"It was the 'Top Ten Reasons to Vote for Eliah' and all of those reasons rhymed with his name," Mancini says. "Example: He's the freshman messiah."
"Actually," Mancini says, "Eliah got elected because he is a genuine person. When he talks to you, you don't get the feeling that he's campaigning or trying to win votes. He was exactly the same during the campaigning week as he always is--his door is always open."
In high school, Eliah fared better than his brother in student government elections, winning the student body presidency after his brother had been "trounced" seeking the same office four years earlier.
"I learned about responding to the needs of constituents," he says of the job. "I like finding out students' problems and trying to get stuff done to address them."
He says it was his positive experience with student government in high school that served as his main impetus for running for a council seat.
The other, he says, was his older brother.
"Noah always encourages me to go out and get involved," Seton says.
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