Brownsville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Cameron County,located on the western Gulf Coast in South Texas,adjacent to the border with Matamoros,Tamaulipas,Mexico. The city covers 145.2 sq mi (376.066 km2),and had a population of 186,738 at the 2020 census. As of the 2020 U.S. Census,it is the 135th-largest city in the United States and 18th-largest in Texas. It is part of the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan area. The city is known for its year-round subtropical climate,deep-water seaport,and Hispanic culture.
The 2000 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention for the Democratic Party. The convention nominated Vice President Al Gore for president and Senator Joe Lieberman from Connecticut for vice president. The convention was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,California from August 14 to August 17,2000. Gore accepted the presidential nomination on August 17,the final night of the convention.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley,commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV,is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern Tamaulipas,Mexico. It consists of the Brownsville,Harlingen,Weslaco,Donna,Pharr,McAllen,Edinburg,Mission,San Juan,and Rio Grande City metropolitan areas in the United States and the Matamoros,Río Bravo,and Reynosa metropolitan areas in Mexico. The area is generally bilingual in English and Spanish,with a fair amount of Spanglish due to the region's diverse history and transborder agglomerations. It is home to some of the poorest cities in the nation,as well as many unincorporated,persistent poverty communities called colonias. A large seasonal influx occurs of "winter Texans" —people who come down from the north for the winter and then return north before summer arrives.
Roberto Prats Palerm is a former Senator of Puerto Rico,a lawyer,and a former candidate for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the elections of 2004. He is affiliated and a member of the Governing Board of the Popular Democratic Party and chairman of the Democratic Party in Puerto Rico.
Rubén Eloy Hinojosa is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district,from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretched from Seguin,to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region was rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa served on the Financial Services and Education committees.
Timothy Michael Kaine is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 70th governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010,and as the 38th lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. Kaine was the Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2016 election as Hillary Clinton's running mate.
The VeteransInternational Bridge at Los Tomates is one of three international bridges that span the Mexico–United States border between the cities of Brownsville,Texas,and Matamoros,Tamaulipas. It is also known as simply as the Veterans Bridge,the Los Tomates Bridge,the Expressway 77/83 Bridge,the Brownsville Expressway Bridge,and on the Mexico side as the Puente Internacional General Ignacio Zaragoza. The bridge is owned and operated by Cameron County. The bridge commenced operation on April 30,1999.
Juan Jesus "Chuy" Hinojosa is an American politician and attorney who is a member of the Texas Senate,representing the 20th district,which stretches from Corpus Christi to McAllen. A Democrat,he was first elected to the Senate in 2002 and has represented parts of South Texas in the Texas Legislature for a combined total of over 35 years.
The Maryland Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Maryland,headquartered in Annapolis. The current acting state party chair is Kenneth Ulman. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling all but one of Maryland's eight U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all statewide executive offices and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
The Texas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Texas and one of the two major political parties in the state. The party's headquarters are in Austin,Texas.
The Democratic Party of Virginia is the Virginia affiliate of the Democratic Party based in Richmond,Virginia.
Thomas Edward Perez is an American politician and attorney currently serving as senior advisor to the president of the United States and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,holding both positions since June 2023. Perez previously served as the United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017),the chair of the Democratic National Committee (2017–2021),and United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (2009–2013).
Juan Alamia was an American soldier who served as a Rough Rider in the Spanish–American War.
James Babbage Wells Jr. (1850–1923) was an American lawyer,rancher,and Democratic Party boss of South Texas. Wells is remembered for the nearly four decades that he spent as a political kingmaker from his base in Cameron County,Texas,and as the namesake of Jim Wells County,in the same state.
The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention,held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,from July 25 to 28,2016. The convention gathered delegates of the Democratic Party,the majority of them elected through a preceding series of primaries and caucuses,to nominate a candidate for president and vice president in the 2016 United States presidential election. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was chosen as the party's nominee for president by a 54% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call securing it over primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders,who received 46% of votes from delegates,and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated for president by a major political party in the United States. Her running mate,Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia,was confirmed by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas—an increase of four seats in reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the U.S. Senate. The primary election had been scheduled to be held on March 6,2012,with a runoff election on May 22;because of problems arising from redistricting,the primary was postponed to May 29,and the run-off to July 31.
Robert Runyon was an American photographer,botanist,and politician who served as the mayor of Brownsville,Texas from 1941 to 1943.
The 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held on February 25,2017,at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta to determine the next chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). It was the first contested DNC chair election since 1985.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico were held on November 6,2018,to elect the three U.S. representatives from the state of New Mexico,one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
JoséTomás Canales was an American businessman,lawyer,and politician based in Texas. He served five terms in the State House,where he was the only Mexican-American representative at the time. He is best known for his work on behalf of Mexican-Americans and Tejanos in Texas,defending the civil rights of Hispanic Americans.
