Shively is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County,Kentucky,United States,and a suburb of Louisville within the Louisville Metro government. As of the 2010 census,the city's population was 15,264,reflecting an increase of 107 (+0.7%) from 15,157 in 2000.
Chester is a city in Delaware County,Pennsylvania,United States. It is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area on the western bank of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington,Delaware. The population of Chester was 32,605 at the 2020 census.
John Lowell Burton is an American politician who served in both the California State Assembly and the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 5th and 6th congressional districts.
Beverly D. Mackereth is an American politician who formerly represented the 196th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2001 to 2008. A Republican,Mackereth served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare from 2013 to 2015.
Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician,social worker and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010,serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
Women have served in the United States House of Representatives,the lower chamber of the United States Congress,since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana,the first woman in Congress. In total,377 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates. As of September 23,2024,there are 126 women in the U.S. House of Representatives,making women 29% of the total. Of the 384 women who have served in the House,252 have been Democrats and 132 have been Republicans. One woman was the 52nd Speaker of the House,Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.
Brenda Lawrence is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 14th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015,and was the party's nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010. Her congressional district covered most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretched west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Farmington Hills,Pontiac,and Lawrence's home in Southfield.
In the United States,black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in African-American communities that aligns largely with the American conservative movement,including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism,traditionalism,patriotism,capitalism and free markets. What characterizes a 'black conservative' has changed over time,and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.
Marilyn Strickland is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 10th congressional district. The district is based in the state capital of Olympia,and also includes much of eastern Tacoma.
Kelly M. Burke is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 36th District since January 2011. The 36th District includes all or parts of the Beverly,Mount Greenwood and Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods in the City of Chicago as well as the all or parts of the surrounding suburbs of Oak Lawn,Evergreen Park,Chicago Ridge,Hometown and Palos Hills.
West Chester University is a public research university in and around West Chester,Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". With 17,719 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2019,WCU is the largest of the 10 state-owned universities belonging to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the sixth largest university in Pennsylvania. It also maintains a Center City Philadelphia satellite campus on Market Street.
Austin Davis is an American politician who is the 35th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania,since 2023. Prior to that,he served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 35th district from 2018 to 2022. He is both the first African American lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and the youngest person to be elected lieutenant governor in the United States.
Jill Duson is an American lawyer,lobbyist,and politician from Portland,Maine.
Attica Woodson Scott is an American politician who served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 41st district from 2017 to 2023.
Beverly Powell,is an American politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat,she represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2019 to 2023.
The 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 8,2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. All 100 seats of the house were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber,gaining five seats.
Clifford Evans DeBaptiste is an American politician and funeral director who served as mayor of West Chester,Pennsylvania,from 1994 to 2002. A Republican at the time,he was the borough's first black mayor. He is often credited for beginning the revitalization of the borough. DeBaptiste has honorary doctorates from West Chester University and Lincoln University.
Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer is an American politician. As a member of the Republican Party,she represents Oregon's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
