Matt Rowe passes out candy and greets potential voters at the Frog Level Fall Festival and Parade on Saturday, Oct. 29. Rowe is the democratic nominee for District 1 of the House of Representatives.
A little boy gathers at a small table with his family.
The table has been set and a small television sets on top of the refrigerator. Playing on the television is the evening news. This nightly event intrigued the young mind of the little boy and began the interest in the world of politics.
This little boy was Matt Rowe, who is currently running for Congress in the 1st District in this year’s election to take place on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
“When I was in third or fourth grade, I would go into school the next day and discuss what I watched on the evening news with my teacher,” Rowe said. “The other students would look at me like I was crazy.”
Rowe’s interest in the evening news was just the springboard to a lucrative career in politics. While in college, Rowe started to dig his heels in a little deeper into the political world.
While at Hampden-Sydney College, he created the college’s Young Democratic Chapter. In 2002, he aided in Ben Jones’ (famously known as “Cooter” from The Dukes of Hazard) campaign against Eric Cantor.
In 2010, six years after moving to Bowling Green, Rowe campaigned to be a member on the Bowling Green Town Council. Even though Rowe lost the race for town council, it provided him with a great opportunity––to meet the residents of Bowling Green, Rowe said.
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