Related Research Articles
Alexis Margaret Herman is an American politician who served as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. Herman was the first African-American to hold the position. Prior to serving as Secretary,she was Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is part of the United States Democratic Party. The committee coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local,state,and national office,as well as works to establish a "party brand". It organizes the Democratic National Convention held every four years to nominate a candidate for President of the United States and to formulate the party platform. While it provides support for party candidates,it does not have direct authority over elected officials. When a Democrat is president,the White House controls the Committee. According to Boris Heersink,"political scientists have traditionally described the parties’national committees as inconsequential but impartial service providers."
Christine Temple Whitman is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003.
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is an American politician who has served as a United States senator from California since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party,she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Ontario,Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
Alexa Ann McDonough was a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major,recognized political party in Nova Scotia,when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's (NSNDP) leader in 1980.
Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American technology executive,philanthropist,and writer. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms,a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is also the founder of LeanIn.Org. In 2008,she was made COO at Facebook,becoming the company's second-highest ranking official. In June 2012,she was elected to Facebook's board of directors,becoming the first woman to serve on its board. As head of the company's advertising business,Sandberg was credited for making the company profitable. Prior to joining Facebook as its COO,Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and was involved in its philanthropic arm Google.org. Before that,Sandberg served as research assistant to Lawrence Summers at the World Bank,and subsequently as his chief of staff when he was Bill Clinton's United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Lorraine Michael is a social-democratic Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. From May 2006 until March 2015,Michael was the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (NDP). She is a former nun,teacher,and social activist.
The Arizona Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix.
Judy Darcy is a Canadian health care advocate,trade unionist,and former politician. Darcy was the first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of British Columbia. She was the fourth National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees from 1991 until 2003,making her the second woman and second Jewish-Canadian person to hold the post,and business manager of the Hospital Employees' Union from 2005 to 2011.
Kyrsten Lea Sinema is an American politician and former social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona,a seat she has held since 2019. A former member of the Democratic Party,Sinema became an independent in December 2022.
Gary Clayton Burrill is a Canadian politician and was the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party from 2016 until 2022. He served as leader during two Nova Scotia general elections in 2017 and 2021. He announced he'd be stepping down as leader after the 2021 election and was succeeded by Claudia Chender on June 25,2022.
Amanda Renae Simpson is an American pilot,businesswoman and politician.
Polly Baca is an American politician who served as Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79),being the first woman to hold that office and the first Hispanic woman elected to the Colorado State Senate and in the House and Senate of a state Legislature.
Diana Mary "Dido" Harding,Baroness Harding of Winscombe is a British businesswoman and Conservative life peer. She served as chairwoman of NHS Improvement from 2017,and from May 2020 to April 2021,during the COVID-19 pandemic,she was the head of the NHS Test and Trace programme.
Kathleen Marie Hobbs is an American politician and social worker serving as the 24th governor of Arizona since 2023. She previously served as the 21st secretary of state of Arizona from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Hobbs served in the Arizona Senate from 2013 to 2019 and in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013.
Nanette Díaz Barragán is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 44th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she was a Hermosa Beach City councilmember from 2013 to 2015.
Melanie Joy Mark,also known by her Nisga'a name Hli Haykwhl Ẃii Xsgaak,is a Canadian politician in the province of British Columbia. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP),she served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant from 2016 to 2023. From 2017 to 2020,she served as Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training;from 2020 to 2022,she served as Minister of Tourism,Arts,Culture and Sport. Mark is the first First Nations woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,and the first First Nations woman to serve in the Cabinet of British Columbia. On February 22,2023,Mark announced her intention to resign as MLA and cabinet minister,her resignation took effect April 14 of the same year.
The 2018 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election was held in St. John's in April 2018 to nominate the successor of New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leader Earle McCurdy,who resigned as head of the party effective September 30,2017. Former leader Lorraine Michael was appointed interim leader before the convention. The deadline to register as a candidate was February 28,2018. The deadline to become a party member to vote in the election was March 9,2018. Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh delivered the keynote address. St. John's Centre MHA Gerry Rogers won the nomination on the first ballot. Rogers therefore became the first openly LGBT person to lead a political party in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Belinda Biafore was as the chairwoman of the West Virginia Democratic Party for February 2015-June 2022.
References
- ↑ "Q&A: New Ariz. Democratic chair Alexis Tameron". azcentral.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Alexis Tameron Is First Woman To Lead Arizona Democratic Party". kjzz.org. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ Press, Bob Christie, Associated. "Clinton backed by 4 of 9 Arizona Democratic superdelegates". worldnow.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Why Arizona Democratic Party's chairwoman is stepping down".
- ↑ "Valley Metro adds to executive leadership team". Metro Magazine. September 13, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Executive Leadership". valleymetro.org. Retrieved Jul 11, 2023.