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Brazile, Donna

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Born: 1959 AD
Currently alive, at 52 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Politician

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1959 - Born on the 15th of December in New Orleans.

1976 - She has worked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, including Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale.

1980 - Worked for Rev. Jesse Jackson's first historic bid for the presidency.

1988 - U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt in the Democratic primary.

       - She served as deputy field director of the Michael Dukakis general election campaign.

       - On the 20th of October, she made news by telling a group of reporters that George H.W. Bush needed to "'fess up" about unsubstantiated rumors of an extra-marital affair.

1990 - Served as Chief of Staff and Press Secretary to Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, where she helped guide the District's budget and local legislation on Capitol Hill.

1992 - She advised Bill Clinton's campaign for the presidency and for re-election in 96'.

1999 - Appointed deputy campaign manager and was later promoted to campaign manager of the 00' presidential campaign of Vice-President Al Gore, becoming the first African-American woman to manage a major presidential campaign that also won the popular vote.

2004 - Simon and Schuster published Cooking With Grease, the memoir of her life and work in politics.

2007 - On the 31st of January, she, Al Gore's campaign chairman in the 00' campaign.

       - Has stated that Brazile's comments might be an implication that Gore will declare his intentions whether or not to seek the presidency for a third time during the 79th Academy Awards scheduled to be held on the 25th of February.

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