Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election [View all]

On Tuesday night, a charismatic teenager eked out a victory in a race for a county supervisor seat in southeastern Virginia.

Cameran Drew’s victory was notable not only because of his age (19) or the narrow margin of victory (10 votes), but also because of the opponent he beat: his former high school government teacher.

Mr. Drew, 19, won a seat on the Board of Supervisors in Surry County, Va., with 345 votes to Kenneth Bell’s 335.

Mr. Drew, a lifelong Surry County resident, is a 2024 graduate of Surry County High School, where he took four dual-enrollment classes with Mr. Bell, mostly focused on history and government.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/surry-county-virginia-supervisor-election.html