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Tommymac

(7,263 posts) Wed Jan 6, 2021, 03:32 AM Jan 2021

Jon Ossoff is 33 years old. Joe Biden won his first Senate race when he was 30.

That is poetry.

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Jon Ossoff is 33 years old. Joe Biden won his first Senate race when he was 30. (Original Post) Tommymac Jan 2021 OP

Ossoff... LovingA2andMI Jan 2021 #1

29 Hamlette Jan 2021 #2

Right, That's whatI meant. 30 is the minimum age for a Senator and Tommymac Jan 2021 #3

agree Hamlette Jan 2021 #4

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)

1. Ossoff...

Reply to Tommymac (Original post)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 03:35 AM

Jan 2021

Has a bright future. Indeed. So does Rev. Warnock/

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)

2. 29

Reply to Tommymac (Original post)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 03:36 AM

Jan 2021

he won when he was 29 but turned 30 before he was sworn in

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)

3. Right, That's whatI meant. 30 is the minimum age for a Senator and

Reply to Hamlette (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 03:39 AM

Jan 2021

Joe didn't turn 30 until after Election day in 1972.

But still such good karma that Jon is the youngest to win a seat since Joe. Especially in these times.

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)

4. agree

Reply to Tommymac (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 05:25 AM

Jan 2021

Sorry, my post was a bit bitchy, certainly not intended that way. Feeling my oats this am

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