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I hope Rachel gives him a good farewell segment.

But apparently, Rep. Green and another incumbent, Christian Menefee, were forced to face off because of the redistricting.

and was not part of the old guard to put it mildly.

to more youthful candidates with a more geriatric government on display.
I worry for Markey, for example, whose knowledge and legislative expertise may suffer an age comeuppance.
Boomers are baggage to some.

Including in the primary -- I think groups such as Sunrise Movement helped with that effort.

He may still be able to but I haven't kept up with him much since that 2020 Senate election in Massachusetts.

Seemed pretty audacious.

Just ask Bobby (1968) and Ted (1980).

How about that. At least Bobby was reluctant at first and had things a little more thought through.

I did see he's being challenged in the primary by Rep Seth Moulton (think I spelled that right). I don't know anything about him but have seen comments that he'd be the "next Kyrsten Sinema".

We were at the same event over New Year’s but never got to chat.

He certainly seemed liberal enough to me, definitely no Sinema, though we didn’t cover all subjects.

Markey seems liberal enough, too, but he was one of the ones who cruelly trashed Al Franken and (as far as I know) never apologized to Al. If he wins the nomination, I hope he wins re-election. However, if he loses the nomination, I will not have a second thought over supporting Moulton.

He hasn't lost a step, so IMHO it would be foolish to lose his expertise and experience. It's true that some need to go, but painting with a broad brush is not the answer.

Last time Joe Kennedy who Pelosi endorsed ran against him and young people actually backed Markey. I see Wikipedia has that he is "an icon to Gen Z activists" on his Wikipedia page so personally I don't see that happening with Markey.

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which makes him part of the old guard..two decades in Congress is more than enough..it's way past time for the old guard to step aside and make room for a new generation of progressive Democrats...and yes it is an ageism thing..120 members of Congress are 70 years old and over..a congressional seat should not be a life time appointment and a conduit to wealth but sadly that's what it's become regardless of " he's one of the good guys"...

He actually served nearly 40 years in the House and about 12 in the Senate. He was first elected to office in about 1970 As a member of the great and general court (state House of Representatives). I would still happily vote for him over Seth Moulton.

I'm not sure how this became about Massachusetts...but ok

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There are few better on the environment and climate change. He is articulate and convincing when he speaks on TV or in the Senate. He seems to be a very competent legislator.

In fact, the only reason I can think it would be good to elect someone younger is that BOTH Massachusetts Senators are among the older members which means that you can predict that 8 years from now both will have ended their excellent careers and MA will have two Senators in their first terms. ( That assumes that Markey wins now and Warren runs and wins in 2030 when she is 80 and neither runs again in 32 or 36. If Warren does not run in 2030, MA will have 2 freshmen in 2032.)

Some of our best and most progressive members of congress are well over 70. Experience is still an important attribute that should not be ignored.

If and when a person can no longer do the job effectively because of age and/or health, yes it is probably time to stepdown, but to set someone aside due to age only, is not a good precedent to set.

I'm sorry to see him lose. He ran in the newly created 18th (after they gerry-mandered him out of his district). The winner is also a young progressive so it's not as bad as some of the races. Still sad to lose Rep. Green though.

Neither one of them should have been redistricted out.

Also, for his whole career, Green's voting record is not nearly as good - Progressive Punch rates him a D. I predict Menefee will be a better Representative than Green.

https://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?topic=&house=house&sort=overall-current&order=down&party=D

https://progressivepunch.org/proto/record.jsp?member=400653

https://progressivepunch.org/proto/record.jsp?member=413035

we might have had them both.

These are usually a couple years behind but it keeps track going back to at least a decade.

For 2024 Al Green was tied with Jasmine Crockett and Becca Balint who are both terrific congress women.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2024/house/ideology

I'm usually ok with anyone to the left of Henry Cuellar though.

We need more fighters like him, not less.

With immense respect, gratitude and aloha.

Like Sen. Massie, they could form a coalition. Just a thought!

The new guy will make a great Congressman.

Already serving in congress

Still an improvement imo.

Green has deserved his retirement and I know he will keep on fighting.