It was only a month prior to Virginia’s First District Democratic Convention in May when Caleb Fulford ’24 decided to run for a delegate position that would represent the district at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill.
Despite strong competition from far more experienced former elected officials and local party chairs, Fulford finished with the most votes out of all candidates. He is now the First District of Virginia’s youngest ever delegate in history, as well as the youngest openly gay delegate in state history.
“It was tough coming in because of my youth, and I was by far the least well-known of the candidates there,” Fulford said. “So, I was coming in as the underdog and not really anticipating what would happen.”…