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Travis Nelson (politician)
Travis E. Nelson is an American politician and nurse serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 44th district. He assumed office on February 1, 2022. He is the first openly LGBTQ+ man of color and the first openly LGBTQ+ African American to ever serve in the Oregon Legislature. Early life and education Nelson is the grandson of Louisiana sharecroppers and his parents grew up under Jim Crow segregation. He was born in poverty in northern Louisiana to a teen mother. His parents moved he and his sister to Kennewick, Washington as a child, in search of a better life. While working as a janitor, landscaper, and coach, he earned an Associate of Science in Nursing degree from Columbia Basin Community College and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Washington State University. Career Travis Nelson started his career as a nurse for PeaceHealth in the Portland, Oregon area, specializing in medical, surgical, cardiac, rehabilitation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon's 44th House District
District 44 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021, the district is contained entirely within Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County and covers parts of north and northeast Portland, Oregon, Portland, including the Portland International Airport. The current representative for the district is Democrat Travis Nelson (politician), Travis Nelson of Portland. Election results District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, representatives before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. General election results from 2000 to present are as follows: See also * Oregon Legislative Assembly * Oregon House of Representatives References {{reflist External links Oregon House of RepresentativesOfficial site Oregon Secretary of State: Redistricting Reform Task Force Oregon House of Representatives districts Multnomah County, Oregon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multnomah County Commission
Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The state's smallest and most populous county, its county seat, Portland, is the state's most populous city. History The area of the lower Willamette River has been inhabited for thousands of years, including by the Multnomah band of Chinookan peoples long before European contact, as evidenced by the nearby Cathlapotle village, just downstream. Multnomah County (the 13th in Oregon Territory) was created on December 22, 1854, formed out of two other Oregon counties – the eastern part of Washington County and the northern part of Clackamas County. Its creation was a result of a petition earlier that year by businessmen in Portland complaining of the inconvenient location of the Washington County seat in Hillsboro and of the share of Portland tax revenues leaving the city to suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American State Legislators In Oregon
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Nurses
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Oregon House Of Representatives Election
The 2024 Oregon House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. All of the 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives were be elected. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for 2024 Oregon Senate election, State Senate, as part of the 2024 Oregon elections. Democrats gained one seat, earning a three-fifths supermajority for the first time since the 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election, 2020 House election. Retirements Six incumbents did not seek re-election. Republicans Two Republicans did not seek re-election. #Oregon's 4th House district, District 4: Christine Goodwin (politician), Christine Goodwin retired to 2024 Oregon Senate election#District 2, run for State Senate. #Oregon's 31st House district, District 31: Brian Stout retired. Democrats Four Democrats did not seek re-election. #Oregon's 8th House district, District 8: Paul Holvey retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Democratic National Convention
The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention, presidential nominating convention that was held from August 17 to 20, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and virtually across the United States. At the convention, delegates of the United States Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party formally chose former Vice President of the United States, vice president Joe Biden and United States Senate, Senator Kamala Harris of California as the party's nominees for President of the United States, president and vice president, respectively, in the 2020 United States presidential election. Originally scheduled to be held July 13–16, 2020, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee just a week before the planned start of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo Summer Olympics, the convention was postponed to August 17–20, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Sanders
Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Vermont. He is the longest-serving independent politician, independent in US congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, having Congressional caucus, caucused with House Democratic Caucus, House and Senate Democratic Caucus, Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign, 2016 and Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, 2020. Sanders has been viewed as the leader of the modern American Progressivism in the United States#In the 21st century, progressive movement. Born into a working-class Jewish family and raised in New York, Sanders attended Brooklyn College before graduating from the University of Chicago i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Manning Jr
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', US title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Democratic National Committee Chairmanship Election
The 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held on February 25, 2017, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta to determine the next chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). It was the first contested DNC chair election since 1985. Tom Perez and Keith Ellison emerged as the favored candidates of the majority of DNC members. Other candidates included Sally Boynton Brown, Pete Buttigieg, future DNC chairman Jaime Harrison, Sam Ronan, and Jehmu Greene. Perez was elected chairperson after two rounds of voting. Background Following the 2016 DNC email leak, which suggested that the DNC leadership showed favor to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential primary, Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned as DNC Chairwoman, and was succeeded on an interim basis by Donna Brazile. Brazile announced that she would not run for a full term. With no president to select a chair, this became the first contested DNC chair election since 1985. A DNC exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Ellison
Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2019 as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2019. He served as Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to 2018, and was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. In Congress, Ellison built a reputation as a progressive leader. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ellison moved to Minnesota for law school. In 2002, he was elected to the Minnesota House and served two terms. After longtime U.S. Representative Martin Olav Sabo announced his retirement, Ellison announced his candidacy for Congress in the 2006 election. He won the race and was reelected five times. His district included Minneapolis, the state's largest city, and its inner-ring suburbs. In Congress, Ellison was a vice-chair of the Congressional Progressive Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic National Committee
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal executive leadership board of the United States's Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. According to the party charter, it has "general responsibility for the affairs of the Democratic Party between Democrat National Convention, National Conventions", and particularly coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office, as well as works to establish a "party brand" and to formulate the party platform. While it provides support for party candidates, it does not have direct authority over elected officials. The DNC was established on May 26, 1848, at 1848 Democratic National Convention, that year's Democratic National Convention.Party History Retrieved February 17, 2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party Of Oregon
The Democratic Party of Oregon is the Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party. The State Central Committee, made up of two delegates elected from each of Oregon's 36 counties and one additional delegate for every 15,000 registered Democrats, is the main authoritative body of the party. The party has 17 special group caucuses which also each have representation on the State Central Committee. After Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859, Oregon elected twice as many Democrats as Republicans between 1859 and 1879 in statewide elections.History of the Democratic Party in Oregon, 1900-1956, Burton, Robert E. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Oregon's six U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature, and the governorship. Platform and legislative agenda The Democratic Party of Oregon hosts a Platform Convention every two years where they set their platform and priority legislative action items. The most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
