An 18-year-old teen has announced his bid for mayor just weeks after graduating from high school.
According to ABC News, Brandon Moss, 18, announced earlier this month that he was running for mayor of Fairfield, Alabama, making him the youngest mayoral candidate in the history of the city.
“I am ready to take on this challenge. Age doesn’t guarantee wisdom or innovation,” Moss told ABC News. “I’m not going to say I’m perfect or I know it all, it will take a team of good people to be able to accomplish good things.”
Moss said he was running for mayor of Fairfield, a city of 9,500 people just southwest of Birmingham, because “I love this city, and I believe in its future.”
The 18-year-old told ABC News that he’s always had an interest in the “inner workings of politics,” and he decided to run for mayor after noticing a “bigger need” in Fairfield, specifically regarding “businesses and a better way of living.” Moss has previously served as a youth senator and in the governor’s cabinet in the Alabama Youth and Government Program and on the Student Advisory Board for the superintendent of Birmingham City Schools. The teen said his political role models include Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and former President Barack Obama.
“The past administrations and the people that are running have done a great job in Fairfield, but I think it’s time that we look for something new,” Moss said.
Moss is set to attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham this fall and is prepared to juggle his courses and mayoral responsibilities, his campaign manager said.
“He does have a team of mentors for every aspect, not just to help him get to mayor, but people that are helping with public speaking, mental health,” the campaign manager added. “I think he will be more than prepared, even at 18, to take on the role as mayor of Fairfield.”
The mayoral election is set to take place on August 26.
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