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Angel Joy Chavis Rocker
Angel Joy Chavis Rocker (April 29, 1966 – February 26, 2003) was an American politician and guidance counselor from Florida. In 1999, she became the first black woman to run for President of the United States as a Republican. Early life and education Rocker grew up in High Point, North Carolina, and graduated from T. Wingate Andrews High School. Rocker attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received a master's degree in counseling from Georgia State University. Career Rocker worked as a guidance counselor and lived in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. On March 23, 1999, she announced that she would be forming a presidential exploratory committee, hoping to receive the Republican nomination in the 2000 United States Presidential election. With this announcement, she became the first black woman to run for President of the United States as a Republican. Rocker's campaign was seen as a long shot as she had very little campaign funding, name ...
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Navarre, Florida
Navarre is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the northwest Florida Panhandle. It is a major bedroom community for mostly U.S. military personnel, federal civil servants, local population, retirees and defense contractors. Due to Navarre Beach and the of beach front on the Gulf of Mexico thereof, as well as several miles of beaches within the Navarre Beach Marine Park and the Gulf Islands National Seashore, it has a small, but rapidly growing community of nature enthusiasts and tourists. Navarre has grown from being a small town of around 1,500 in 1970 to a town with a population estimated at 43,540 , if including both the Navarre and Navarre Beach Census Designated Places. The Navarre CDP recorded a population of 40,817 at the 2020 census. Navarre is about east of Pensacola and about west of Fort Walton Beach. The community is roughly centered on the junction of U.S. Route 98 and State Road 87. It is part of the Pensacolaâ ...
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Black Conservatism In The United States
In the United States, black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in African-American communities that aligns largely with the American conservative movement, including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism in the United States, social conservatism, traditionalist conservatism, traditionalism, patriotism, capitalism, and free markets. What characterizes a 'black conservative' has changed over time, and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy. Influential black Republicans in the early 21st century who have held public office include U.S. Senator Tim Scott, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, and Cabinet secretaries Ben Carson, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell. Political commentators Candace Owens, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Armstrong Williams, Larry Elder, Walter E. Williams, Walter Williams, and Jason L. Riley are influential figures in black conservatism. ...
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People From High Point, North Carolina
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Women In Florida Politics
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Florida Republicans
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is the affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in the U.S. state of Florida. It is currently the state's dominant party, controlling 20 out of 28 of Florida's United States House of Representatives, U.S. House seats, both United States Senate, U.S. Senate seats, the Governor of Florida, governorship and all other statewide offices, and has supermajorities in both houses of the Florida Legislature, state legislature. The Republican Party held power in state politics during the Reconstruction era after the American Civil War and included African American legislators and officials. Democrats regained power in Florida and across the South until the 1960s. History Several of Florida's governors and U.S. senators were Republican after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era. There were Republican African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900 in Florida. The Republican Convention o ...
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African-American Candidates For President Of The United States
African-American candidates for president of the United States from major parties in the United States, major parties include U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), elected president of the United States 2008 United States presidential election, in 2008. He was the first African American to win a presidential election and the first African American to serve as president of the United States. He was re-elected as president in 2012 United States presidential election, 2012. There had been several candidates in the years before. 19th century Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was invited to speak at the 1888 Republican National Convention. Afterward, during the roll call vote, he received one vote, so was nominally a candidate for the presidency. In those years, the candidates for the position and vice presidency were chosen by state representatives voting at the nominating convention. Many decisions were made by negotiations between state and party leaders "behind closed doors. ...
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Female Candidates For President Of The United States
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2003 Deaths
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Candidates In The 2000 United States Presidential Election
A candidate, or nominee, is a prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position. For example, one can be a candidate for membership in a group or election to an office, in which case a candidate selection occurs. "Nomination" is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office by a political party,''Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases,'' Volume 1, Edition 2, West Publishing Company, 1914p. 588 or the bestowing of an honor or award. This person is called a "nominee", though "nominee" is often used interchangeably with "candidate". A presumptive nominee is a person or organization whose nomination is considered inevitable or highly likely. The phenomenon of being a candidate in a race for either a party nomination or for electoral office is called "candidacy". The term "presumptive candidate" may be used to describe someone who is predicted to be a formal candidate. Etymolo ...
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