Aaron Schock in Young Guns, by Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Eric Cantor & Rep. Kevin McCarthy

On Principles & Values: 2008: Youngest member of US House of Representatives

Aaron began his political career when he was nineteen by running for the local school board in Peoria, incredibly defeating the incumbent board president as a write-in candidate. Two years later he had risen to board president himself--the youngest in its history. This would begin a pattern.

Aaron went on to become state representative at age 23--again making him the youngest member of that body. After two very effective terms as a state representative he decided to run for Congress in 2008 after moderate Republican Ray LaHood announced his retirement.

Schock went on to win nearly 60% of the vote in a 3-way race. And once again he was the youngest member--this time of the United States House of Representatives.

Source: Young Guns, by Reps. Ryan, Cantor & McCarthy, p.161-162 Sep 14, 2010

The above quotations are from Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders, by Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. Click here for other excerpts from Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders, by Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. Click here for other excerpts by Aaron Schock. Click here for a profile of Aaron Schock.
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