The first time Eldon had a teacher who looked like him, he was living in the Bahamas. He grew up in Bradenton, Florida, but he moved to the Bahamas with his mother for sixth grade. The experience was life-changing — there, he says, his family was poor and they lived in an abandoned house. Six people shared two bedrooms, one bathroom, no front door, no running water, and no electricity. It’s something he didn’t talk about until the campaign. tour. She collaborated on the song with Charli XCX, and before her performance, she explained to the crowd just how meaningful it was for her, and what "scar tissue" really represents. There’s an important flip side to celebrities like Jenner running for office:the celebritization of politicians themselves Consider the 2020 United States Senate race in Alabama, which featured incumbent Doug Jones, former U.S. attorney for the state’s Northern District, defending his seat against ex-college football coach Tommy Tuberville. Tuberville had firstdefeated