State Journal

While most high school seniors this time of year are looking forward to graduating and then entering college or the workforce, one 17-year old student in Minster, Ohio, has very different plans: to shake 50,000 hands, knock on 25,000 doors, and go to the Statehouse.

Derrick Seaver, a senior at the 250-student Minster High School, is running for representative in the state's 85th District. At press time, he was the only Democrat who had filed for candidacy, and no Democratic opponents were expected.

Three men, all in their 30s, are vying...