Sophia A. Nelson

Last updated
Sophia A. Nelson
SAN 2019 Image.jpg
Sophia A. Nelson in 2019
Born
Sophia Angeli Nelson [1] [2]

(1967-01-05) January 5, 1967 (age 56)
Nationality American
Education San Diego State University (BA)
American University (JD)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, author, political commentator
Political party Independent (2020–present) [3]
Other political
affiliations
Republican (until 2020)
Website Official website

Sophia Angeli Nelson (born January 5, 1967) is a German-born American author and journalist.

Contents

Education and early career

She was born in Munich, Germany, and grew up in Somerdale, New Jersey, graduating from Sterling High School in 1985. [4] She received her B.A. in economics and political science from San Diego State University, and became politically active as a Republican in 1988 after hearing Jack Kemp during the 1988 presidential primaries. [5] She was legal counsel to New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman [5] [6] and ran for Congress in New Jersey's 1st congressional district in 1996. [6] She was also a GOP counsel for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, [5] but ultimately decided to become a journalist and author. As of 2020, she is a political independent. [3]

Works

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Somerdale, New Jersey</span> Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States

Somerdale is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,566, an increase of 415 (+8.1%) from the 2010 census count of 5,151, which in turn reflected a decline of 41 (−0.8%) from the 5,192 counted in the 2000 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christine Todd Whitman</span> American politician and author (born 1946)

Christine Temple Whitman is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. As of 2023, Whitman is the only woman to have served as governor of New Jersey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Rothman</span> American politician (born 1952)

Steven Richard Rothman is an American former jurist and Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 9th congressional district, serving for 16 years from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francis L. Bodine</span> American politician (1936–2023)

Francis L. "Fran" Bodine was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1994 to 2008, where he represented the 8th Legislative District. He switched to the Democratic Party in 2007 after local Republicans dropped support for his reelection campaign to the Assembly and unsuccessfully ran for the New Jersey Senate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bonnie Watson Coleman</span> American politician (born 1945)

Bonnie M. Watson Coleman is an American politician. She has served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Watson Coleman served in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1998 to 2015 for the 15th legislative district. She is the first African-American woman to represent New Jersey in Congress.

Sterling High School is a comprehensive regional public high school and school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from five communities in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale, Stratford, along with students from Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships. The school is located in Somerdale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diane Black</span> American politician (born 1951)

Diane Lynn Black is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from January 3, 2011, to January 3, 2019. The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. A Republican, she was previously elected to the Tennessee Senate, serving as floor leader of the Republican Caucus. She unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Welch</span> American lawyer & politician (born 1947)

Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades, and is only the second Democrat to be elected a senator from the state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Clinger</span> American politician (1929–2021)

William Floyd Clinger Jr. was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented northwest and north-central Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William L. Pfeiffer</span> Republican politician

William Louis Pfeiffer was a Republican politician who served one term as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alice Dunbar Nelson</span> American journalist, poet and activist (1875–1935)

Alice Dunbar Nelson was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Her first husband was the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After his death, she married physician Henry A. Callis; and, lastly, was married to Robert J. Nelson, a poet and civil rights activist. She achieved prominence as a poet, author of short stories and dramas, newspaper columnist, activist for women's rights, and editor of two anthologies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Randy Evans</span> American lawyer & diplomat (born 1958)

James Randolph Evans is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2018 to 2021. He presented his credentials on June 19, 2018, to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. A member of the Republican Party from Georgia, he specializes in litigation, as well as professional, legal and government ethics. Evans is a partner at the global law firm Squire Patton Boggs.

John Collins is an American college basketball coach, educator, lawyer, and a Republican Party politician from New Jersey. He was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 until 2002, making him the longest serving speaker in Assembly history.

The Magnolia School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Magnolia, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trey Gowdy</span> American news anchor and politician (born 1964)

Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy III is an American television news presenter, former politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. His district included much of the Upstate region of South Carolina, including Greenville and Spartanburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Scott</span> American politician and businessman (born 1965)

Timothy Eugene Scott is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served as a city councilor in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a candidate for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stacey Plaskett</span> United States Virgin Islands politician (born 1966)

Stacey Elizabeth Plaskett is an American politician and attorney. She is a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) at-large congressional district, since 2015. Plaskett has practiced law in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans have given fluctuating levels of support to conservative movements and political parties in the United States, particularly the Republican Party. Many Republican Party members with these origins have obtained posts as elected representatives and political appointments as office holders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheryl Johnson</span> American government official (born 1960)

Cheryl Lynn Johnson is an American government official who served as the 36th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from February 26, 2019, to June 30, 2023. Between January 3, 2023, and January 7, 2023, Johnson served as the acting presiding officer of the House while the election of a speaker for the 118th United States Congress was deadlocked until Kevin McCarthy was elected after 15 ballots.

Matthew J. Platkin is an American attorney serving as the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey.

References

  1. 100th Commencement Program, American University, Winter 1995
  2. SOPHIA ANGELI NELSON (1967- )
  3. 1 2 Sophia A. Nelson. "Here's Why I Left the GOP". Thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  4. Nelson, Sophia A. "High school teacher was Sterling example of someone who made a difference", Courier-Post , September 21, 1997. Accessed April 20, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The writer, a 1985 graduate of Sterling High School in Somerdale, and a former candidate for Camden County freeholder and Congress, works on Capitol Hill as an investigative counsel for the Government Reform and Oversight Committee."
  5. 1 2 3 Nelson, Sophia (2017-10-26). "What's Trump's Problem With Black Women?". Politico Magazine. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  6. 1 2 A New G.O.P. Face Emerges In a Democratic Stronghold. New York Times. 1996-04-21. Retrieved 2017-10-26.