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The 119th Congress ranks as one of the oldest in history, and it’s leading to concerns about whether lawmakers who are running for office well into their 80s — and sometimes 90s — are fit for the job.

Most lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital defended their colleagues and said age is a case-by-case situation. But some conceded that there are House members and senators who have stayed long past their prime as well.

Concerns about the age of U.S. lawmakers flare up every several months on both sides of the aisle. Longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell in the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building earlier this month, one of several such incidents in recent years, while a recent police report reportedly said D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes

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