Gen Z Politicians Don’t Want to ‘Wait Their Turn’
Source: Politico
Hi Rulers! You’ve made it to the end of the week. This week we’re taking a look at Gen Z women taking on congressional campaigns. Let’s get to it:
Campaign announcements are in full swing as potential candidates eye the 2026 midterms and this year’s upcoming special elections. And two Gen Z women — both Democrats vying for House seats — are set on running their campaigns differently.
Last month, Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Washington, D.C., native who moved to Chicago last year, announced her bid to unseat Illinois Democrat Jan Schakowsky in a YouTube video.
Besides her age, her background is atypical for a congressional candidate. A former journalist, she covered far-right media and U.S. politics for Media Matters and Mother Jones before pivoting to content creation after she was laid off. Today, she holds a substantial following on numerous social media platforms including TikTok and X. Her reason for running echoes the concerns of other progressive voters she’s spoken to: Democrats aren’t doing enough.
“Trump is trying to install an authoritarian dictatorship, and we need people in power to be resisting loudly and publicly,” Abughazaleh tells Women Rule.
Read here the full article published by Politico on 11 April 2025.
Image by Politico
Hi Rulers! You’ve made it to the end of the week. This week we’re taking a look at Gen Z women taking on congressional campaigns. Let’s get to it:
Campaign announcements are in full swing as potential candidates eye the 2026 midterms and this year’s upcoming special elections. And two Gen Z women — both Democrats vying for House seats — are set on running their campaigns differently.
Last month, Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Washington, D.C., native who moved to Chicago last year, announced her bid to unseat Illinois Democrat Jan Schakowsky in a YouTube video.
Besides her age, her background is atypical for a congressional candidate. A former journalist, she covered far-right media and U.S. politics for Media Matters and Mother Jones before pivoting to content creation after she was laid off. Today, she holds a substantial following on numerous social media platforms including TikTok and X. Her reason for running echoes the concerns of other progressive voters she’s spoken to: Democrats aren’t doing enough.
“Trump is trying to install an authoritarian dictatorship, and we need people in power to be resisting loudly and publicly,” Abughazaleh tells Women Rule.
Read here the full article published by Politico on 11 April 2025.
Image by Politico