By Kathy Groob – Thrust into the national spotlight for challenging Representative Michele Bachmann to a debate on the constitution, 16-year-old Amy Myers accomplished what she originally set out to do.  On Wednesday she was elected class president of the 2011-2012 junior class at Cherry Hill High School East in New Jersey.  The student body of more than 500 class sophomores elected Amy in Wednesday’s election.

When Amy Myers began her campaign for class president, she became frustrated and disappointed that her male classmates compared her to high profile political women who are frequent targets on comedy and news shows.  “I was hearing that some people wouldn’t vote for me because some women they see on television aren’t credible,” said Amy Myers.

During her campaign, honor student Amy Myers became aware of inaccuracies in the speeches and rhetoric she was hearing from Representative Michele Bachmann that Amy felt reflected poorly on female candidates in general, including her. Bachmann says she’s a constitutional conservative and frequently cites the founding document when making arguments against policies or programs she doesn’t support, such as the U.S. Census.

Amy wrote Representative Bachmann a letter, challenging her to a debate saying “I have found quite a few of your statements regarding The Constitution of the United States, the quality of public school education and general U.S. civics matters to be factually incorrect, inaccurately applied or grossly distorted. “I, Amy Myers, do hereby challenge Representative Michele Bachmann to a Public Forum Debate and/or Fact Test on The Constitution of the United States, United States History and United States Civics.”

While continuing to campaign for her upcoming class election, Amy’s letter to Rep. Bachmann has set off a firestorm among political blog sites. But Amy stayed strong and focused on her own election.  “Friends are reading the national coverage and especially the girls are glad someone has spoken up,” said Amy.

Her hard work paid off on Wednesday.

Amy strongly believes in what she’d doing and isn’t afraid to speak out when she feels someone is wrong.  “I want to make sure people’s opinions are heard and that everybody’s voice counts,” says Amy. “I’m the one who is out there making a difference and nobody will silence me.”