Class Quote by Tyra Banks

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

— Kristin Lehman

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

— Al Sharpton

I ran for president of the student council at my high school in Louisville. And ran against a guy who I thought was better…

— Mitch McConnell

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I…

— Richard Lugar

I was the student body president three years in a row.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association.

— Demetri Martin

I ran for president in 1996.

— Arlen Specter

I ran for the electoral college. I didn't run for the popular vote.

— Donald Trump

When I was 33 years old, I ran for United States Congress in New York City. I lost miserably.

— Reshma Saujani

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

— Donna Edwards

I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president…

— Olivia Holt

Right from the college day, I was in politics.

— Sushma Swaraj