Inside a 22-Year-Old’s Campaign for a Connecticut State Senate Seat

Nov 06, 2018, 11:44 AM

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Campaigns rely on young volunteers to do the legwork needed just before the election. But the candidates they are working for are often much older.

That's not the case in Will Haskell's campaign.

The 22-year-old Georgetown graduate, who is running for a seat in the Connecticut state Senate, is relying on an army of teen- and college-aged volunteers to knock on doors, hand out fliers and call potential supporters.