Jonah Wheeler, now 22 years old, was barely out of high school when he was first elected to the New Hampshire state legislature representing the Peterborough area. He is going to tell us his story to demystify the process of getting elected. His grassroots approach involved talking friend to friend, neighbor to neighbor. People listened to him. And he won the election. Running at the state or local level doesn’t require big money, Wheeler says. You could do it yourself!
His motivation to run, Wheeler says, was that he wants the government to represent the people. He said he thought, “I could either sit back and opine about how that was far from the reality – or I could put myself out in my community to see if they agreed.”
He was re-elected in 2024 and now serves on the Environment and Agriculture Committee.
Moderator: Phil Runyon
