Newly-elected teenage mayor ‘acted like he was running for president’

MICHAEL SESSIONS is too young to drink champagne legally, but the 18-year-old student has reason to celebrate - he unofficially won a race for mayor this week by defeating the baby boomer incumbent.

Mr Sessions, who turned 18 on September 22, ran as a write-in candidate because he was too young to get on the ballot in the spring. He used $700 from a summer job to fund his door-to-door campaign in Hillsdale, Michigan, a town of about 9,000.

Unofficial results show he got 732 votes, compared with 668 for Mayor Doug Ingles, 51. Once his victory is certified and he’s sworn in - the ceremony is set for November 21 - he may be the youngest mayor in the US.