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he recent 2020 election surely, will mark itself as a historical one, triggered by four years of social and civil unrest including the murder of George Floyd, catapulted by the surge of COVID-19 pandemic deaths and ongoing cases throughout the country. During the primary, both presidential candidates: Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were the frontrunners, along with billionaire Michael Bloomberg, but they all ended up endorsing the decent and respectable Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. at the end. First of all, Joe Biden's top asset is his wife Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden, (nee Jacobs, formerly Stevenson, born June 3, 1951). who had been Joe's second lady of the United States from 2009 through 2017, she’s an American educator who was born in Hammonton, New Jersey but grew up in willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She married Joe in 1977, thus becoming the stepmother to Beau and Hunter, Joe's two sons from Joe's first marriage, whose mother and baby sister died in a car accident in 1972. Subsequently, Jill and her husband Joe have a daughter together, Ashley, who was born in 1981. Now accomplished on her own, Ashley has a Bachelor's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Delaware, as well as Master's degree from the West Chester University and Villanova University, who has taught English and Reading in high schools for 13 years and also taught adolescents with emotional disabilities at a psychiatric hospital. Likewise, Jill Biden was an English and writing instructor at the Delaware Technical and Community College from 1993 through 2008 and is known to be "the first second lady to hold a paying job” while her husband served as vice president. She has been the founder of the Biden Breast Health Initiative, a non-profit organization, co-founder of the Book Buddies program, co-founder of the Biden Foundation which is currently active in Delaware's "Boots On The Ground," and is co-founder of "Joining Forces" organization along with Michelle Obama. She has been with Joe throughout his campaign trail to victory. Then, there was the endorsement of
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Key elements/assets that helped strengthen President-elect Joe Biden's road to victory Stacy Abrams, who everyone thought would have run as a presidential candidate too, but didn't. She's a Yale school Law graduate and a black woman form Mississippi who thinks that the "deep South can become the new Democratic haven" which she ultimately did just that - due to her brilliant voter registration and turnout efforts in Georgia which used to be a RED state since 1992, to an apparent Democratic win for Biden, registering around 800,000 new voters US President-elect Joe Biden (2nd L) and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris (2nd R) stand onstage with their spouses Jill Biden (L) and Doug Emhoff (R) after their victory speeches in Wilmington, in that state. The surge in young, un- Delaware, November 7, 2020. der 30 eligible voters, such and that is Joe Biden." as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Finally, there's the surprise streaming efforts as well as choice of Kamala Harris as Bidthe Black Lives Matter moveen's vice-presidential running ment's activism, plus singer mate after her criticisms on Cardi B's televised zoom conhim during the primary, Biden versation with Biden, must acknowledged her political pohave helped a lot, just a f ew tential and enthusiasm that will months before the election. bring diversity to his campaign, Then of course, there was being that she's the daughter Biden's former boss, Presiof Jamaican and Indian immident Barack Obama, whose grants, who in turn was able to energetic campaigns truly rally her black-owned alma mamattered. He helped boost ter, Howard University's Alpha US President-elect Joe Biden Vice-President elect Kamala Harris Biden's campaign both in PhilKappa Alpha sorority sisters adelphia and Atlanta, who helped her with a "fullconservative who urged Republicans to The FBI's investigation on the kidnap- cross party lines in support of Joe Bid- blown momentum in cash fundraisers." ping plot of Michigan governor Gretchen en for president. On a Twitter, she said: Undoubtedly, it is our hope that Joe Whitmer where they arrested 13 accused 'there's only one candidate in this race Biden will rise to HEAL and UNITE this suspects on October 8, 2020, were tied to who stands up for our values as nation nation as our NEXT PRESIDENT! a paramilitary militia group that called themselves the "Wolverine Watchmen," where six of the suspects were charged in federal court, while the other seven were charged with state crimes. These paramilitaty militia groups targeted Whitmer allegedly because Trump offered his support for the protests in Michigan when Whitmer ordered a total lockdown due to the surge of COVID-19 deaths in the state. That was when Trump tweeted "LIBERATE MICHIGAN,” and he derisively called Whitmer "that woman from Michigan.” A few days before the election, Cindy McCain, the well-known widow of ,Senator John McCain, was the prominent
oPeNLY... from Page 1 dramatically, we are ending where we began — with the conviction that San Diego can be a city for everyone,” Gloria wrote. Gloria thanked his supporters for their effortds that include “texting from home, dropping literature, putting a sign in your yard or joining our Get-Out-The-Vote operation outside under a tent.” Gloria defeated Councilwoman Barbara Bry. Gloria is not a political neophyte. He was a member of the California State Assembly (representing the 78th District) and the second person of Filipino heritage ever elected to the assembly. Gloria served two terms on the City Council and was the City’s Interim Mayor from August 2013 to March 2014. Gloria graduated from the University of San Diego and an enrolled member of the Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. He lives in the neighborhood of Mission Hills. Republicans flip Congressional seats in Southern California Democrat Harley Rouda has conceded to Republican Michelle Steel in their battle to win the U.S 48th Congressional District. A second seat appears ready to go, with Republican challenger Young Kim leading incumbent Democrat Gil Cisneros for the battle for the U.S 39th Congressional District. Other Fil-Ams who won in other electoral fronts Some Filipino American holding elective posts were successful in their re-election bids, among them were Rob Bonta, Juslyn Manalo and Glenn Sylvester. Bonta was overwhelmingly reelected as California Assemblymember for District 18. He has posted about his electoral success on a Twitter post on November 4. Cabaldon garnered 52.49% of total votes cast to defeat his opponent, Martha Guerrero for the mayorship of the city of West Sacramento. Daly City Mayor Glenn Sylvester, who are among four Filipino Americans comprising the five-member city council in Daly City, was successful in his re-election bid. Daly City Vice Mayor Juslyn Manalo also won her reelection bid.
