16 Animals Elected to Public Office
Politics is a cutthroat game, full of backstabbing, scandal, and corruption.
Published 1 month ago in Funny
Politics is a cutthroat game. For some, though, it’s more like a belly rub and a rubber Kong filled with peanut butter. Throughout the years, the mayorship of various towns in America has been held by dogs, cats, and even goats.
Many of these animals were labeled ‘honorary’ mayors, but we know who’s really calling the shots. Though it’s all tail-wagging and playing fetch in front of the press, behind-the-scenes things must really get hairy. Running a town isn’t easy, especially if you have the cognitive ability of a two to three-year-old human child.
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Bosco, mayor of Sunol, California
Bosco, a Labrador-Rottweiler mix, defeated two humans to win the 1981 mayoral election. His campaign promises included “a bone in every dish, a cat in every tree, and a fire hydrant in every corner.” During Bosco’s tenure as mayor, he was slammed by China’s People’s Daily newspaper for being a failure of democracy. He served his constituents for 13 years until he died in 1994.
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Pax the Goat, mayor of Edgewater, a neighborhood in Chicago
Pax the Goat faced strong competition from the other mayoral candidates. In fact, he was polling very poorly during his campaign. But in a comeback victory, he won the election, and as his first act as mayor, named all of his competitors (who were dogs and cats) to his cabinet.
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Max, mayor of Idyllwild, California
Max, short for Maximus Mighty-Dog Mueller II, became the mayor of Idyllwild in 2013. He was preceded in office by Max I, and followed by Max III. All three Maxes ran on a platform of unconditional love, and wore their trademark ties and hats in all public appearances.
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Clay Henry IV, mayor of Lajitas, Texas
Clay Henry is part of a long line of Clay Henrys who have been holding the mayoral office in Lajitas since the 1980s. Clay Henry I won his mayoral election when an outraged local businessman decided to run his goat against a politician from Houston. Every Clay Henry has been known to enjoy beer.
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Nils Olav, baron of the Bouvet Islands
Major General Nils Olav III is the highest-ranking penguin in the Norwegian Army. His family line has been promoted through the ranks of the military since the 1970s. He went from being corporal to sergeant to colonel-in-chief, and eventually to major general. Though he currently resides in the Edinburgh Zoo, Nils rules over the Bouvet Islands of the South Atlantic as a baron.
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Brynneth Pawltro, mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
When Lucy Lou stepped down as mayor of Rabbit Hash in 2016, the townspeople elected a pit bull named Brynneth Pawltro. You might think Brynneth was only elected because she was an animal, and not on any merits of her own, but you’d be wrong. She beat out a cat and a donkey in the election. The people of Rabbit Hash have animal mayor fever!
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