The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Congratulations to the VFW State Department winners of the 2018-2019 Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition. The theme was "Why My Vote Matters."

Voice of Democracy

ALABAMA

Jonathan Baker

ALASKA

William Deering

ARIZONA

Kyle Polen

ARKANSAS

Jentry Myers

CALIFORNIA

Sydney Caulder

COLORADO

Hannah Karg

CONNECTICUT

Jacquelyn Yorker

DELAWARE

Stephen Venable

EUROPE

Eoin Oravetz

FLORIDA

Cassandra James

GEORGIA

Malachi Williams

HAWAII

Te'a Daniel

IDAHO

Reagan Yamauchi

ILLINOIS

Collin Sexton

INDIANA

Isaac Bock

IOWA

Evan Hagen

KANSAS

Alyssa Troyer

KENTUCKY

Natalie Warren

LOUISIANA

Kamryn Passman

MAINE

Emily Smith

MARYLAND

Ryan McDowell

MASSACHUSETTS

Matthew Tibbitts

MICHIGAN

Rachael Dahl

MINNESOTA

Abigail Parker

MISSISSIPPI

Faith Houston

MISSOURI

Jordanne Steuck

MONTANA

Ruby Lenard

NEBRASKA

Stephanie Wright

NEVADA

Ashby Trotter

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Maxwell Nakos

NEW JERSEY

Andrew Dodd

NEW MEXICO

Bethany Cooksey

NEW YORK

Sofia Isabella

NORTH CAROLINA

John Brooks

NORTH DAKOTA

Abby Post

OHIO

Abigail Kerestes

OKLAHOMA

Kinley Wilson

OREGON

Dylan Leebrick

PACIFIC AREAS

Amaya Peruccio

PENNSYLVANIA

Christine Troll

PANAMA

Jake Engle

RHODE ISLAND

Isabella Tobin

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hannah Rabon

SOUTH DAKOTA

Sierra Hillard

TENNESSEE

Emily Bolin

TEXAS

Aabid Razvi

UTAH

Shayla Hendricks

VERMONT

Jennifer Tedesco

VIRGINIA

McKenna Christmas

WASHINGTON

Noah Hilderbrand

WEST VIRGINIA

Robert Harris

WISCONSIN

Nicholas Kempf

WYOMING

Elyse Rutherford