Former Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon, the first millennial elected to the California Assembly and the youngest Assembly majority leader in state history, is running for governor, joining a long list of candidates hoping to become the state’s next top executive.

The 39-year-old, who represented Whittier and other Southern California communities while in the legislature, is the latest example of a younger Democrat seeking elected office during a time of intra-party debate over whether longtime politicians – many of whom represent an older era – should make way for a new generation of leaders.

“My generation pays bills on our phones. We send money to each other with Venmo and we save in Bitcoin. But the people running our government? They’re trying to use yesterday’s ideas to so

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