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Saturday, May 17, 2014

17-year-old student tops sitting W.Va. lawmaker

A teenager is on the verge of becoming the youngest lawmaker in West Virginia’s history just a week before graduating high school after running on pro-life, pro-gun platform.

Saira Blair, 17, was barely old enough to vote when she unseated a West Virginia lawmaker almost four times her age.

After Tuesday's GOP primary, she is now one election away from becoming the youngest state lawmaker in West Virginia history - Larry Swan, sworn in as a 20-year-old delegate in 1972, set the current record.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

She'll probably do better than most.

Anonymous said...

She is a cutie as well. Prettier than any Democrat I have ever seen.

Anonymous said...

I'd vote for her, she has to be better than any Dem.

Anonymous said...

I think she has a shot and I hope she wins