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100,000 First Bosses: My Unlikely Path as a 22-Year-Old Lawmaker

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Biography & Autobiography. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:The underdog story of Will Haskell, who became a Democratic state Senator in 2018 at age twenty-two�??taking on an incumbent who had been undefeated for Haskell's entire life and earning an endorsement from President Obama�??and is determined to pave the way for his peers to transform government from the bottom up. President Obama left office with these parting words for Americans: "If you're disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself." Twenty-two-year-old Will Haskell decided to do just that. If he ran for office and won, he would become the youngest state Senator in Connecticut history. For years, Haskell's hometown had reelected the same politician who opposed passing paid family leave, fought increases in the minimum wage, and voted down expansions of voting rights. Haskell's own vision for Connecticut's future couldn't be more different, and he couldn't stand the idea of an uncontested election. In 2018, he would be a college grad looking for his first job. Why not state Senator? When Haskell kicks off his campaign in the spring of his senior year, he's an unknown college kid facing a popular incumbent who's been in office for over two decades�??as long as Haskell's been alive. Haskell's campaign manager is his roommate and his treasurer is his girlfriend's mom. He doesn't have any professional experience. But he does have a powerful message: there's no minimum age to being on the right side of history. Six months later, Haskell's shocking upset victory gives him a historic seat in the state Senate and the responsibility to serve the 100,000 constituents in his district. Like any first job, his first term as a legislator is filled with trial and error. Creating a program that funds free tuition at Connecticut's community colleges�??nice work. Falling asleep on the senate floor�??needs improvement. In the tradition of Pete Buttigieg's Shortest Way Home and Greta Thunberg's No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, 100,000 First Bosses is the story of how one twentysomething candidate waged the campaign of his young life, fought for change at the state capitol, and proved that his generation is ready to claim a sea… (mere)

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In Will Haskell's memoir 100,000 FIRST BOSSES, President Obama suggested that if anyone wants to make a change, one way is to run for office, and Will Haskell takes it to heart during his senior year of college. He cobbles together a team, discovers point of view, and begins his campaign before he graduates college. Haskell shares his struggles and his successes along the way, while also revealing how state level politics are unique in it's power and at times frustrating in its application.
Haskell has such a unique voice that is refreshingly easy and exciting to read. There is an underlying earnestness to his writing style where he is candidly reflecting on his political life so far, while also making it clear that he has so much more to learn. He shares so clearly what it means to him every step of the way and his perspective can't help but make any reader wonder what it would be like if they ran for office. Another component of being a state politician that Haskell describes is the struggle of balancing the desire to serve with the reality of what that means financially and personally. At the end of the book, the reader is left to consider the fortitude and care it takes to hold public office on a small scale and makes one wonder what kind of special person it takes to want to do such a challenging and often thankless job.
Haskell is instantly likeable and a reader can't help but cheer for him every step of the way in 100,000 FIRST BOSSES. The book is pleasantly fast-paced, much like Haskell's political career seems to be and anyone who reads the book will be entertained and enlightened to the world of small scale politics.
Thank you to Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, Will Haskell, and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! (

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Biography & Autobiography. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:The underdog story of Will Haskell, who became a Democratic state Senator in 2018 at age twenty-two�??taking on an incumbent who had been undefeated for Haskell's entire life and earning an endorsement from President Obama�??and is determined to pave the way for his peers to transform government from the bottom up.
President Obama left office with these parting words for Americans: "If you're disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself." Twenty-two-year-old Will Haskell decided to do just that. If he ran for office and won, he would become the youngest state Senator in Connecticut history.

For years, Haskell's hometown had reelected the same politician who opposed passing paid family leave, fought increases in the minimum wage, and voted down expansions of voting rights. Haskell's own vision for Connecticut's future couldn't be more different, and he couldn't stand the idea of an uncontested election. In 2018, he would be a college grad looking for his first job. Why not state Senator?

When Haskell kicks off his campaign in the spring of his senior year, he's an unknown college kid facing a popular incumbent who's been in office for over two decades�??as long as Haskell's been alive. Haskell's campaign manager is his roommate and his treasurer is his girlfriend's mom. He doesn't have any professional experience. But he does have a powerful message: there's no minimum age to being on the right side of history.

Six months later, Haskell's shocking upset victory gives him a historic seat in the state Senate and the responsibility to serve the 100,000 constituents in his district. Like any first job, his first term as a legislator is filled with trial and error. Creating a program that funds free tuition at Connecticut's community colleges�??nice work. Falling asleep on the senate floor�??needs improvement.

In the tradition of Pete Buttigieg's Shortest Way Home and Greta Thunberg's No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, 100,000 First Bosses is the story of how one twentysomething candidate waged the campaign of his young life, fought for change at the state capitol, and proved that his generation is ready to claim a sea

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