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Meet Evan Low: New mayor of Campbell, CA is Asian, gay, and 26

”I’m passionate and energetic about all things I do. This is not work for me. This is something I enjoy.”

Evan Low, 26, the new mayor of suburban city of Campbell, California. He was voted in by the Campbell’s City Council. Now the youngest gay and youngest Asian mayor in America, he is slated to be serve as the mayor for one year. (San Francisco Chronicle)


”I hope that this will provide an opportunity for other people to get involved who traditionally might not see politics as something that might be exciting or something that might not interest them.”

Evan Low, the new mayor of Campell, CA. (KTVU)

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