Alexis Margaret Herman formerly served as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton;she 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.
In American politics,a superdelegate is a delegate to a presidential nominating convention who is seated automatically.
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 1992 Democratic National Convention nominated Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas for president and Senator Al Gore from Tennessee for vice president;Clinton announced Gore as his running-mate on July 9,1992. The convention was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City,New York from July 13 to July 16,1992. The Clinton-Gore ticket then faced and defeated their Republican opponents,President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle as well as the independent ticket of Ross Perot and James Stockdale in the 1992 presidential election.
Donna Lease Brazile is an American political strategist,campaign manager,and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). She is currently an ABC News contributor,and was previously a Fox News contributor until her resignation in May 2021. Brazile was also previously a CNN contributor,but resigned in October 2016,after WikiLeaks revealed that she shared two debate questions with Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 United States presidential election.
Donald L. Fowler was an American political scientist,professor,and political operative who served as National Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1995 to 1997,alongside Chris Dodd as General Chairman during this same period.
Jehmu Greene is an American television commentator,social justice advocate,and political and media strategist. She was born in Washington,D.C.,and grew up in Austin,Texas. The daughter of Liberian immigrants,Greene is a first generation American.
Jimmie Lou Fisher was an American politician who was the longest serving Arkansas State Treasurer in Arkansas history.
Kathy Webb is an American restaurateur and politician from Little Rock,Arkansas. A Democrat,she was re-elected and currently served as Vice Mayor of Ward 3 of Little Rock,and previously served as Vice Mayor of Little Rock from 2015 to 2017. She formerly served in the Arkansas House of Representatives,representing the state's 37th district from January 8,2007,to January 13,2013. She was re-elected as Vice Mayor of Little Rock,Arkansas in January 2023 and replacing Ward 5 City Director Lanes Hines.
Raymond "Ray" Buckley is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire who currently serves as chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Buckley previously served as President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs,and as a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. On December 21,2016 he announced his candidacy to be Chair of the DNC in its chairmanship election. He withdrew his candidacy February 18,2017.
Ann C. Frank Lewis is an American Democratic Party strategist. Lewis served as White House Communications Director in the Clinton administration and in senior roles under Hillary Clinton. She is currently the co-chair of the Democratic Majority for Israel.
Ramona Martinez a member of the Democratic National Committee from Colorado for 16 years. A businesswoman and former president of the Denver City Council,Martinez has served on the DNC from 1992 to 2009. As a superdelegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention,Martinez has publicly supported Bill Richardson,and then Hillary Clinton. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2010.
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.
Jill Alper is an American political consultant. She founded Alper Strategies &Media,a media firm,in 2016. She also served as the head of Dewey Square Groups' campaign and integrated media practice.
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 1988 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 8,1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president.
A total of ten debates occurred among candidates in the campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for the president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election.
The College Democrats of America (CDA) is the official college outreach arm of the Democratic National Committee. It claims over 100,000 college and university student members in College Democrats chapters across the United States.
Richard Leon Mays Sr. an American retired politician,judge,lawyer,and businessman from the U.S. state of Arkansas. Elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1972,he was one of the first three African Americans to serve in the Arkansas General Assembly since the Reconstruction era. Governor Bill Clinton appointed Mays to the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1980.
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