Mike Gravel briefly ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 with a campaign manager and chief of staff who were both 18 years old at the time.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including Wikipedia, CBS News, ABC News, and The Forward, all corroborating the ages and roles of the campaign staff. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91 (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-gravel-credits-teens-for-running-2020-presidential-campaign-its-been-their-show (corroboration)
- https://abcnews.com/Politics/mike-gravel-2020-presidential-candidate/story?id=64693650 (corroboration)
- https://forward.com/news/424544/mike-gravel-democratic-presidential-campaign-2020/ (corroboration)