The Youngest Person Elected To The Mississippi House of Representatives Is Still In College

[marmar]

Most college seniors entering their final semester are thinking about how to balance their schoolwork with a job search, but one young man from Mississippi is more preoccupied with funding in his district as the youngest person elected to the state's House of Representatives.

Jeramey Anderson, a democrat who will represent District 110 , was sworn in on his 22nd birthday.

According to local reports, Anderson won Democrat Billy Broomfield’s vacated seat beating out the party-backed former Moss Point Mayor Aneice Liddell with 60 percent of the vote.

“I was going to stick to municipal government and, in my opinion, it’s go big or go home,” he told The Washington Post about his decision to go for a state level office at such a young age. “I felt that with that position opening up I felt like my service would be better off in that capacity than in a local position.”

One of Anderson's main concerns is how to designate more funding towards education and increase teacher’s pay in his district. .........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/jeramey-anderson_n_4455740.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=Politics

[Brigid]

1. Good on Jeramey!

Or should I say Representative Anderson.