Oakland Junior High student Johnson Hunter in front of his poster board on Vice President Joe Biden on October 25.
Credit Jessica Reese / KBIA
Oakland Junior high students Abby Theroff and project partner John Dingo talk to the candidate they researched, Vicky Hartzler, at the mock political convention on October 25.
Credit Jessica Reese / KBIA
Teacher of Oakland Junior High's Honors Government class Joshua Johnson talks to his students at the mock political convention held on October 25.
What if there was one political convention where all political parties were represented? Well, a group of people not even of voting age did just that in Columbia. Oakland Junior High 9th graders spent the last two months preparing for a mock political convention representing local, state, and national candidates.