to authorize broader shutdowns in areas reporting concerning case trends. It feels as ifthe long-dreaded second wave Looking back, he calls the message “so cringe.” He has yet to receive a response. 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. The only Democratic candidate for his State Senate district announced she wasdropping out of the race