| 词条 | Lisa Blunt Rochester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Lisa Blunt Rochester |image = Lisa Blunt Rochester official photo.jpg |state = Delaware |district = {{ushr|DE|AL|at-large}} |term_start = January 3, 2017 |term_end = |predecessor = John Carney |successor = |birth_name = Lisa LaTrelle Blunt |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|10}} |birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = {{marriage|Alex Bradley|1982|2003|end=divorced}} {{marriage|Charles Rochester|2006|2014|end=died}} |children = 2 |relatives = Ted Blunt (father) |education = Villanova University Fairleigh Dickinson University (BA) University of Delaware (MA) |website = {{url|bluntrochester.house.gov|House website}} }} Lisa LaTrelle Blunt Rochester (née Blunt;[1] February 10, 1962) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for {{ushr|DE|AL}} since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and educationBlunt Rochester was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 10, 1962.[2] Her family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1969.[3] Her father, Ted Blunt, served on the Wilmington City Council, including as council president.[3] Her mother, Alice LaTrelle, worked in retail.[5] Blunt Rochester attended Padua Academy and began college at Villanova University. She could not afford the tuition, and transferred to the University of Delaware in her sophomore year.[5] She left college to live in Europe, and later received her bachelor's degree in international relations from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her master's degree in urban affairs and public policy from the University of Delaware.[3][5] Early political careerBlunt Rochester worked for Tom Carper as an intern in 1989, when he served as Delaware's member of the United States House of Representatives. After the internship, she continued to work for Carper as a constituent relations caseworker, and worked on his transition team when he was elected Governor of Delaware.[5][4][11] Carper appointed her as the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services in 1993 and as the Secretary of the Department of Labor in 1998. Governor Ruth Ann Minner named Blunt Rochester the state personnel director in 2001.[5] In 2004, Blunt Rochester left government service and became the CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League.[5][5] U.S. House of RepresentativesElectionsBlunt Rochester ran for the United States House of Representatives in {{ushr|DE|AL}} in the 2016 election.[6] She won the Democratic Party nomination on September 13,[7] and won the general election in November.[8] When she was sworn into office on January 3, 2017, she became the first woman and the first African-American to represent Delaware in Congress.[8] TenureCommittee assignments
Caucus memberships
Personal lifeBlunt Rochester was married to her first husband, basketball player Alex Bradley, from 1982 to 2003. They met at Villanova and lived in Europe while he played basketball professionally. They have two children together.[12] She met her second husband, Charles, later in 2003. They married in 2006.[12] Charles died in 2014.[13][1][11][3] He ruptured his Achilles tendon which caused blood clots to go to his heart and lungs. While living abroad in China with her late husband, Blunt Rochester co-authored the book THRIVE: 34 Women, 18 Countries, One Goal.[14] She carries a scarf printed with a Reconstruction Era voter registration card belonging to an ancestor who had been a slave.[15] Electoral history
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References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/160842837/ |title=Weddings |work=The News Journal |date=June 20, 1982 |accessdate=July 29, 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://info.cqrollcall.com/rs/764-XAC-282/images/CQ-NewMemberGuide-115thCongress.pdf |title=Guide to the New Congress |publisher=Roll Call |accessdate=January 3, 2017}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/firststatepolitics/2016/11/08/blunt-rochester-win-historic-delaware/93439346/|title=Rochester wins Delaware congressional race|first=Adam|last=Duvernay|work=The News Journal|date=November 10, 2016|accessdate=November 12, 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/01/03/lisa-blunt-rochester-sworn-makes-history/96108934/|title=Lisa Blunt Rochester sworn in, makes history|last=Gaudiano|first=Nicole|date=January 3, 2017|work=The News Journal|accessdate=January 24, 2017}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/firststatepolitics/2016/05/21/running-congress-rochester-draws-strength-experience/84491194/|title=Running for Congress, Rochester draws on experience|work=The News Journal|date=May 21, 2016|accessdate=October 26, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/10/26/delaware-congressional-race-getting-crowded/74648224/?hootPostID=9fbb6f10bc14e27323d5cfc8a4d7d0a1|title=Former state labor secretary enters congressional race|work=The News Journal|last=Offredo|first=Jon|last2=Jonathan|first2=Starkey|date=October 26, 2015|accessdate=October 27, 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/former-delaware-labor-secretary-lisa-blunt-rochester-wins-democratic-primary-for-us-house-seat/2016/09/13/6d921d1e-7a17-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html|title=Former Delaware Labor Secretary Lisa Blunt Rochester wins Democratic primary for U.S. House seat|work=The Washington Post|date=September 13, 2016|accessdate=October 26, 2016}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8245213/lisa-blunt-rochester-elected-delaware-house-representatives/ |title=Lisa Blunt Rochester Is Delaware’s First Female and the First African American Representative – Rochester Elected to Congress |publisher=Cosmopolitan.com |date=October 17, 2016 |accessdate=November 9, 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://cbc.house.gov/membership/|format=|publisher=Congressional Black Caucus|date=|accessdate=7 March 2018}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|author=|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|format=|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|date=|accessdate=30 January 2018}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|format=|publisher=New Democrat Coalition|date=|accessdate=6 February 2018}} 12. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|url=http://www.delawaretoday.com/Delaware-Today/June-2017/Lisa-Blunt-Rochester-is-Ready-to-Shake-Things-Up/|title=Lisa Blunt Rochester is Ready to Shake Things Up: Get to know Delaware’s first black, first female congresswoman|first=Larry|last=Nagengast|date=June 2017|accessdate=January 12, 2018}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?pid=172623156 |title=Charles Rochester Obituary - Wilmington, DE | The News Journal |publisher=Legacy.com |date=|accessdate=September 26, 2017}} 14. ^https://lisabluntrochester.com/about 15. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/16/groundbreaking-congresswoman-race-gender-and-joe-biden-hybrid/99254018/ |title=Groundbreaking congresswoman on race, gender and the Joe Biden Hybrid |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=March 16, 2017 |accessdate=September 26, 2017}} External links
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