Kucinich taps Corvallis High grad
Jess DeGroot will serve as a delegate at Democratic National Convention
By BENNETT HALL
Gazette-Times business editor
Jess DeGroot plans to major in politics when he enrolls at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., this fall. Over the summer, he'll be doing a little independent study.
DeGroot will travel to Boston next month to attend the Democratic National Convention — not as an observer, but as a delegate for presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
The 18-year-old Kucinich supporter, who helped organize the candidate's appearance at Corvallis High School in April, graduates today. On Saturday, he was elected to serve as a Kucinich delegate from Oregon's 4th Congressional District during a convention of district Democrats in Cottage Grove.
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