Saira Blair, 18, made history by becoming the youngest American elected to office. The 18-year-old was elected with a clear majority of 63 percent. Her 44-year-old democratic opponent received only 30 percent of the vote.

  When she takes her seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates, she will be the youngest lawmaker in the country. “I’ve watched too many kids my age have to leave the state because they cannot find a good paying job and I want to bring business back in the state of West Virginia” she said during an interview with FOX.

  In May 2014, a then 17-year-old Blair won the Republican primary against Larry Douglas Kump, an experienced Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates who has been representing District 59 since January 2013.

  Blair is currently attending West Virginia University, and she is studying economics and Spanish. As her obligations call, the youngest elected lawmaker will have to defer her next semester in order to attend the House of Delegates 60-day session next spring, and she plans to go back to school next summer.

  Politics seem like a family affair; Blair’s Father, Craig, is a state senator and her campaign manager. Blair told Teen Vogue she wants to represent her generation in a political process that’s too often, too left, too weathered, and too white haired.

  “The average age in Congress is 57, and the average age in the U.S. Senate is 62, but with all of that experience, we’ve only gotten more debt and less jobs,” said Blair. She believes she can bring something new to the table that allows more jobs to be created through investments in her state. Blair does not want to be seen or treated as an 18 year-old. She thinks it is important to act with maturity

  This is a very impressive, young woman and college students should look forward to hearing about her success in the future.