27-year-old Republican Riley Owen runs for US Congress in Utah

Riley Owen, a 27-year-old Republican and one of the few Gen Z candidates running for Congress on November 3 in a newly created Utah district, champions issues like paid maternity leave and restrictions on congressional stock trading. Despite his platform appealing to some Democratic supporters, Owen faces significant fundraising challenges; his rival, 51-year-old Democrat Ben McAdams, has raised over $2.6m compared to Owen's $150,000 by mid-October, according to Federal Election Commission records. Owen argues that his generation can renew the American Dream and that the gerontocracy is a bipartisan issue, citing his background as a military officer and White House policy analyst.