5 year old, Bobby Tufts, has held the title of mayor in a small town in Minnesota for two terms running, but has recently lost the election for his third term to 16 year old Eric Mueller.
Bobby was only 3 years old when he was first elected as Mayor of the town of Dorset in 2013.
Dorset has a population ranging from 9 to 28 people and is known as a tourist town that has no official city government, their mayor chosen by drawing a name from a box at the annual Taste of Dorset festival.
People can vote as many times as they like for $1 per vote which helps pay for the festival, the more votes a person has, the more chance there is of their name being drawn.
One of Bobby’s first acts as Mayor was to declare ice cream at the top of the food pyramid! Bobby also raised money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
The 5 year old says he has enjoyed being Mayor, but he says it is time to hand the title over to Eric, whose name was drawn at the latest festival.
Article written by D Mulhern
26 Responses
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kids rule lolololol
Awwwwwwwwwww I wish our mayor was that cute
what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
That’s so cute!
omg I wish I could be mayor for auckland
WICKED. if i was five i would love that job but im 9 so i probably won’t bother
That would be awesome to be a 5 year old mayor boy
can’t believe a 5 year old kid was a mayor
coolas so cool
I think that would be so Cool to be the mayor at 5 years old
so cute omg hahahahahahahahahahahahahah
if I was that I wood make houses out of candy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome lol!
So cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So cool
OMG he look so cute
If i was mayor… I would make kids in charge of adults, you wouldn’t have to eat veges, and free junk food!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!
That would be awesome for his parents
thats insane
Cool
He is luckeeeeeee!
cool
Lucky. ? ⁉️.
what the he is a kid i never ever new that kidz could b mayor I want to b mayor of my town katikati!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
I can’t believe that he was a mayor for some days.
Lucky as. I am ? and ? and ?
cool!!!!!!!
I KID IS A MAYOR?!?!?!