From an early age, native Austinite Andrea Cunningham envisioned playing a role in government.

During her high school years, Cunningham served as a volunteer at her local polling station, even though she wasn’t old enough to cast a ballot at the time. She later did a “tiny” bit of work with campaigns for late Gov. Ann Richards and for Kinky Friedman.

There was a time when Cunningham held aspirations of possibly running for the County Clerk seat. 

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