Susan Carol Alpert Davis is a former American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 49th congressional district for one term and California's 53rd congressional district for nine terms from 2001 to 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Alma Shealey Adams is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat,Adams represented the state's 58th House district in Guilford County in the North Carolina General Assembly from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress,succeeded by Ralph C. Johnson. A college administrator and art professor from Greensboro,Adams is known for her many distinctive hats. She won the 2014 special election in North Carolina's 12th congressional district to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mel Watt,becoming the 100th woman serving in the 113th Congress. She won election to a full two-year term at the same time.
James Enos Clyburn is an American politician and retired educator serving as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He has also served as House assistant Democratic leader since 2023,having previously held the position from 2011 to 2019. Clyburn additionally served as House Majority Whip between 2007 and 2011 and between 2019 and 2023.
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.
Michelle Eunjoo Steel is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district since 2023,previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she concurrently served as a member of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress.
Lael Brainard is an American economist serving as the 14th director of the National Economic Council since February 21,2023. She previously served as the 22nd vice chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023. Prior to her term as vice chair,Brainard served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors,taking office in 2014. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve,she served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs from 2010 to 2013.
Marcia Louise Fudge is an American attorney and politician serving as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district from 2008 to 2021. The district includes most of the black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron.
Julianna Michelle Childs is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was previously a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina from 2010 to 2022 and a state court judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court from 2006 to 2010.
Mignon Letitia Clyburn is an American former government official who served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2009 to 2018.
The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington,D.C.,on January 3,2021,during the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency and ended on January 3,2023.
The 118th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington,D.C.,on January 3,2023,and will end on January 3,2025,during the final two years of President Joe Biden's initial term.
Jaime R. Harrison is an American attorney and politician who is the chair of the Democratic National Committee. He previously served as the chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 2013 to 2017. Harrison unsuccessfully ran against incumbent senator Lindsey Graham for the South Carolina U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 election.
Debra Anne Haaland is an American politician serving as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017 and as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to March of 2021. Haaland is a Native American and enrolled citizen of the Laguna Pueblo.
This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates in the Democratic primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election.
The 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on February 29,2020 and was the fourth nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The South Carolina primary was an open primary and awarded 64 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention,of which 54 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Former vice president Joe Biden and senator Bernie Sanders were the only candidates to earn delegates. Biden won 48.7% of the popular vote and notably placed first in every county in the state;it was his first ever win in a presidential primary. Sanders came in second place and won 19.8% of the popular vote. Businessman Tom Steyer,who had staked his entire campaign on the state,placed third but did not surpass the threshold and dropped out of the race,endorsing Biden.
Richard A. Harpootlian is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the South Carolina Senate from the 20th district. He served as the chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2013. He also previously served as solicitor for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina from 1991 until 1995.
Diana Lynn Harshbarger is an American pharmacist,businesswoman,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 1st congressional district. The district is based in the Tri-Cities area in northeastern Tennessee.
Kathy Ellen Manning is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina,presently representing the state'sNorth 6th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,her district is in the heart of the Piedmont Triad and includes Greensboro and most of Winston-Salem. She was the nominee for North Carolina's 13th congressional district in the 2018 election,and ran for and won the neighboring 6th in the 2020 election after court-ordered redistricting.
The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) is one of seven federal regional commissions and authorities authorized by the United States Congress to address instances of major economic distress in certain defined socioeconomic regions.
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She previously served as a judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court for the fifth district.
