Like other Gen Z Democrats, Foxx concedes that the party’s strong adherence to seniority plagues it, but she is also hopeful that more people, herself included, are pushing for a different ...

“Seniority politics is part of the problem and instead, we should be as a party, and frankly, as a democracy, following where the people are at,” she said.

Until the party learns to shed its seniority addiction, it will suffer from a lack of energy, innovation, effectiveness, and, more simply, sufficient numbers to win key votes.

A growing band of younger House Democrats is challenging senior members for powerful congressional posts.

The age-old seniority question has returned to the fold of the Democratic Party as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she will not seek the top Democrat position on the House Oversight ...

Their devotion to seniority makes clear that gerontocracy is merely a symptom of a deeper issue: The Democrats have no guiding ideology or principles holding them together. The party is a ...

As they plot out their committee moves for the next Congress, Democrats in the House are grappling with questions of age and seniority.

House Democrats' devotion to seniority is getting in the way of the party's fight against President Donald Trump.

Progressive Democrats are on a tear. The party liberals — particularly younger voices, in Congress and outside of it — are increasingly disillusioned with how the Democrats’ old guard is mana… ...

Former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg will not run for re-election after the party voted to oust him from the role.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats’ emphasis on seniority led her not to seek a leadership role on the powerful Oversight Committee.

Younger House Democrats, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and newer members, like Angie Craig, are taking on senior members for key committee jobs in the next Congress.