Medical Definition of pharyngeal. 1  1: relating to or located in the region of the pharynx. 2  2a: innervating the pharynx especially by contributing to the formation of the pharyngeal plexus the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerveb: supplying or draining the pharynx the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery.
When John McCain ran for president in 2008, some commentary focused on the age gulf between him and Barack Obama. So McCain's announcement Tuesday that he will seek a sixth term in the Senate in November suggests that he must be near the upper end of the age range of Senate. Which he is. But, if McCain, who is now 78, is reelected, he probably won't even be one of the three oldest senators in the 115th Congress, much less history. McCain is so young by Senate standards that former senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) won election three times when he was older than the Arizona Republican will be. Two other senators won election twice at ages older than McCain will be in January 2017.
This isn't really the case in 2016. Mitt Romney won 17 of the 24 states where Republicans are facing re-election. Of the 7 states Obama won most were low-single-digit victories, and the only blowout was his home state of Illinois.rizona-John McCain won re-election easily in 2010, but he will be 80 years old in 2016 and may or may not run for re-election. He is probably safe if he runs again, but if he doesn't the race could get interesting. In 2012, Republican Jeff Flake won the junior seat from Arizona by just 3 points.