LINCOLN — On a day unprecedented political tumult rocked the Nebraska Legislature, a new generation of elected leadership was sworn into office amid cheers and smiles in the State Capitol Rotunda.

Charlie Couch, a fifth-grader at Meadows Elementary School in Ralston, officially became Nebraska’s first-ever kid governor on Tuesday — after garnering the most votes in a November election of her peers.

The top six finalists in the race became Charlie’s cabinet and will help promote the platform she ran on, cancer awareness. They’ll also collectively come up with ideas and an agenda to push, offering a youthful perspective.

“We are showing everyone what leadership looks like in our state and in our communities,” Charlie said in her first official address following her swearing-in event attended by several state senators.

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