Betsy McCaughey

Betsy McCaughey (2008)

Betsy McCaughey (born October 20, 1948 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American politician . She was Lieutenant Governor of New York State from 1995 to 1998 .

Career

Elizabeth Helen Peterken, her maiden name, was also known by the name Betsy McCaughey Ross, which dates from the time of her second marriage to Wilbur Ross, who divorced in 1998. The name McCaughey comes from her first husband, Thomas K. McCaughey, from whom she divorced in 1994. She later adopted that name again. She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie (New York) and then from Columbia University in New York City , where she studied history and constitutional history. Later she also edited some historical treatises. In 1977 and 1978 she taught history at Vassar College; from 1979 to 1983 she was at Columbia University. In the late 1980s she toyed with the idea of ​​becoming a news presenter on television, which she gave up again.

Politically, she was a member of the Republican Party until 1997 . Then she switched to the Democrats . In 2010 she returned to the Republicans. One focus of her political work was or is health policy. In the 1990s, she opposed President Bill Clinton's health care reform . Later she was also against President Barack Obama's reform . In 1994 McCaughey was elected lieutenant governor of New York alongside George Pataki . She held this office between 1995 and 1998. She was Deputy Governor and Chairwoman of the State Senate . During this time there were political clashes between Pataki and McCaughey, mainly over questions of health policy. Pataki eventually announced that in the 1998 election he would nominate another candidate for lieutenant governor. McCaughey then moved to the Democratic Party, where they ran, albeit unsuccessfully, in the gubernatorial elections. It was set up for this by the Liberal Party of New York . With 1.65 percent of the vote, she came fourth.

After the end of her time as Lieutenant Governor, Betsy McCaughey remained politically active. She continued to be involved in health policy and held several offices in that sector. She was also the founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Death , which worked to reduce deaths from infections. She became an opponent of the Obama administration's health care reform and rejoined the Republicans, whose health objectives she supports. During the United States presidential election in 2016 it belonged to the senior staff of Donald Trump .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michelle Cottle: Is Betsy McCaughey Too Perfect a Match for Donald Trump? , The Atlantic , August 14, 2016

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