A 16-year-old from Wichita who admires Bernie Sanders wants to be governor of Kansas — and no current law on the books is standing in his way.

Jack Bergeson, a junior at The Independent School in Wichita, told the Kansas City Star that his quest for the Democratic nomination in 2018 will be an “anti-establishment” campaign focusing on bringing a “clean slate” to Topeka.

“I’m getting in to give the people a chance,” Bergeson told the newspaper. “It doesn’t matter much if I win or lose. I’m giving people the option.”

Bergeson said he wants to bring “radical change” to health care in the state, in addition to fully legalizing medicinal marijuana and possibly recreational pot as well. At the same time, he is pro-gun rights, including the right to open carry.

“I think if you offer the people of Kansas something radical, something new so then that shows that we can move in a new direction, I think that will put the Democratic Party in a good position to win the seat next year,” Bergeson said.

The teen joins an already crowded Democratic field of candidates who have announced gubernatorial runs, included former state Secretary of Agriculture Josh Svaty and former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, according to the Kansas City Star.

Bergeson’s classmate, 17-year-old Alexander Cline, will run as his lieutenant governor. Cline, unlike his expected running mate, will be able to vote next year. But no law exists precluding Bergeson from running for the state’s top office, according to an election official contacted by the newspaper.

“Under Kansas law, there is no law governing the qualifications for governor, not one,” said Bryan Caskey, director of elections at the Kansas secretary of state’s office. “So there’s seriously nothing on the books that lays out anything, no age, no residency, no experience. Nothing.”

Bergeson said the lack of age limitations gave him just the encouragement he needed.

“Oh, I could do that,” he recalled to the newspaper. “I thought, you know, let’s give the people of Kansas a chance. Let’s try something new that has never really been tried anywhere else before.”

Bergeson recently said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that he’s getting into politics to hopefully inspire others to follow his path.

“I want to get the younger generation involved in politics,” he said. “I’ve been interested in politics since I was 7 or 8 years old during the Barack Obama presidential campaign. But ever since Gov. [Sam] Brownback and Trump, I’ve started to notice that politics is kind of degenerating in our country and we need the younger generation to get involved to fix that.”

Asked if he felt it’s problematic that his peers aren’t allowed to vote, and that he might consider running for student council instead, Bergeson told Kimmel: “No, I don’t think that makes as big of an impact.”