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Princella Denise Smith | |
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| Born | October 12, 1983 Wynne, Cross County Arkansas, USA |
| Nationality | African-American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Political activist Educational consultant |
Princella Denise Smith(born October 12, 1983) is an African-American Republican political activist and politician from Wynne in Cross County in eastern Arkansas. In 2010, she ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas' 1st congressional district. [1]
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
Wynne is the county seat and largest city of Cross County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 8,367 at the 2010 Census. Nestled between the Arkansas Delta and Crowley's Ridge, Wynne is the closest city to the second largest state park in Arkansas, Village Creek State Park.
Cross County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,870. The county seat is Wynne. Cross County is Arkansas's 53rd county, formed on 15 November 1862 and named for Confederate Colonel David C. Cross, a political leader in the area.
At the age of twenty, she spoke in prime time at the 2004 Republican National Convention held in New York City to re-nominate the Bush-Cheney ticket. She beat a thousand other entrants in an MTV essay contest for the privilege of speaking at the convention. Her status as a young black Republican woman drew national attention. [2] Smith had earlier worked as an intern for the late Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, who as lieutenant governor of her state inspired her to become a Republican activist. [1] She had early experience as a public speaker as governor of Girls State while in high school. [1]
The 2004 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from August 30 to September 2, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The convention is one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings at which the Republican candidate for President of the United States and party platform are formally adopted. Attendance included 2,509 delegates and 2,344 alternate delegates from the states, territories and the District of Columbia. The convention marked the formal end of the active primary election season. As of 2019, it is the most recent major-party nominating convention to be held in New York City.
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In 2006, she worked for the unsuccessful United States Senate campaign for then Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele of Maryland, an African-American who later served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee. She has been the communication director for Republican former U.S. Representative Joseph Cao of New Orleans, Louisiana, and an intern for former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
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Michael Stephen Steele is an American conservative political commentator and former Republican Party politician. Steele served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007; he was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Maryland. As lieutenant governor, Steele chaired the Minority Business Enterprise task force, actively promoting an expansion of affirmative action in the corporate world. Steele also served as chairperson of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from January 2009 until January 2011; he was the first African-American to serve in that capacity.
Following her unsuccessful run for Congress she became the director of education for the Arkansas Secretary of State, Mark Martin. She resigned that post in April 2011 after her arrest and brief incarceration for driving with a suspended driver's license. [3] She now blogs for the Huffington Post and works as a motivational speaker and educational consultant in Washington, D.C. [4]
An arrest is the act of apprehending a person and taking them into custody, usually because they have been suspected of committing or planning a crime. After the person is taken into custody, they can be questioned further and/or charged. An arrest is a procedure in a criminal justice system.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States and a Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
