Two longtime House Democrats face primary challenges from younger opponents

Democratic incumbents Steny Hoyer and Ed Markey face primary challenges from younger opponents, highlighting age and leadership issues within the party.

If he does, he will face a primary challenger who is making Hoyer's age — the congressman turns 86 next month and would be 89 at the end of his next term — a centerpiece of his campaign. Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."

Meanwhile, 78-year-old Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts—first elected to Congress nearly half a century ago—announced last October that he would seek another six-year term in the Senate. He is now facing a primary challenger who has criticized what he calls the senator’s "absence" in pushing back against President Donald Trump.