ORLANDO, Fla. — Maxwell Frost has defeated Calvin Wimbish in the race for U.S. House District 10, becoming the first Gen-Z member of Congress, according to preliminary numbers.
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Early poll data from the midterm election shows Frost receiving 59% of the votes to Wimbish’s 39%.
Frost, 25, and Wimbish, 72, disagreed on just about every policy. Frost has activism experience with ACLU and March For Our Lives, but no college degree. Most recently, he worked for Uber.
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Wimbish is an Army veteran and a teacher with two masters degrees.
In the midterm primary, Frost surpassed a large group of Democratic candidates to win nearly 35% of the votes in District 10.
Frost beat two former lawmakers in the primary.
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