Meet the Gen Z candidate looking to make history, inspire young people to vote red in key swing states: Step up
From delivering pizzas to running for an Iowa House seat, 22-year-old Dillon Fillion hopes to make history in his swing district and inspire Gen Z to embrace conservatism, which he says he’s already seeing on the ground.Fillion, believed to be the youngest candidate ever to seek office in Scott County, spoke to Fox News Digital about his ambitions to cut property taxes, boost police funding, give parents more say in their children’s education and draw Gen Z to the polls.“I think people are very excited that a young person is running because they see a lot of these old people running for office, no offense to them, but people wanna see some fresh new faces and I think it’s time for my generation to step up,” Fillion said.Before launching his bid for the Iowa House, Fillion decided to take a gap year from Scott Community College, where he is pursuing a criminal justice degree.He currently works as a Domino’s delivery driver while hitting the campaign trail, which he described as juggling “two full-time jobs.”“Basically, I do a full-time job as well as campaigning,” he said.But campaigning wasn’t always Fillion’s vision.
A lifelong hockey fan, he said his initial dream was to play professionally before stepping into politics.Fillion said he became interested in politics in 2019 after seeing Democrats accuse President Donald Trump of colluding with Russia, saying he found it “weird” they were “calling our president a lot of weird, untrue things.” From there, he said he went down a “rabbit hole” researching what he described as corruption within the Democratic Party, which he found “baffling and shocking.”“I just couldn’t stand back and just watch all this stuff happen, and I decided to get involved,” he said.“Keep Iowa Great!” is the slogan Fillion has plastered across campaign signs and merchandise as he works to win over Iowa voters.One of three siblings, Fillion had an upbringing “grounded in Christian family valu...