Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election

[Anonymous]

Democracy in action!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/surry-county-virginia-supervisor-election.html
Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election
On Tuesday night, a charismatic teenager eked out a victory in a race for a county supervisor seat in southeastern Virginia.

Cameran Drew’s victory was notable not only because of his age (19) or the narrow margin of victory (10 votes), but also because of the opponent he beat: his former high school government teacher.

Mr. Drew, 19, won a seat on the Board of Supervisors in Surry County, Va., with 345 votes to Kenneth Bell’s 335.

Mr. Drew, a lifelong Surry County resident, is a 2024 graduate of Surry County High School, where he took four dual-enrollment classes with Mr. Bell, mostly focused on history and government.

[Anonymous]

There was an election. Two people ran. One beat the other. Happens all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was an election. Two people ran. One beat the other. Happens all the time.

Very few 19 year olds run for public office...let alone win.

[Anonymous]

With 700 voters, any pair of candidates probably know each other

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an election. Two people ran. One beat the other. Happens all the time.

Very few 19 year olds run for public office...let alone win.

So what? He's a legal adult, ran for local office, and won.

[Anonymous]

It's actually a great story. The teacher said no hard feelings.

[Anonymous]

At 19 I’m sure he has a wealth of life experience and seasoned worldview to draw on in making decisions that will affect his constituents.