Overview
- On GBH radio, Rep. Seth Moulton said he supports a constitutional amendment to set a maximum age for serving in Congress, declined to name a specific age, and pledged to try to pass it and hold himself to it if it fails.
- Moulton framed the push as a safeguard after high-profile health declines among older officials, citing Dianne Feinstein, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Joe Biden as cautionary examples.
- He broadened his generational argument by vowing not to vote to keep Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader and by saying Sen. Elizabeth Warren should face a primary when she is next up in 2030.
- Markey’s campaign criticized Moulton for launching during a government shutdown and defended the senator’s work, while Markey has secured endorsements from seven of Moulton’s nine Massachusetts House colleagues and from Warren.
- Early indicators are mixed: a UNH poll found 42% say Markey should be reelected and 39% say he should not, a Fiscal Alliance survey showed Moulton ahead among general voters and closer among Democrats, and a UMass/WCVB poll put Markey’s approval at 51%.