The number of state lawmakers 45 or younger will jump from 30 to 40 when the next Arkansas General Assembly convenes in January, creating one of the largest delegations of relatively young lawmakers in the nation, according to a national group encouraging younger candidates to run.
Arkansas has 135 state lawmakers total, with 35 in the Senate and 100 in the House.
The four co-chairmen of this group of younger Arkansas lawmakers met with community leaders Wednesday in Bentonville to explain why and how they hope their group will make a difference.
The group goes by the name of the Arkansas Future Caucus and is an affiliate of the Millennial Action Project, a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C. The project's national director, Layla Zaidane, attended Wednesday's meeting at The Momentary. She said before Wednesday's event Arkansas' proportion of lawmakers younger than 45 appears to be the largest in the United States.
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