Factsheet

Young Political Leaders in Arkansas

Young Candidates for Congress 2020

Number of candidates from Arkansas 11
Average age of candidates 55.82
Number of candidates age 35 or younger 1
The youngest candidate Ricky Harrington
born 1985
Black/African American
running for a third party or as an Independent
Number of female candidates 2 (18.18%)
Average age of female candidates 57.00
Average age of male candidates 55.56
Average age of Democratic candidates 60.00
Average age of Republican candidates 55.40
Arkansas Candidates for Congress 2020: Generations
Generations Number of Candidates
Boomer Generation 5
Generation X 5
Millennial Generation 1

Young Candidates for Congress 2018

Number of candidates from Arkansas 14
Average age of candidates 47.09
Number of candidates age 35 or younger 2
The youngest candidate Tom Canada
born 1991
NA
running for a third party or as an Independent
Number of female candidates 2 (14.29%)
Average age of female candidates 62.00
Average age of male candidates 45.60
Average age of Democratic candidates 34.00
Average age of Republican candidates 56.50
Arkansas Candidates for Congress 2018: Generations
Generations Number of Candidates
Boomer Generation 3
Generation X 4
Millennial Generation 4
NA 3

Young Elected Leaders in the 116th Congress

Number of legislators from Arkansas 6
Average age of legislators 57.83
Number of legislators age 35 or younger 0
The youngest legislator Tom Cotton
born 1977
White
member of the Republican Party
Number of female legislators 0 (0.00%)
Average age of female legislators NaN
Average age of male legislators 57.83
Average age of Democratic legislators NaN
Average age of Republican legislators 57.83
Arkansas Members of the 116th Congress: Generations
Generations Number of Congressmembers
Boomer Generation 3
Generation X 3

Notes

The Young Elected Leaders Project applies the generational categorization of the Pew Research Center:

  • Silent Generation: 1928 – 1945
  • Baby Boomer Generation: 1946 – 1964
  • Generation X: 1965 – 1980
  • Millennial Generation: 1981 – 1996
  • Generation Z: 1997 – 2012

Descriptive statistics on candidates for Congress 2018 and 2020 are based only on those candidates who passed their primaries or who ran as Independent/write-in candidates. The numbers for the 116th Congress are based on data from August 2020.

YELP collects birthday data from a variety of sources such as campaign websites, personal profiles, news articles, voter guides, and from direct contact with candidates and elected officials. However it is not always possible to find information for all. In the case of Arkansas, data on candidates 2020 is 100.00 % complete, data on candidates 2018 is 78.57 % complete, and we have 100.00 % of birthyears for Congressmembers.