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Gen Z is in the House — following election Oregon’s Legislature gets younger

States Newsroom · November 12, 2026

Like many members of Generation Z, Representative-elect Hank Sanders, a Democrat living in Hood River, recently turned 26 and aged out of his family’s health insurance plan. “That’s my weekend plan,” he said in a phone interview. “Nobody punch me. Nobody hurt me for the next couple weeks while I figure out my…

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Gen Z is in the House — following election Oregon’s Legislature gets younger

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