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Charlotta Bass was the Progressive Party nominee for vice president in 1952. She was the first Black woman nominated for the office by an American political party. [11] Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination in 1964, becoming the first woman to seek the nomination of a major party for president ...
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1984 presidential election, running alongside Walter Mondale; this made her the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major ...
President-elect Trump announced his first post-election Cabinet nominee, Jeff Sessions for the role of United States Attorney General, on November 18, 2016. (Trump had earlier announced Mike Pence as his pick for vice-presidential running mate in July 2016, which was shortly thereafter confirmed by the delegates to the Republican National ...
She is the 39th and current First Lady of Minnesota as the wife of Governor Tim Walz. Her husband was the Democratic Party candidate for vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. Prior to her husband's election as Governor of Minnesota, Walz worked for over two decades in the public school system as an English teacher.
If the Democratic ticket wins the presidential election in November, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan would make history as Minnesota’s first Native American and its first female governor. Vice President ...
Democratic leaders are rallying to crown Vice President Kamala Harris their party’s 2024 presidential nominee, raising the question of whom she could choose as her running mate.. The slate of ...
Vice President Kamala Harris selected the Minnesota governor as her running mate earlier this month, one of her first decisions as the presidential nominee. Born in Nebraska, Waltz is also a ...
Hillary Clinton and Faith Spotted Eagle in 2016 were the first women to receive electoral votes for president; Spotted Eagle's single vote was from a faithless elector, and she was also the first Native American to receive an electoral vote for president. Kamala Harris became the first female vice president after the 2020 election.