Gay teen ‘becomes Utah’s youngest elected official’

Gay teenager Jackson Lewis is believed to be Utah’s youngest elected official and he’s aiming to reform the education system.

Nineteen-year-old Lewis, who is a self-proclaimed “political nerd” and, according to his X/Twitter account “gay and annoying”, was elected to Canyons School Board District 1. 

According to his campaign website, Lewis, who is a recent Hillcrest High School graduate, decided to run when he was 17, after hearing “school faculty complain about not getting the resources and support they needed from the state and district”. 

Taking to X, Lewis wrote: “I am over-the-moon excited to serve this community for the next four years.”

We won! I am so grateful for the support I have received from the people of Canyons district 1, and I am over-the-moon excited to serve this

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