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I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education.

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.

I got into politics when I was eight years old.

When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in order to really create and generate change, it has to come from changing laws... so I started campaigning for Norman Lear's foundation, which was Declare Yourself.

I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.

I started out as a Democrat.