Tina Smith

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Tina Smith (2015)

Tina Flint Smith (born March 4, 1958 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . She was lieutenant governor of the state of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018 . She has been a member of the U.S. Senate for Minnesota since January 2018 .

Career

Tina Smith first worked for some time for the management of trans-Alaska pipeline in Prudhoe Bay ( Alaska ). She then studied political science at Stanford University in California . Then she finished her education at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ), where they manage studied. Subsequently, she worked in the marketing industry, in which she founded her own company after a few years. Politically, she joined the Democratic Farmer Labor Party , as the Democratic Party in Minnesota calls itself . For some time she was on the staff of the Minneapolis Mayor . In 2010, she co-chaired the campaign team for Mark Dayton , who successfully ran for governor of Minnesota.

In 2014, Tina Smith was elected lieutenant governor of the state of Minnesota, alongside Dayton when he was re-elected. She held this post from January 5, 2015. She was Deputy Governor. Since 1982 the office of vice governor has been exercised by women.

Dayton announced in mid-December 2017 that it would appoint Tina Smith as the temporary successor to US Senator Al Franken . Franken had advised to resign in the next few weeks after allegations of harassment. Smith intends to run for the remainder of Frank's term in the following extraordinary by-election for the Senate seat, which will take place in 2018. Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison has already announced that he will not be a candidate for this election, so Smith has a good chance of her party's nomination in the primary . She was sworn in for her Senate mandate on January 3, 2018.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dayton picks chief of staff Tina Smith as running mate. twincities.com, February 4, 2014 (English).
  2. ^ Jacob Pramuk: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith wants to succeed resigning Sen. Al Franken. In: CNBC.com , December 13, 2017 (English).
  3. ^ Maya Rao: Al Franken submits resignation letter to Senate; Tina Smith ready to step in. In: Star Tribune , January 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Tina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Tina Flint (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Albuquerque , New Mexico