Facing Younger Primary Challenger, Waters Says No One Is Too Old To Serve

“Being able to afford housing. Raising my children in the district and school there, talking to their friends. And elections are about the future. They’re not really about the past,” Rahman added. Waters says her experience and the energy she brings to the job every day are why she’s running for re-election. “The Democratic Party is working as it normally does,” Waters said. “They will choose their candidates based on the relationships that they have, the work that they have done, the interests that they have shown – not about age.”