LCEC holds Government-in-Action Youth Tour Competition Feb. 1

  • 2026 LCEC Youth Tour Participants are Hudson Dobrovolny – Whitharral HS, Reese Moore – DRE Resources Homeschool Academy, Ty Carr – Littlefield HS, Piper Carr – Littlefield HS, Jeri Holcomb – Olton HS, Alexandria Dalton - Littlefield HS, and Analeeze De La Rosa – Sudan HS. (Submitted Photo)
    2026 LCEC Youth Tour Participants are Hudson Dobrovolny – Whitharral HS, Reese Moore – DRE Resources Homeschool Academy, Ty Carr – Littlefield HS, Piper Carr – Littlefield HS, Jeri Holcomb – Olton HS, Alexandria Dalton - Littlefield HS, and Analeeze De La Rosa – Sudan HS. (Submitted Photo)
  • 2026 LCEC Government-in-Action Youth Tour winners are Ty Carr – Littlefield HS and Analeeze De La Rosa – Sudan HS. Alternates: Alexandria Dalton – Littlefield HS & Reese Moore – DRE Resources Homeschool Academy. (Shown L-R): Dalton, Moore, Carr and Da La Rosa. (Submitted Photo)
    2026 LCEC Government-in-Action Youth Tour winners are Ty Carr – Littlefield HS and Analeeze De La Rosa – Sudan HS. Alternates: Alexandria Dalton – Littlefield HS & Reese Moore – DRE Resources Homeschool Academy. (Shown L-R): Dalton, Moore, Carr and Da La Rosa. (Submitted Photo)

    Lamb County EC held its Government- in- Action Youth Tour Competition on Sunday, February 1, 2026.

    Seven applicants from Littlefield, Sudan, Olton, Whitharral, and DRE Resources Homeschool Academy were interviewed individually before a panel of three independent judges. The applicants discussed several topics and answered questions about electric cooperatives and facts about Lamb County EC.

    The winners chosen to represent Lamb County EC as a youth tour delegate are Tyson Carr – Littlefield HS and Analeeze De La Rosa – Sudan HS. Alternates will be Alexandria Dalton – Littlefield HS and Reese Moore – Littlefield - DRE Resources Homeschool Academy In June, they will join approximately 150 youth tour delegates from across our great state of Texas in Austin. The Texas representatives will then join all the delegates from across the United States in Washington, D.C.

    President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texan who advocated for rural electrification and youth development, as a U.S. senator, suggested “sending youngsters to the national capital where they can actually see what the flag stands for and represents.” In 1965, Texas electric cooperatives began sponsoring students on the youth tour. In 1999, Lamb County EC sent the first group of youth tour delegates on this trip of a lifetime. Organized by Texas Electric Cooperatives (TEC) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association ( NRECA), electric cooperatives across the state and nation have been sending young adults to the nation’s capital for an action-packed tour. Highlights of the trip include meeting congressional leaders, visiting national monuments and historic sites, touring the Smithsonian Institution, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Museum of the Bible, visiting Arlington National Cemetery, and rallying with more than 1,700 fellow students for a day of inspirational leadership speakers.

    The 59th annual Government- in-Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., held from June 14-21, 2026. Our leaders will represent our West Texas schools, local communities, and state very well on this trip of a lifetime.