17-Year-Old Girl Beats Incumbent State Delegate in Primary Election
LatestSaira Blair, a West Virginia resident who will graduate high school later this month, just defeated a sitting state delegate in her district’s primary election. This is a very notable accomplishment for any teen, but it is especially notable for a second-semester senior (a subset of the student population whose daily responsibilities mostly consist of watching Hercules in a darkened classroom until it’s time to for college). When I was Saira Blair’s age, I regularly wore slippers to school.
Anyway: it was announced yesterday that Blair beat state Del. Larry Kump (R) by an 872-728 vote margin. In their respective campaigns, Blair stressed her lack of biases and her willingness to talk directly to the people. Kump emphasized his “maturity” and “political insight.”