{"id":29303,"date":"2019-03-22T07:56:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=29303"},"modified":"2019-03-22T14:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:23:55","slug":"despite-age-democratic-senate-candidate-feels-hes-the-right-choice-to-represent-the-57th-district-in-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/despite-age-democratic-senate-candidate-feels-hes-the-right-choice-to-represent-the-57th-district-in-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Age, Democratic Senate Candidate Feels He’s the Right Choice to Represent the 57th District in Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Austin Morgan<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

FREEDOM, NY – The Democratic candidate running for Cathy Young’s<\/strong> (R-Olean) recently-vacated State Senate seat<\/a> says that despite his age, he’s still just as capable and qualified to represent voters in the 57th district when compared to the other two individuals running for the seat.<\/p>\n

Democratic candidate Austin Morgan<\/strong>, 22, is a lifelong resident of Freedom, NY in Cattaraugus County. The son of a teacher’s aide and a maintenance mechanic, Morgan was the valedictorian of Pioneer High School\u2019s Class of 2015, and he is a first-generation college student about to graduate from Cornell University<\/strong> where he is studying child development and environmental influences on that development. He’s worked as a teacher aide with special needs students, substitute teacher, State Senate Legislative Analyst, and as the co-President of a student-run event production business on the Cornell Campus.<\/p>\n

Morgan has already been endorsed by all four county Democratic Committees<\/a> in the 57th district, including Chautauqua County.<\/p>\n

Morgan was a guest on this week’s Community Matters<\/strong><\/a> program and talked about his candidacy and why he’s decided to run for State Senate.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s time for some energy and I think it’s time for some excitement in our local politics. When was the last time we looked at government and didn’t have an exhaustive sigh?” Morgan asked. “So I put my name in because I really feel a sense of duty to the towns, the streets, and the people who raised me.”<\/p>\n