Republicans looking for a fresh, young face to help guide the party out of the political wilderness don’t need to look any further than new Representative Aaron Schock of Illinois. At age 27, Schock is the youngest face of all in the House of Representatives, where the Constitution requires members to be at least 25.

Schock started his own business right out of college, and won a seat on the Peoria school board as a write-in candidate when he was only 19. In 2004, at age 23, the Republican Schock won a Democratic-leaning Peoria-based seat in the Illinois House of Representatives.