MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has announced the Vermont student winners of his annual State of the Union essay contest.
His office says the 11th annual contest was a chance for high school students around the state to describe pressing issues that they would prioritize as president of the United States.
First place went to William Taggard, a junior at Brattleboro Union High School, who wrote about changing the presidential election process.
Emilia De Jounge, a sophomore at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, won second place and third place went to Simon Rosenbaum, a junior at the Vermont Commons School in South Burlington.
