Wednesday, November 21, 2007

A Teenage Politician

In The News-Times the other day there was a nice write up on Andrew Wetmore, a newly elected Republican Zoning Commission member. You can read it here.

Wetmore is only nineteen years old, and a WestConn student. Despite being so young, he managed to get the third highest amount of votes out of all the zoning candidates. He said he did not expect to win, however did work hard to get elected.

Wetmore is not new to politics, as he said he worked in the unsuccessful State Representative campaigns of Gregg Seabury, along with Congresswoman Nancy Johnson's failed re-election campaign last year. He also tried to fill a vacant seat on the Board of Education in the summer of 2006, but did not get chosen.

From the article it sounds like Wetmore intends to be very involved in politics for a while.

When asked if he would run for mayor in two years, Wetmore said,"Not in two years . . . One day, I would like that. It's very much in the distance. There are other things that are more important, like a college degree and having a family."

He could very well be a rising star in local politics. Only time will tell.

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