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Q&A: Young politicians explain what it’s like being college-aged elected officials

Levesque is a state legislator in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and Cole is a county commissioner in West Virginia. TC: What’s it like serving in these roles when your friends are probably off at college? CL: It’s definitely an interesting conversation because a lot of my friends are artists or they went to the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. So going from that, two totally different things, and they were very excited that I was running. GC: My first year of high school I got elected class president before I even knew it. Everybody just kind of fell in line, like “How can we help?” I registered so many young people my age to vote. TC: What was it like organizing a campaign so fresh out of high school? Everybody is going to talk about my age, so I’m not going to waste my time with it. CL: I do online school for political science, so that helps a lot. I enjoy the farm much more than I do politics, but if I feel led to run again or run for something else or I’m encouraged to do so, I’ll consider it.