Cross-posted at Future Majority

A few weeks ago I wrote about the Long March - the movement of Millennials into positions of political power.  At the time, I didn't know how many young people occupied elected office.  I've got some actual numbers now, courtesy of Andrew Gillum, Executive Director of the Young Elected Officials Network, and, surprisingly, we may well be ahead of the curve.

Strauss and Howe predicted that by 2019, Millennials would occupy 5% of government leadership positions.  According to the Young Elected Officials Network website, 18-35 year olds currently occupy 4.8% of all elected officials, from congress and governorships down to the school board level.  While that age bracket doesn't totally track with Millennials (28/29 and under), it's an encouraging number.  Andrew himself is a Cusp Millennial.  He's 27 years old and, along with his duties as ED of YEO, he's the city commissioner of Tallahassee Florida, a position he's held since the age of 23.

According to Andrew, the Young Elected Officials Network is currently comprised of 318 elected officials under 36 years of age.   And they occupy a wide range of offices:

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