THE POLITICAL CANDIDATE
Executive Board
Taweh Beysolow
St. John’s University
Nicole Lough
Mesa Community College
Ana-Shea Fann
Troy University
Dannelly Rodriguez
Queen’s College
John Breeden
West Virginia University
Elizabeth Francis
Kansas State University
John Knetemann
SD School of Mines & Tech
Dustin Lane
University of North Texas
Gannon LeBlanc
Eastern Michigan
University
Brittney Little
Seton Hall University
Tyler Lively
Queen’s University
Emily Rhorick
College of Charleston
Derek Rousseau
University of Cal. – SD
Shannon Salzman
Salem College
Sara Ther
University of Illinois
David Clement
Wilfrid Laurier University
Matthew La Corte
Hofstra University
Noelle Mandell
University of Houston
Alumni Profile
LANCE WHEELER
While pursuing a Bachelor’s
degree in Economics at the
University of Kentucky as a
freshman, I was named the Vice
President of UK Students for
Liberty and later appointed as
President of the group. During
my time with UK Students for
Liberty, I grew UK Students for Liberty from five members
to over thirty active members. We actively hosted events
and campus protests where I lead and spoke during a
smoking ban protest and Tea Party protest on the University
of Kentucky’s campus, gaining media coverage both in
Kentucky and TIME Magazine. I later served as the State Youth
Coordinator and District Coordinator for Rand Paul for the U.S
Senate in Kentucky. In 2012, I was named one of Red Alert’s
“30 Under 30,” which highlighted influential people under
thirty in politics. Today, I’m running for West Virginia State
Senate out of my hometown of Saint Albans, just outside
Charleston.
Holding a leadership role for my university’s Students for
Liberty group taught me the importance of getting libertyoriented students out of the book clubs and into the electoral
process to promote our individual freedom and free market
principles. I obtained my start in politics because of the
experience I gained while President of the UK Students for
Liberty group at my university. It still excites me today to
talk with old members from my group and hear about their
successes in influencing others with our message.
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