19-year-old Fmr. Candidate for KS Governor may have just won a State House seat

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Was reading the 2nd article and saw the photo they have of the 19 year old. That guy *really* needs dress shirts that fit properly

Ironically enough, the 19-year-old from Kansas looks older than this 26-year-old from Missouri who also won his primary and is likely going to his state legislature.

Why does it feel like the vast majority of 20 year olds running for office are Republicans? This 'Americans for Prosperity' kid and the 24 year old real-estate CEO in NC-11 feel like outliers amongst their generation

I sense a lot of it is wealth-related

Madison Cawthorn (NC-11) received a multimillion dollar settlement stemming from the car accident that confined him to a wheelchair. No idea about the Kansas City guy but according to one of his campaign finance reports, he loaned his campaign $10,000, which is typically not something a 26 year old schoolteacher is in a position to do unless they have money from somewhere else.

I actually read about Cawthorn today, throughout the rest of this he'll be referred to as "wheelie" and it seems to me that he actually didn't get any money from the insurance settlement. Basically, as I understand it. He was going back home from spring break with a friend, friend falls asleep at the wheel and crashes into a concrete divider, Wheelie is partially paralyzed, after all the medical stuff he has around $3 million in medical debt I guess he didn't have insurance or something, Friends insurance company offers Wheelie $3 million to cover the expenses, Wheelie sues and demands $30 million, Judge rules in favor of Insurance company. Later on, he worked for Mark Meadows district office, went to college for a semester and then dropped out, his business "SPQR holdings" has one employee which is himself, I'd like to note it's pretty interesting that his business SPQR is the same as the acronym for the Roman Senate.

Final note, his website is atrocious, his issue profiles are all 1-2 sentences, I've seen school board candidates with better websites.

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Again, how the hell did Frownfelter bungle the primary this badly? How much oppo did his campaign do & how much did they spread the word? Is he just a bad candidate and/or politician? Did Coleman run a particularly strong campaign? Poor turnout? I wouldn't have much faith in Frownfelter if he stays in Topeka because the legislature refuses to acknowledge the 19-year-old edgelord that may get more votes than him

There is very little opposition research done for low-level races like state house because those campaigns just don't have the budget to hire a bunch of lawyers and consultants to compile giant binder-sized dossiers on people like in presidential races.

You do basic stuff - look at the financial disclosures, check for a criminal record or tax liens. Old people don't get how social media works; they're not going to look into that stuff. Certainly nothing to the level of a presidential race where you're going to the candidate's alma mater and requesting a copy of their senior thesis to look for something incriminating.

Notice how whenever a low-level politician like a local mayor or state legislator gets caught in a scandal, it's usually because of something a particularly resourceful journalist uncovered, not something their opponent's campaign found.

Wouldn't this have came up in a criminal record check?

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And I repeat, expel him immediately.

For? Everything he's been accused of the voters already knew.

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And I repeat, expel him immediately.

For? Everything he's been accused of the voters already knew.

So? Expel him, and strip those voters of their right to vote for voting for a criminal, who under normal circumstances wouldn't be allowed to vote in his own right in most states.

"Strip them of their right to vote for voting for a criminal"

You're an idiot