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She Was a Gen Z Influencer for Kamala Harris. Now She’s Running for Congress

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Deja Foxx , a 24-year-old content creator with a TikTok following of nearly 143,000 , launched her candidacy this week for the special election in Arizona ’s Seventh Congressional District .

Foxx was one of the few Gen Z’ers to deliver a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention .

In 2019 , the same year she started GenZ Girl Gang , a digital community for young women.

The Arizona Democrat says she's uniquely suited to use social media as a political tool.

She says the ability to create and maintain community on digital spaces isn’t just an asset; it is becoming a requirement.

Running in a congressional race like this balances a national presence with a local grassroots strategy.

In the last few years , your political views have shaped the entirety of your political ideology, if at all, and what has changed your views? I know I'm already an outsider candidate. I’m someone who has been engaged with politics on the other side of the dais. This is a chaotic moment for media, for attention, for our understanding of what is true. We need people who are going to go to D.C. and be loud.