Daily Mail, UK - He can't vote, can't drive a car, and still needs a permission slip for field trips — but 14-year-old Dean Roy believes he's ready to run Vermont.
While most high school freshmen set their eyes on student council or homecoming king, the teenager is looking to make history with an eye-popping campaign for governor.
'I really hope that this mission of mine leads to more youth getting involved,' Roy told the Daily Mail.
If elected, he'd be the first-ever US governor under the age of 18.
In 2018, 13-year-old Ethan Sonneborn ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Vermont. The youngest-ever US governor was Democrat Stevens Mason, who had just turned 24 when he began serving his term in Michigan in 1835.
Speaking from his bedroom with an American flag hanging vertically behind him, Roy told the Daily Mail his long-shot campaign all started with an offhand comment. At his 8th-grade graduation, his teacher joked that he wanted the campaign manager job if Roy ever ran for office.
What was likely intended as a throwaway comment struck a moment of curiosity for the youngster, who rushed home and looked up the requirements.
He found that Vermont is the only state with no age restrictions to run for governor. A handful of states allow citizens to apply at 18, but the majority require a candidate to be 30 on the date of the election.
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