Kansas Teen Candidates Concede Elections, Inspire Their Generation

On Tuesday afternoon, Kansas gubernatorial candidate Tyler Ruzich accompanied his running mate Dominic Scavuzzo to the polling station to cast his ballot. But Ruzich didn’t vote because, at 17 years of age, he’s too young. “You don’t have to vote to be a voter,” Ruzich told some of his friends, also under the legal voting age, at his election watch party Tuesday night. “Being here means you’re a voter - that you’re encouraging your friends and family to make an educated choice, and...

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