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Meet Elise Stefanik, the Youngest Woman Ever Elected to Congress. Republican Elise Stefanik has become the youngest woman elected to Congress in history, winning her race against Aaron Woolf in New York's 21st open district 56-32, ABC News projects. She's the first Republican to win the district, which had been held by Democratic Rep. Bill Owens since 1993.
The New York Republican is only 30 years old. In comparison, the oldest Member of Congress, 85-year-old Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, is a Democrat. In fact, on average, Congressional Democrats are significantly older than their Republican counterparts. An infographic provided by Opportunity Lives notes that while House Democrats have a median age of 62, the median age of House Republicans is 55. In the Senate, Democrats have a median age of 64, compared to 55 for Senate Republicans. Republicans also have more members of Congress who are under the ages of 40 and 50. This entry was posted in Politics.