| 词条 | David Bowen (Wisconsin) |
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BackgroundBowen was born in Milwaukee, son of Jamaican immigrants. He graduated with honors from Bradley Tech High School in 2005. He participated in the youth leadership program of the Milwaukee non-profit organization Urban Underground and the Americorps program, Public Allies. He volunteered with Urban Underground attending the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, studying educational policy and community studies. After UW-M, Bowen became Program Director at Urban Underground, served on the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Violence Prevention Initiative Steering Committee and the City of Milwaukee’s Homicide Review Commission. Elected officeIn April 2012 he was elected to the County Board for District 10, at which time he was the youngest member of that board and one of the youngest black elected officials in the history of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.[2] He was the lead author of a living wage bill requiring all companies doing business with Milwaukee County to be paid $11.32 an hour. County Executive Chris Abele's veto of the ordinance was over-ridden. In 2014, when Democratic incumbent Sandy Pasch announced that she would not seek re-election, Bowen was one of four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. In the August 2014 primary election, Bowen received 3,991 votes (52%); to 1,554 for substance abuse counselor Bria Grant; 1336 votes for Tia Terhorst, Abele's political director and lobbyist; and 480 for lawyer, author and Democratic Party activist Sara Lee Johann.[3][4] In this heavily Democratic district, no candidate filed for any other party's nomination or as an independent.[5] PoliticsIn July 2016, David Bowen attended the Democratic National Convention as a super-delegate, and pledged his support to Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton.[6] [7]References1. ^Bergquist, Lee. "Election 2014: Allen, Brostoff, Wanggaard, Bowen win legislative primaries" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel August 13, 2014 {{Wisconsin State Assembly}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowen, David}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://county.milwaukee.gov/Bowen|title=Bowen's official website|publisher=|accessdate=6 January 2019}} 3. ^Kaiser, Lisa. "Democrats Vie for Pasch’s Former Assembly Seat: Bowen, Grant, Johann and Torhorst are on the Aug. 12 ballot" Shepherd Express July 23, 2014 4. ^"Election Results: Assembly Dist 10 Dem Primary" WTMJ-TV website; August 13, 2014 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814231514/http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/elections |date=August 14, 2014 }} 5. ^http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/2014_general_election_candidates_on_ballot_as_of_0_16690.PDF 6. ^List of Democratic Party superdelegates, 2016 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/First-Wisconsin-super-delegate-sides-with-Bernie-Sanders-374938061.html|title=First Wisconsin super delegate sides with Bernie Sanders|first=|last=NBC15|website=www.nbc15.com|accessdate=6 January 2019}} 10 : African-American state legislators in Wisconsin|American politicians of Jamaican descent|County supervisors in Wisconsin|Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly|Politicians from Milwaukee|University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni|Wisconsin Democrats|Living people|21st-century American politicians|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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