By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--May 15, 2014
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Saira Blair will graduate from a West Virginia high school later this month. She posts photos of her smoothie habit on Instagram, volunteers at the Martinsburg VA hospital and helps raise money for the Make-a-Wish foundation. She will not be eligible to vote until July. But on Tuesday, she beat a sitting state delegate who was seeking a third term in office. With all 13 precincts in her Martinsburg-area district reporting, Blair beat state Del. Larry Kump (R) by an 872-728 vote margin.
Blair campaigned on an anti-abortion, pro-Second Amendment platform, offering her cellphone number to constituents and pledging not to go negative.Name recognition appears to have helped somewhat, as Blair's father is a state senator. Still, Blair is a pretty common name, and surely most of the voters had heard about her age and the unconventional nature of her candidacy. I have no idea if this means the establishment is getting the message, but it certainly looks like the farm system is promising. Congratulations, Saira, and good luck in November!
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