DragonStryk72
05-16-2014, 04:21 AM
Meet The High School Student Who Took Down A State Lawmaker
by Alan Greenblatt
Saira Blair has been busy this week. She's president of the Key Club at Hedgesville High School in West Virginia, and she's been participating in a variety of activities as her class prepares to graduate next week.
Oh — and on Tuesday, she won a primary election for the state House.
Blair, who is 17, unseated two-term GOP incumbent Larry Kump. The district is heavily Republican, so she'll be favored to win the seat in the fall.
She may be a teenager, but she sounds like a concerned parent when she talks about why she ran.
"A lot of my friends around the state have been able to find a good education in the state of West Virginia, but they haven't been able to get a job," she says.
May 15, 2014
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/05/15/312494574/meet-the-high-school-student-who-beat-a-state-lawmaker?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140515
Now, how bad do you have to be as a politician to lose out to a 17-year old who hasn't made it out of high school yet? I mean, it's awesome that she's this motivated, but I mean, this shouldn've been a slam dunk for the experienced guy, and then there's this:
she'll be favored to win the seat in the fall.
by Alan Greenblatt
Saira Blair has been busy this week. She's president of the Key Club at Hedgesville High School in West Virginia, and she's been participating in a variety of activities as her class prepares to graduate next week.
Oh — and on Tuesday, she won a primary election for the state House.
Blair, who is 17, unseated two-term GOP incumbent Larry Kump. The district is heavily Republican, so she'll be favored to win the seat in the fall.
She may be a teenager, but she sounds like a concerned parent when she talks about why she ran.
"A lot of my friends around the state have been able to find a good education in the state of West Virginia, but they haven't been able to get a job," she says.
May 15, 2014
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/05/15/312494574/meet-the-high-school-student-who-beat-a-state-lawmaker?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140515
Now, how bad do you have to be as a politician to lose out to a 17-year old who hasn't made it out of high school yet? I mean, it's awesome that she's this motivated, but I mean, this shouldn've been a slam dunk for the experienced guy, and then there's this:
she'll be favored to win the seat in the fall.