.

State Senator Age Birthdate Party
Iowa Charles E. Grassley 89 9/17/33 R
California Dianne Feinstein 89 6/22/33 D
Vermont Bernie Sanders 81 9/8/41 I
Kentucky Mitch McConnell 80 2/20/42 R
Maryland Benjamin L. Cardin 79 10/5/43 D
Idaho Jim Risch 79 5/3/43 R
Illinois Richard J. Durbin 78 11/21/44 D
Maine Angus King 78 3/31/44 I
Massachusetts Edward J. Markey 76 7/11/46 D
Connecticut Richard Blumenthal 76 2/13/46 D
Utah Mitt Romney 75 3/12/47 R
Vermont Peter Welch 75 5/2/47 D
Hawaii Mazie K. Hirono 75 11/3/47 D
West Virginia Joe Manchin III 75 8/24/47 D
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen 75 1/28/47 D
Delaware Thomas R. Carper 75 1/23/47 D
Rhode Island Jack Reed 73 11/12/49 D
Oregon Ron Wyden 73 5/3/49 D
Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren 73 6/22/49 D
Arkansas John Boozman 72 12/10/50 R
Michigan Debbie Stabenow 72 4/29/50 D
New York Charles E. Schumer 72 11/23/50 D
Washington Patty Murray 72 10/11/50 D
Mississippi Roger Wicker 71 7/5/51 R
Idaho Michael D. Crapo 71 5/20/51 R
Louisiana John Kennedy 71 11/21/51 R
Nebraska Deb Fischer 71 3/1/51 R
Colorado John Hickenlooper 70 2/7/52 D
Florida Rick Scott 70 12/1/52 R
Texas John Cornyn 70 2/2/52 R
Wyoming John Barrasso 70 7/21/52 R
Maine Susan Collins 70 12/7/52 R
Ohio Sherrod Brown 70 11/9/52 D
Tennessee Marsha Blackburn 70 6/6/52 R
West Virginia Shelley Moore Capito 69 11/26/53 R
New Jersey Bob Menendez 69 1/1/54 D
Virginia Mark Warner 68 12/15/54 D
Alabama Tommy Tuberville 68 9/18/54 R
Kansas Jerry Moran 68 5/29/54 R
Indiana Mike Braun 68 3/24/54 R
South Dakota Mike Rounds 68 10/24/54 R
Wyoming Cynthia Lummis 68 9/10/54 R
District Congressperson Age Birthdate Party
CA-31 Grace F. Napolitano 86 12/4/36 Democratic
DC-AL Eleanor Holmes Norton 85 6/13/37 Democratic
KY-05 Harold Rogers 85 12/31/37 Republican
NJ-09 Bill Pascrell Jr. 85 1/25/37 Democratic
CA-43 Maxine Waters 84 8/15/38 Democratic
MD-05 Steny H. Hoyer 83 6/14/39 Democratic
SC-06 James E. Clyburn 82 7/21/40 Democratic
CA-11 Nancy Pelosi 82 3/26/40 Democratic
IL-07 Danny K. Davis 81 9/6/41 Democratic
TX-31 John Carter 81 11/6/41 Republican
CA-16 Anna G. Eshoo 80 12/13/42 Democratic
FL-24 Frederica S. Wilson 80 11/5/42 Democratic
CT-03 Rosa DeLauro 79 3/2/43 Democratic
NC-05 Virginia Foxx 79 6/29/43 Republican
TX-12 Kay Granger 79 1/18/43 Republican
CA-07 Doris Matsui 78 9/25/44 Democratic
IL-09 Jan Schakowsky 78 5/26/44 Democratic
MO-05 Emanuel Cleaver II 78 10/26/44 Democratic
GA-13 David Scott 77 6/27/45 Democratic
IN-04 Jim Baird 77 6/4/45 Republican
NJ-12 Bonnie Watson Coleman 77 2/6/45 Democratic
CA-08 John Garamendi 77 1/24/45 Democratic
OH-09 Marcy Kaptur 76 6/17/46 Democratic
TX-37 Lloyd Doggett 76 10/6/46 Democratic
CA-12 Barbara Lee 76 7/16/46 Democratic
NC-12 Alma Adams 76 5/27/46 Democratic
MD-02 C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger 76 1/31/46 Democratic
TX-09 Al Green 75 9/1/47 Democratic
VA-03 Robert C. Scott 75 4/30/47 Democratic
GA-02 Sanford D. Bishop Jr. 75 2/4/47 Democratic
NY-12 Jerrold Nadler 75 6/13/47 Democratic
CA-18 Zoe Lofgren 75 12/21/47 Democratic
FL-08 Bill Posey 75 12/18/47 Republican
AS-AL Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen 75 12/29/47 Republican
SC-02 Joe Wilson 75 7/31/47 Republican
MI-01 Jack Bergman 75 2/2/47 Republican
FL-22 Lois Frankel 74 5/16/48 Democratic
MS-02 Bennie Thompson 74 1/28/48 Democratic
OR-03 Earl Blumenauer 74 8/16/48 Democratic
CT-01 John B. Larson 74 7/22/48 Democratic
AZ-07 Raul M. Grijalva 74 2/19/48 Democratic
PA-16 Mike Kelly 74 5/10/48 Republican
TX-36 Brian Babin 74 3/23/48 Republican
MD-07 Kweisi Mfume 74 10/24/48 Democratic
NY-20 Paul Tonko 73 6/18/49 Democratic
TN-09 Steve Cohen 73 5/24/49 Democratic
OK-04 Tom Cole 73 4/28/49 Republican
TX-25 Roger Williams 73 9/13/49 Republican
MA-01 Richard E. Neal 73 2/14/49 Democratic
FL-11 Daniel Webster 73 4/27/49 Republican
ID-02 Mike Simpson 72 9/8/50 Republican
TX-29 Sylvia R. Garcia 72 9/6/50 Democratic
NV-01 Dina Titus 72 5/23/50 Democratic
OH-03 Joyce Beatty 72 3/12/50 Democratic
VA-11 Gerald E. Connolly 72 3/30/50 Democratic
WV-01 Carol Miller 72 11/4/50 Republican
TX-18 Sheila Jackson Lee 72 1/12/50 Democratic
TX-26 Michael C. Burgess 72 12/23/50 Republican
VA-08 Donald S. Beyer Jr. 72 6/20/50 Democratic
FL-16 Vern Buchanan 71 5/8/51 Republican
CA-04 Mike Thompson 71 1/24/51 Democratic
NJ-06 Frank Pallone Jr. 71 10/30/51 Democratic
WI-04 Gwen Moore 71 4/18/51 Democratic
MI-05 Tim Walberg 71 4/12/51 Republican
GA-12 Rick W. Allen 71 11/7/51 Republican
UT-04 Burgess Owens 71 8/2/51 Republican
CA-21 Jim Costa 70 4/13/52 Democratic
MA-09 William Keating 70 9/6/52 Democratic
FL-05 John Rutherford 70 9/2/52 Republican
CA-26 Julia Brownley 70 8/28/52 Democratic
CA-10 Mark DeSaulnier 70 3/31/52 Democratic
OR-02 Cliff Bentz 70 1/12/52 Republican
MO-03 Blaine Luetkemeyer 70 5/7/52 Republican
HI-01 Ed Case 70 9/27/52 Democratic
MI-06 Debbie Dingell 69 11/23/53 Democratic
CA-28 Judy Chu 69 7/7/53 Democratic
CA-41 Ken Calvert 69 6/8/53 Republican
NY-07 Nydia M. Velazquez 69 3/28/53 Democratic
TX-03 Keith Self 69 3/20/53 Republican
CA-48 Darrell Issa 69 11/1/53 Republican
CT-02 Joe Courtney 69 4/6/53 Democratic
NJ-02 Jeff Van Drew 69 2/23/53 Republican
NY-05 Gregory W. Meeks 69 9/25/53 Democratic
TX-14 Randy Weber 69 7/2/53 Republican
FL-02 Neal Dunn 69 2/16/53 Republican
SC-05 Ralph Norman 69 6/20/53 Republican
NJ-04 Christopher H. Smith 69 3/4/53 Republican
PA-03 Dwight Evans 68 5/16/54 Democratic
MI-13 Shri Thanedar 68 1/1/55 Democratic
OR-01 Suzanne Bonamici 68 10/14/54 Democratic
GA-04 Hank Johnson 68 10/2/54 Democratic
NY-13 Adriano Espaillat 68 9/27/54 Democratic
MN-04 Betty McCollum 68 7/12/54 Democratic
CA-32 Brad Sherman 68 10/24/54 Democratic
AL-06 Gary Palmer 68 5/14/54 Republican
FL-28 Carlos Gimenez 68 1/17/54 Republican
OH-06 Bill Johnson 68 11/10/54 Republican
[–] 3FingersOfMilk@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That's.... eye-opening

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pelosi in particular isn't just old but is also showing some signs of seriously impaired memory at the least.