A year later, against the backdrop of civil rights movement at age 27, I received and decided to run for the county Council to take issue with redlining which I thought was just unjust and wrong. And two years later I was elected to the United States Senate at age 29. Too young to take office, I wasn't old enough to be eligible. Until late December, several of my law school classmates were with me to celebrate as we defeated a well respected incumbent Republican senator. (31:42–31:48)
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Asserts that Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate at age 29.
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