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Luis Mata poses for a .5 selfie with a group of supporters in La Vergne, Tennessee, on Oct. 20, 2024. (Photo by Shauna Reynolds)

‘One door at a time’: Luis Mata’s young staffers push to flip a Tennessee House seat

Shauna Reynolds, Features editor October 28, 2024
On a hot Sunday morning, 44 days before the November election, Tennessee State House candidate Luis Mata gathered with volunteers and staff at a local park. Again.  Mata and his team are strikingly young. Young volunteers, young staff, young candidate. What they lack in age, they compensate for with determination. 
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(ABC/ Ida Mae Astute)

Opinion: What Sanders dropping out means for young voters, the need for transparency in American politics

Photo by ABC/ Ida Mae Astute With the 2016 general election creeping closer and closer, many voters are choosing sides. "Creeping" is the operative word in that sentence, considering the division that...

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