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MO REPS ARE17 YEARS OLDERTHAN MO RESIDENTS

THE_AGE_DISCONNECT

GEN_X
MILLENNIAL
57
VS
17_YRS
40
AVG_REP_AGE
AVG_RESIDENT
AVG_YEAR_ELECTED
2017
AVG_TERMS
5
AVG_TENURE
9_YRS
MISSOURI
8 DISTRICTS · 2 SENATORS
UPPER CHAMBER REPRESENTATION
DEMOGRAPHIC DISPARITY
STATE DELEGATION % (BOOMER + SILENT)50%
POPULATION % (BOOMER + SILENT)31%

STATE_ANALYTICS: MO

How the generational makeup of Missouri's congressional delegation compares to its voting-age population.

GEN X
DELEGATION
50%
POPULATION
24%
BOOMER
DELEGATION
40%
POPULATION
26%
SILENT
DELEGATION
10%
POPULATION
5%
MILLENNIAL
DELEGATION
0%
POPULATION
33%
GEN Z
DELEGATION
0%
POPULATION
12%

DATA_NOTE: VOTING-AGE POPULATION ONLY (18+) · GEN_Z CAPPED AT 1997–2012 · SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS ACS

DELEGATION BREAKDOWN

DISTRICT BY DISTRICT FORENSIC AUDIT — SORTED BY AGE GAP
DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE
PARTY
AGE
GENERATION
AGE GAP VS DISTRICT AVG
05
Emanuel
Cleaver
Elected: 2005
D
81
SILENT
+43
03
Robert
Onder
Elected: 2025
R
64
BOOMER
+25
04
Mark
Alford
Elected: 2023
R
62
BOOMER
+23
06
Sam
Graves
Elected: 2001
R
62
BOOMER
+23
02
Ann
Wagner
Elected: 2013
R
63
BOOMER
+22
01
Wesley
Bell
Elected: 2025
D
51
GEN X
+12
07
Eric
Burlison
Elected: 2023
R
49
GEN X
+10
08
Jason
Smith
Elected: 2013
R
45
GEN X
+5