[Vision2020] Pint-size politician: Mayor of Minnesota town is 4 years old

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of NBC's Today at:

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Pint-size politician: Mayor of Minnesota town is 4 years old
In his official capacity as mayor of his tiny Minnesota town, 4-year-old Bobby Tufts has enjoyed the benefits of his political power.

“His biggest perks are that he gets to give hugs and gets lots of free ice cream,’’ his mother, Emma Tufts, told TODAY.com.

Bobby, who will appear on TODAY Saturday, became the mayor of Dorset, Minn., in August of 2012 when he was only 3 years old after his name was picked out of a hat at the annual “Taste of Dorset’’ festival. In the seasonal town of 26 residents, candidates pay the $1 ballot fee to literally throw their names in a hat during the yearly mayoral election at the festival. (The position is symbolic, because the town actually is run by a group of five local business owners.)

“He ran an actual campaign,’’ his mother said. “All the waitresses at the Dorset House and some at Campaneros were wearing buttons with his campaign picture that said, ‘Vote for Bobby!’ and we had posters all over town. I don’t know how many votes he had in the hat, but a lot of the customers were voting him in.”

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Bobby Tufts, the 4-year-old honorary mayor of Dorset, Minn., was given an oak plaque symbolizing the key to the city.



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A Bobby Tufts campaign poster.



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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

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