Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg pushed back on perceptions that his campaign to oust longtime Democratic incumbent lawmakers is fueled by age-related concerns. 

In April, Hogg unveiled a $20 million initiative targeted at wresting Democratic incumbents from positions of power and replacing them with new candidates. Hogg said at the time he was focused on squelching a “culture of seniority politics” aimed at ousting politicians too content with “the status quo,” or “our current set of leaders, too many of which are asleep at the wheel, out-of-touch, and ineffective.”