Kate Gallego

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Kate Gallego (2019)

Kate Gallego (born on 21st October 1981 in Albuquerque , New Mexico as Kate Widland ) is an American politician . She is a member of the Democratic Party and the 61st Mayor of Phoenix , Arizona , as of March 21, 2019 .

Life

Kate Gallego was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to parents of Jewish origin. Her parents are originally from the state of Illinois and moved to New Mexico in 1979. She grew up in Albuquerque and graduated from the Albuquerque Academy . After graduating from high school, Gallego began studying environmental science at Harvard University , where she received a bachelor's degree . Later she graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to the Master of Business Administration .

In 2004 Kate Gallego moved to Phoenix and initially worked for the Arizona State Tourism Board. In 2013 she was elected to the Phoenix City Council. A re-election took place in 2017. After then-Mayor of Phoenix, Greg Stanton , resigned in 2018 due to his candidacy in the election to the election of the representative of the 9th Congressional constituency of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives , Gallego gave her candidacy for the following mayoral election known. To do this, she resigned from the city council on August 7, 2018.

In the first round of elections on November 6, 2018, Gallego received around 45 percent of the vote. In the subsequent runoff election on March 12, 2019, she prevailed against Daniel Valenzuela with 58.6 percent of the vote. Gallego took office on March 21, 2019. She is the third woman to serve as mayor of the city of Phoenix and, at the time of her swearing in, the youngest woman mayor in the ten largest cities in the United States.

In 2010, Kate Gallego married the politician Ruben Gallego , who was then a member of the Arizona House of Representatives . The marriage ended in divorce in December 2016, shortly afterwards Gallego had a son.

Web links

Commons : Kate Gallego  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rick Nathanson: Albuquerque native elected mayor of Phoenix. Albuquerque Journal, March 14, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Jessica Boehm: Three things to know about Phoenix Mayor-elect Kate Gallego. The Arizona Republic, March 13, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ What does the next Phoenix mayor need most: Backing or brains? The Arizona Republic, October 24, 2018, accessed July 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ali Vetnar: Kate Gallego elected as Phoenix mayor, 3rd woman to hold position. KTAR News 92.3, March 12, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ Laura Gómez: Kate Gallego sworn in as Phoenix's mayor. Arizona Mirror, March 21, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gallego, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widland, Kate (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, Mayor of Phoenix
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States