85-year-old longtime House Democrat facing primary challenger who's making age a key issue

Longtime Democratic Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer has yet to announce whether he will seek re-election next year for a 24th two-year term in Congress.

If he does, he will face a primary challenger who is making Hoyer's age – the congressman turns 86 next month and would be 89 at the end of his next term – a centerpiece of his campaign.

Harry Jarin, 35, a volunteer firefighter and emergency services' consultant, said Thursday in a new video announcing his candidacy, "If you live here in southern Maryland, I want to ask you a tough question. Do you really think that Steny Hoyer, at 89-years-old, is the best person to represent us?" 

Jarin argued that "we're in a moment of real crisis. Radical Republicans are burning down our country around us. Our friends and family who work in the government a...