I don't know why this is so funny to me:
Check out the peeps in the below vid and I'll give you more deets when you're done.
So of course they name Mamdani, AOC, and Ossoff as potential Democratic leaders of the future. We sort of expected that. They're not technically on this list ... but what if I told you the Nazi tat guy made it?
Platner near his oyster farm in Sullivan, Maine
Graham Platner, 41
• Running for Senate in Maine
• Oysterman and veteran
• Profiled in The New Yorker, the New York Times, and GQ
• Fighting for his political life as past transgressions emerge
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40-year-old Boston Mayor Michelle Wu made the "young(ish)" list as well:
Wu at the Boylston T Station in Boston.
Michelle Wu, 40 ↑
• Mayor of Boston
• First Asian American woman on Boston's city council
• Elizabeth Warren protégée
• Has enacted a municipal Green New Deal
She's made our website several times:
New York Magazine also names California Rep. Sara Jacobs.
• Representative for California District 51
• Heir to the Qualcomm semiconductor fortune
• Foreign-policy adviser to the Clinton 2016 campaign
• Pelosi protégée
Jacobs gave us this gem a few years back after Roe was overturned:
There's also Summer Lee, who really, really, really wants reparations:
And remember this chick who has been charged with conspiracy and impeding federal officers?
Abughazaleh outside a popular bar in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Kat Abughazaleh, 26 ↑
• Running for Illinois District Nine
• Registered to vote in her district a month before announcing her candidacy
• Former high-school Young Republican
• Journalist and right-wing-media expert
And don't forget Analise Ortiz, who also likes to mess with ICE.
Analise Ortiz, 32
• State senator for Arizona District 24
• Former local-TV reporter and ACLU campaign strategist
• Uses social media to alert constituents to ICE raids
We covered her a few months back:
We even got a trans in the house, cuz you can't leave they/them out if you're the Democrats.
Zooey Zephyr, 37 ↑
• Montana state house representative
• First openly trans woman elected in Montana
• Former competitive Super Smash Bros. player
• A documentary about her was shortlisted for the 2025 Oscars
We've covered Zooey before:
We also got Greg Casar, who famously went on an 8-hour "thirst strike" for workers because they don't get enough breaks.
New York Magazine then named Maxwell Frost, who wants amnesty for all illegals and thinks having bad credit is offensive.
There's also Ritchie Torres, whose name they spelled wrong. He helped introduce a "transgender bill of rights" in Congress back in 2022.
Can't forget Mallory McMorrow, who gave us this gem:
And Anna Eskamani, who famously was mocked for being an election denier who hates election denial.
Here's Yassamin Anasari, who thinks illegal aliens are her constituents:
Oh, and here's one the Democrats won't like. New York Magazine called this guy "Joe Rogan approved."
Tarlarico at a high-school varsity football game in Round Rock, Texas.
James Talarico, 36 ↑
• Running for Senate in Texas
• State representative and Presbyterian seminarian
• Joe Rogan approved
Probably the only guy on that list worth voting for!
This has been a real list of "young Democrats to watch" courtesy of New York Magazine.
Thanks for the laughs!
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