Draft:Matt Post

  • Comment: I have cleaned up the draft to remove a lot of extraneous puffery and promotional information but it still lacks significant coverage. Refer WP:42. (I can't access the Bethesda Magazine but it only count as a single source in any event.) Suggest focus on finding two clear pieces of sig cov rather than adding more extraneous information. Refer also WP:RefBombing. Mme Maigret (talk) 03:43, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
Matt Post
Matt Post speaking outside of the U.S. Capitol.
Post in 2018
Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education
In office
July 7, 2017 – June 30, 2018
Preceded byEric Guerci
Succeeded byAnanya Tadikonda
Personal details
Born (1999-08-29) August 29, 1999 (age 26)
PartyDemocratic
EducationSherwood High School
Yale University (BA, JD)
OccupationLabor attorney, activist

Matthew Post (born August 29, 1999) is an American lawyer, student activist, and political candidate who was previously a student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education from 2017 to 2018. He was also a national organizer in the March for Our Lives movement. A member of the Democratic Party, Post is a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 14 in the 2026 election.

Early life and education

Post was born on August 29, 1999.[1] He grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland.[2]

Post first got involved with student government in fifth grade, when he became his school's class president. In eighth grade, he joined the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association,[3] becoming vice president in 2016.[4] In 2015, Post he served as chief of staff to student board member Eric Guerci.[3]

In 2017, he ran for a seat on the student board to succeed Eric Guerci on a platform of allowing open lunches at schools, removing internet blocks on social media apps, and adding mental illness awareness to curriculum.[5] When he was elected,[6] he became the first student member from Sherwood High School.[7] His term shortly after he graduated from Sherwood High School in 2018.

Post next attended Yale University, where he graduated in 2022 with a degree in public policy.[8][9] He later qualified as a lawyer.

Activism

Post speaking at the National Walkout Day rally in Washington, D.C., with then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, March 2018

In March 2018, he participated in the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C., where he was one of several student speakers.[10][11] Following the rally, Post introduced a resolution passed by the Montgomery County school board urging lawmakers to pass legislation to reduce gun violence.[8]

He remained a judicial advocacy associate and a field strategist for March for Our Lives while attending Yale,[9] and spoke on campus about the need for gun reform.[12]

In May 2018, Post and other student gun control activists, including Aalayah Eastmond, Ramon Contreras, and Kaleab Jego, formed Team Enough, a youth-led gun violence prevention organization which is part of the Brady Campaign.[13]

In September 2018, Post participated in a silent sit-in protest at Yale Law School against the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, which sought to bring attention to the sexual assault allegations made against him.[14]

He also launched a student food assistance organization called the Ready for School Initiative.[9]

In April 2021, Post was one of nearly 200 students to sign onto an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. in support of Brandi Levy, which argued that the court's decision in the case could have significant implications of students' right to free speech.[15]

Career

Post intially got a job as a lawyer for the Maryland State Education Association.[2]

In December 2022, Post put himself forward to the democratic committtee for the country to fill a vacancy that arose in the Maryland House of Delegates on the resignation of Eric Luedtke.[16][17] However the position went to another lawyer, Bernice Mireku-North.[18]

In September 2025, he announced that he would run for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates for District 14.[19] During the Democratic primary, he ran on a slate with the other District 14 incumbents[20] and was endorsed Maryland governor Wes Moore.[21]

References

  1. ^ "2026 Primary Election Voters Guide". Bethesda Magazine. May 26, 2026. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Pagnucco, Adam (19 September 2025). "Matt Post Announces for District 14 Delegate". Montgomery Perspective. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b Peloff, Leah (March 17, 2016). "Sophomore Serves as SMOB Chief of Staff". The Warrior Online. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "New Members of MCR's Executive Board Just Elected". The MoCo Student. April 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (March 3, 2017). "Students from Sherwood, Richard Montgomery Face Off in Election to School Board Post". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  6. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (July 7, 2017). "School Notes: Sherwood High Student Sworn In to School Board Post". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  7. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (April 27, 2017). "Sherwood High School Junior Wins Election as Next Student Member of School Board". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Rodgers, Bethany (July 3, 2018). "Matt Post Exits SMOB Role After Making 'Nationwide Impact,' Fellow School Board Member Says". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Wiser, Sydney (December 21, 2022). "Former Sherwood Student Runs for Maryland State Legislature". The Warrior Online. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  10. ^ Amouzadeh, Nahal; Edmunds, Chantalie (March 24, 2018). "Hundreds of thousands joined DC's student-fueled March for Our Lives". WTOP-FM. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  11. ^ Perelli, Amanda; Rasicot, Julie (March 24, 2018). "MoCo Student Leader Tells D.C. March Crowd That Changing Gun Culture Is 'Going To Take Some Will'". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  12. ^ Daugherty, Lindsay (September 6, 2018). "Murphy, activists rush for gun reform". Yale Daily News. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  13. ^ Tulp, Sophia (June 15, 2018). "These 7 Anti-Gun Violence Groups Are All Led By Young People". Youth Radio. Retrieved December 21, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Stern, Jacob; Yaffe-Bellany, David (September 25, 2018). "Yale Law School's Reckoning Over Brett Kavanaugh". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  15. ^ Meyer, Jacob Calvin (April 3, 2021). "Former Maryland student school board members lead nationwide effort to weigh in on upcoming Supreme Court case". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  16. ^ Bohnel, Steve (December 16, 2022). "Former Board of Education student member will apply for District 14 vacancy". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  17. ^ Kurtz, Josh (December 19, 2022). "Political notes: Long list of applicants for Luedtke's seat, plus Md. Dems' new leadership team and a new lobbying hire". Maryland Matters. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  18. ^ Bohnel, Steve (January 4, 2023). "Criminal justice reformer Mireku-North tapped to fill District 14 delegate vacancy". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  19. ^ Jacoby, Ceoli (September 24, 2025). "Former MoCo student school board member seeks House of Delegates seat". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  20. ^ Peck, Louis; Jacoby, Ceoli (February 27, 2026). "Former MoCo school board member Matt Post joins slate with District 14 incumbents". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  21. ^ Peck, Louis; Jacoby, Ceoli (May 11, 2026). "Moore endorses MoCo Council, General Assembly candidates". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
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