18-year-old Becomes Town Mayor
 

18-year-old Becomes Town Mayor

Michigan teen becomes town mayor.

(Hillsdale, Michigan) - An 18-year-old high school student in Michigan has something quite unique to put on a college application: 'I held office as mayor'.

Eighteen-year-old Michael Sessions defeated 51-year-old incumbent Doug Ingles in this week's election to become the new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan.

Hillsdale has a population of just over 8,000.

The teen used an aggressive write-in campaign to earn his seat. He even got the endorsement of several civic groups.

The high school senior, who still lives with his parents, will be the youngest mayor in the town's history.

http://www.wltx.com/video/fyi-vdoplayer.aspx?aid=17219

http://www.wltx.com/fyi/fyi.aspx?storyid=32202

lol good for him

well...i hope he gets to run the town well considering his young age.

go for him

Doug Ingles for President in 2008!

:thumbsup

He's doing a good job

Thats killer.

he plans to do mayor work 3-6pm.. thats a grea job :)

What do you expect in a country that votes in Celebrites as Politicians :)

thats cool and all.. but uhm, yeah...

I had a friend who was "thinking" about doing it his senior year. I think the highest vote count in our town was like 160. Which would be easy to beat as a highschool kid.

Well, he never went through with it because he was afraid. Such a waste!

considering its a small town, he had to overcome everyones judgement of knowing him when he grew up.. good for him to earn the trust of so many at such a young age

Only in America.

too funny :1orglaugh

good for him :)

I hope he can handle it :)

haha i think it is a good thing, politicians lie and do nothing but waste money anyway.

This wording seems to imply that there could have already been a younger mayor elsewhere in the country...? :eek2

yup 16 years old, though that "kid" was a genuis that graduated from college at lke 10 year old.

haha he'll be drinking coffee, pushing around papers, taking bribes, and giving bs speeches, and calling it hard honest days work in no time. Have to get them while they're young, they can be molded into better crooks.