Carole Migden
Carole Migden (born August 14, 1948 in New York City ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party .
Life
Migden studied art at Adelphi University and Sonoma State University . She was a member of the California State Assembly from December 2, 1996 to December 2, 2002, replacing Willie Brown . Her successor there was Mark Leno . On December 6, 2004, she took over the mandate of John L. Burton in the California Senate , which she held until 2008; there too, Mark Leno followed her. She fell ill with leukemia in 1997 and was able to fight this disease with various chemotherapies. In 2004 she married her long-time partner Cristina Arguedas in San Francisco . Migden used her political offices several times to promote laws to improve the status of same-sex partnerships.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marin Independent Journal: State Senate race keeps heating up ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle: Migden says she's battling leukemia
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| SURNAME | Migden, Carole |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |