Kalan Haywood

Kalan Haywood II (born June 5, 1999) is an American politician serving as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. A Democrat, he is the assistant minority leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly; he has been a member of the Assembly since January 2019. He represents Wisconsin's 16th Assembly district, comprising areas of downtown Milwaukee. Born in 1999, Haywood is the youngest person serving in the Wisconsin Assembly and one of the youngest legislators in America.

Kalan Haywood
Assistant Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Assembly
Assumed office
February 11, 2022
Preceded byDianne Hesselbein
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 16th district
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
Preceded byLeon Young
Personal details
Born
Kalan Haywood II

(1999-06-05) June 5, 1999
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EducationCardinal Stritch University
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Haywood was born on June 5, 1999, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the Rufus King International High School and is currently attending Cardinal Stritch University to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration.[1]

Haywood's father, Kalan Haywood Sr., is the founder of a real estate development firm and an influential man in Milwaukee.[2]

Career

Haywood served as president of the City of Milwaukee Youth Council. He also worked as a non-profit consultant and was a member of the City of Milwaukee Restorative Justice Advisory Committee.[3]

Haywood was 19 years old when he won the Democratic primary election in August 2018 and the general election in November 2018, making him the youngest person serving in the Wisconsin Assembly and one of the youngest legislators in America.[4][5][6]

In the fall of 2021, Haywood was elected by the Assembly Democratic caucus as their new assistant minority leader, following the resignation of the previous leadership team.[7]

References
  1. "Representative Kalan Haywood". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ""What are we waiting for?" Service is a family affair for Haywoods". OnMilwaukee.com. 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  3. "Kalan Haywood". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  4. At 19, Kalan Haywood will be the youngest lawmaker in Wisconsin — and likely the nation, by Molly Beck, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel; published September 28, 2018; retrieved November 14, 2018
  5. Wisconsin Partisan Primary 2018 Election Results, by Lauren Sigfusson; at WUWM; published August 14, 2018; retrieved November 14, 2018; "No Republicans are running"
  6. Taylor, Kate (2018-11-13). "In New Class of Young Lawmakers, a Former Girl Scout Goes to the Statehouse". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  7. Opoien, Jessie; Kelly, Jack (January 12, 2022). "Greta Neubauer shows the new face of Wisconsin Democrats". The Capital Times. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
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