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Freshman senator holds Congress's first Tumblr town hall

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 21, 2017

Leave it to the new kids to pull some new technology tricks.

Freshman Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) is reaching out to young voters by holding a Tumblr town hall, a first for any member of Congress.

While some members have dabbled in less-conventional methods of connecting with constituents (Ohio Republican Brad Wenstrup held an Instagram town hall in 2015), Thursday's virtual meeting will be the first town hall meeting to try to take advantage of the site's popularity among politically active Millennials.

Though turnout among young voters largely lagged across the country, Millennials in Cortez Masto's state of Nevada turned out in droves to cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton, helping propel Cortez Masto to electoral victory.