Land of The Free: American Political Roleplay (OOC VI)

[Sarenium]

so there isn't a Republican challenger to Vichter in Ohio, since Deutsch CTEd.

Wack.

Challenge me.

[WikiPlay]

Black people voted for a KKK leader?

That's like jews voting for Hitler

No.....

Black people voted for him because he wanted to lower taxes, which would greatly help African American communities. Plus, not everyone believed he was a KKK leader. A cool example of this is in Parks and Recreations, Donna says she donated to his campaign because he wanted to lower taxes. Plus, he was a democrat for a long time before he ran as a Republican.

Jews did vote for Hitler, it wasn't until after he'd been elected did he begin to vow hatred towards jews if I remember correctly.

Power may never come from on hand otherwise you forgot your history: Mussolini, Hitler, US Big Pharma this is a very dangerous situation. No competition allowed and the scientist have nothing to say, only crazy people with a lot of money: the ultra rich shareholders who are only interested in money and to make people highly addicted like Xanax, methylphenidate (similar like cocaine). It take 3 years without work to fully recover and meanwhile people can' pay their bills. Is that freedom be addicted?

and CIA is watching you just like Assange. Freedom you say...

[Sarenium]

Stop this conversation.

(RE: CIA)

[Sarenium]

I have an outline of a wealthy Ohio banker. I could do something with that if I ever decide I want a third character.

Do it xx

[Emazia]

No.....

Black people voted for him because he wanted to lower taxes, which would greatly help African American communities. Plus, not everyone believed he was a KKK leader. A cool example of this is in Parks and Recreations, Donna says she donated to his campaign because he wanted to lower taxes. Plus, he was a democrat for a long time before he ran as a Republican.

Jews did vote for Hitler, it wasn't until after he'd been elected did he begin to vow hatred towards jews if I remember correctly.

Power may never come from on hand otherwise you forgot your history: Mussolini, Hitler, US Big Pharma this is a very dangerous situation. No competition allowed and the scientist have nothing to say, only crazy people with a lot of money: the ultra rich shareholders who are only interested in money and to make people highly addicted like Xanax, methylphenidate (similar like cocaine). It take 3 years without work to fully recover and meanwhile people can' pay their bills. Is that freedom be addicted?

and CIA is watching you just like Assange. Freedom you say...

Cocaine you say?

[Emazia]

From all the people too small-balled to just call themselves fascists and authoritarians.

Nah I was being sarcastic, forums are overwhelmingly left/liberal or whatever GMS is
I did find a nazi once and he called me a couple of slurs

Trumpism with Lol Attack Characteristics

[Greater Arab State]

You are loved, you are valid and you are accepted. Welcome!

thank you!!!!!!

Unfortunately, due to the app still needing some adjustments, and in order to ensure that the quality of this rp’s apps are maintained, I unfortunately take, with the support of my fellow administrators, the unprecedented, but in these unusual circumstances, necessary step to reverse the acceptance of Representative Lorraine Jasmine Keyes’ app. However, I am sure that the app will be accepted soon once the current areas of improvement are resolved.

1: I would suggest a significant expansion of the biography, merely so that there is greater clarity over how Keyes supported immigrants in prison.

2: Just for clarity, I assume when the biography mentions her becoming a “Doctor of Law” it is referring to a JD?

3: I don’t think Keyes’ mourning alone would lead to her being elected to the House, perhaps it might be best to change it so that the death of Keyes’ husband spurred her on to seeking office in some way?

4: As Keyes is serving from 1995 onwards, I would suggest expanding on that section so that her tenure is discussed in greater detail.

[Greater Arab State]

Consequently, I ask that the posts referencing Keyes in the IC or Congress threads are retconned, with the exception of posts that feature a separate motion.

[Deblar]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Republic of Deblar
Character Name: Dawn Brown
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 65
Character Height: 5'10"
Character Weight: 164 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: US Senator from Massachusetts (2014-present), US Representative for Massachusetts' 7th District (1996-2000,2006-2014), US Ambassador to Jamaica (2000-2006), Representative in Massachusetts' State House (1992-1996)
Appearance:
Character State of Origin: Massachusetts
Character State of Residence: Massachusetts
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Experienced, appealing to the Black minority, Praised among progressives and the Democrat Party, Open to bipartisanship
Main Weaknesses: Loathed by conservatives, Faces health issues related to old age, Has dealt with mild depression since the death of her father in 2010 and the death of her mother in 2002
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)
Dawn Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Cora and James Brown Jr. on April 26, 1954. Her father, James Brown Jr.(one of my HOTB characters), was one of the most recognized and loudest voices of the Civil Rights Movement. Dawn drew a lot of inspiration from her father and became interested in activism, often being seen at her father's speeches. She also began to get interested in politics as well. As she grew up and the Civil Rights Movement drew to a close, Dawn remained close to her father, and with his support, she went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Political Science.

After college, Dawn moved back to her hometown of Boston, where she met her future husband, Irving Leonard. Together, they had 3 kids, two boys and a girl, named James III, Dennis, and Katherine, respectively. After they grew up, Dawn ran for public office for the first time in 1992, and won. As a member of the Massachusetts State House, she advocated for better healthcare, LGBT+ rights, voting rights protection, and environment protection, causes she championed throughout her political career.

In 1996, Dawn sought a higher office and ran for Representative for Massachusetts' 7th District, which she won. She remained in that position until 2000, when she became the US Ambassador to Jamaica under President (not-W. Bush). She remained in that position until 2006, when she ran again for Representative for Massachusetts 7th District, which she won. In 2014, Dawn ran for the US Senate, another race that she won. She remains in her current position
Other Info:
She was devastated following the deaths of each of her parents, especially her father, whom she was very close with. She is also a grandparent and a soon-to-be great-grandparent.
As mentioned in her bio, she supports better healthcare, LGBT+ rights, voting rights protection, and environment protection.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: (Republic of Deblar)

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Peoples shara]

what????????? I WILL CHANGE APPLICATION!!!

[Peoples shara]

sorry for bad english

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: peoples sahara
Character Name: Lorraine Jasmine Keyes
Character Gender: woman
Character Age: sixty
Character Height: 164 cm
Character Weight: 67 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: representative from california California’s 35rd Congressional District (1995-Present)
Appearance: (Image)
Character State of Origin: california
Character State of Residence: California’s 35rd Congressional District
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party (United States)
Main Strengths: smart, lawyer, parents love her very much, she appeal to good people of California’s 35rd Congressional District
Main Weaknesses: dead husband make her sad, change name
Biography: she was born in california. her mom and dad love her very much because she did good as student. she love woman and man because she love everyone. as student at california state university she study law and become Doctor of Law JD helping many people. she help imigrants in prison and not break law. her career very legal! she give help and advise to immigrants and talk in court for them. she convince judge to not deport and make imigrants free. she stop many deportations. she speak spanish very good. people of 35 district like her lawyer job. she not leave california after killing man with car on accident, because she is lawyer. she marry a strong man in california and change name. she meet husband on vacation to las vegas when she was drinking. he like her very much and they marry in one day.

her husband was good man. people like husband but he deid in car accident. this made loraine sad and she cry.

she cry so long she candidate for California’s 35rd Congressional District representative. she appeal to the constituents in the 35th District because she is smart and frendly, talk very much and well. she like pet and trees and she talk about it when candidate for 35 district. now she happy. she has one child who is disabled. likes dogs and cats. as representative she make many friends and pass laws. she like marijuana and vote for it and she support more money for people of 35 district. she like lgbt people and support lgbt people in congress as representative. she not like bank and support free healthcare. she like trians and support building more rail!
Other Info: she is woman, not man i made mistake. rude Emazia Greater Arab State smell bad!!!!!!!!!!

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: peoples sahara

Do Not Remove: 84721

is good now, yes???????

[Peoples shara]

i cry now

[Latvijas Otra Republika]

i cry now

why are you sucking toes

[Greater Arab State]

sorry for bad english

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: peoples sahara
Character Name: Lorraine Jasmine Keyes
Character Gender: woman
Character Age: sixty
Character Height: 164 cm
Character Weight: 67 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: representative from california California’s 35rd Congressional District (1995-Present)
Appearance: (Image)
Character State of Origin: california
Character State of Residence: California’s 35rd Congressional District
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party (United States)
Main Strengths: smart, lawyer, parents love her very much, she appeal to good people of California’s 35rd Congressional District
Main Weaknesses: dead husband make her sad, change name
Biography: she was born in california. her mom and dad love her very much because she did good as student. she love woman and man because she love everyone. as student at california state university she study law and become Doctor of Law JD helping many people. she help imigrants in prison and not break law. her career very legal! she give help and advise to immigrants and talk in court for them. she convince judge to not deport and make imigrants free. she stop many deportations. she speak spanish very good. people of 35 district like her lawyer job. she not leave california after killing man with car on accident, because she is lawyer. she marry a strong man in california and change name. she meet husband on vacation to las vegas when she was drinking. he like her very much and they marry in one day.

her husband was good man. people like husband but he deid in car accident. this made loraine sad and she cry.

she cry so long she candidate for California’s 35rd Congressional District representative. she appeal to the constituents in the 35th District because she is smart and frendly, talk very much and well. she like pet and trees and she talk about it when candidate for 35 district. now she happy. she has one child who is disabled. likes dogs and cats. as representative she make many friends and pass laws. she like marijuana and vote for it and she support more money for people of 35 district. she like lgbt people and support lgbt people in congress as representative. she not like bank and support free healthcare. she like trians and support building more rail!
Other Info: she is woman, not man i made mistake. rude Emazia Greater Arab State smell bad!!!!!!!!!!

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: peoples sahara

Do Not Remove: 84721

is good now, yes???????

Overall, I would say that my previous recommendations still stand however, the app is certainly making progress.

1: I would suggest a significant expansion of the biography,

2: It might be best to mention what undergraduate degree Keyes studied prior to attending law school.

3: It might be best to further expand on the reasons that spurred Keyes to first run for the House, potentially, this might be linked in some way to the death of her husband?

4: As Keyes is serving from 1995 onwards, I would suggest expanding on that section so that her tenure is discussed in more comprehensive detail.

5: It might be best to mention her disabled son in the other information section.

6: I suggest removing the section of the app that reads “she not leave california after killing man with car on accident, because she is lawyer.”

7: I would also suggest removing the writing currently placed in the other information section.

[Meelducan]

is good now, yes???????

Overall, I would say that my previous recommendations still stand however, the app is certainly making progress.

1: I would suggest a significant expansion of the biography,

2: It might be best to mention what undergraduate degree Keyes studied prior to attending law school.

3: It might be best to further expand on the reasons that spurred Keyes to first run for the House, potentially, this might be linked in some way to the death of her husband?

4: As Keyes is serving from 1995 onwards, I would suggest expanding on that section so that her tenure is discussed in more comprehensive detail.

5: It might be best to mention her disabled son in the other information section.

6: I suggest removing the section of the app that reads “she not leave california after killing man with car on accident, because she is lawyer.”

7: I would also suggest removing the writing currently placed in the other information section.

You’re asking for too much. If you get your way she’s going to end up like another boring, lifeless character.

Just accept her the way she is

[Latvijas Otra Republika]

[Sarenium]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Republic of Deblar
Character Name: Dawn Brown
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 65
Character Height: 5'10"
Character Weight: 164 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: US Senator from Massachusetts (2014-present), US Representative for Massachusetts' 7th District (1996-2000,2006-2014), US Ambassador to Jamaica (2000-2006), Representative in Massachusetts' State House (1992-1996)
Appearance: (Image)
Character State of Origin: Massachusetts
Character State of Residence: Massachusetts
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Experienced, appealing to the Black minority, Praised among progressives and the Democrat Party, Open to bipartisanship
Main Weaknesses: Loathed by conservatives, Faces health issues related to old age, Has dealt with mild depression since the death of her father in 2010 and the death of her mother in 2002
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)
Dawn Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Cora and James Brown Jr. on April 26, 1954. Her father, James Brown Jr.(one of my HOTB characters), was one of the most recognized and loudest voices of the Civil Rights Movement. Dawn drew a lot of inspiration from her father and became interested in activism, often being seen at her father's speeches. She also began to get interested in politics as well. As she grew up and the Civil Rights Movement drew to a close, Dawn remained close to her father, and with his support, she went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Political Science.

After college, Dawn moved back to her hometown of Boston, where she met her future husband, Irving Leonard. Together, they had 3 kids, two boys and a girl, named James III, Dennis, and Katherine, respectively. After they grew up, Dawn ran for public office for the first time in 1992, and won. As a member of the Massachusetts State House, she advocated for better healthcare, LGBT+ rights, voting rights protection, and environment protection, causes she championed throughout her political career.

In 1996, Dawn sought a higher office and ran for Representative for Massachusetts' 7th District, which she won. She remained in that position until 2000, when she became the US Ambassador to Jamaica under President (not-W. Bush). She remained in that position until 2006, when she ran again for Representative for Massachusetts 7th District, which she won. In 2014, Dawn ran for the US Senate, another race that she won. She remains in her current position
Other Info:
She was devastated following the deaths of each of her parents, especially her father, whom she was very close with. She is also a grandparent and a soon-to-be great-grandparent.
As mentioned in her bio, she supports better healthcare, LGBT+ rights, voting rights protection, and environment protection.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: (Republic of Deblar)

Do Not Remove: 84721

HOTB does not have any carryover into LOTF. It is not in any way, shape or form related to LOTF, therefore her father does not exist in this form.

Second part, new players to LOTF are not permitted to play as Senators for their first character. This is to allow you to immerse yourself in the RP through other offices, may I recommend a Representative?

Second part to this, this particular seat is the 'Winthrop Seat', it has an incumbent who recently lost her primary to former Governor J. N. Lynskey.

[Sarenium]

ATTENTION

Below is the standard of application, for every term in office, there would generally be more detail expected, Gordon Callahan is the example below, a first-term Senator from Alabama with no major prior political experience. If you are applying for a House Member, I want to know what that person did beforehand, what they're doing now and what the heck got them into politics in the first place. This community is not a political simulator, it is a political *roleplay*, if you character has had loss, it would show in how you communicate them, these applications aren't meant to feel like cookie-cutter shells, they are meant to be a document which conveys liveliness, which conveys a sense of personality.

If your application has less than two paragraphs, and is for a current officeholder, it needs work. This message is for both new players and old players looking to write new applications for the 2020 slate of races (highly encouraged!), standards will not slip.

This has been a well-timed reminder from your friendly Chief of Wiki-Aesthetics and Antipodean Administrator.

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sanabel
Character Name: Gordon L. Callahan Jr.
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 48
Character Height: 6 feet
Character Weight: 180 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Junior United States Senator from Alabama (2017-), General Counsel to the United States Senate Armed Services Committee (2009-2012)
Appearance:
(Image)
Character State of Origin: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: Strong convictions, empathetic, strong constituency ties, well-liked by his colleagues
Main Weaknesses: Uncharismatic, most vulnerable US Senator and too liberal for his state, naive, soft spoken
Biography:
Gordon Lowder Callahan Jr. was born in 1971, near Huntsville, Alabama. His father was the newly elected Alabama Supreme Court Justice, and his mother was a homemaker and his father’s high school sweetheart. Callahan grew up in the small town of Stevenson, near the Georgia line. He went to elementary school there as a kid. When his father was elected to the United States Senate as a so-called ‘Anti-Wallace Democrat’ in 1978, he ended up at the St. Marks Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. Despite that, he still spent his summers in at the family home in Stevenson, which he still maintains today.

Callahan was quiet and bookish, and did well in school. He was very close to his father, who grew into a giant in Alabama politics as the years passed. Gordon Callahan Sr. started out in the Senate as a hardline conservative Democrat, but slowly grew into more of a liberal. By the end of his political career, opposing NAFTA, breaking with other Southern Democrats to vote against Clarence Thomas, and opposing the prominent display of the Confederate flag in municipal spaces (this is what happened with Senator Howard Heflin, the Alabama Democrat Callahan Sr is replacing). This political transformation inspired the younger Callahan, who saw the importance in voting your conscience and serving your state even when not politically expedient.

In 1989, Callahan attended Harvard University, where he had a concentration in political science. Immediately following his graduation in 1993, thanks to his father’s connections, Callahan was able to secure a direct commission into the United States Naval Reserves as an intelligence officer. His career was rather uninteresting, aside from a deployment on the SS George Washington, a Nimitz class carrier stationed in Virginia, and a deployment to Rota, Spain in 1995 to support US Naval operations during the ongoing Yugoslavia Crisis. In 1997, concurrent with the tail end of his service, Callahan began law school at the University of Alabama. In 1999, he retired from the Naval Reserves as a full lieutenant, and attained his law degree in 2000.

At at the encouragement of his father, Callahan returned to DC where he took a position as an associate at the prestigious Allenmore and Baird firm, specializing in contract law. In 2005, he was promoted to partner, thanks to his meticulous work and large, successful caseload. In 2009, he left the private sector, and was appointed as Counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee. The position involved giving legal advice on committee issues, but most of the work was to lead a team of lawyers in reviewing and approving government contracts with civilian contractors, military servicemembers, and most importantly, with large defense corporations like Boeing and Northrop Grumman. The work proved fruitful for Callahan, who was well liked by both the majority members and the minority members for his diligence.

In 2012, Callahan made the decision to return to Alabama due to his elderly father’s failing health. He took it upon himself to help make his father’s last few years comfortable, and he worked as a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. After his father passed away in 2014, Callahan was left with more time on his hands, so he handled some pro bono work on behalf of the Alabama Democratic Party. Despite his background in contract law, Callahan was successful in assisting candidates for state legislature and other offices with navigating complication and often exclusionary electoral law. This re-established the link between the Callahan family and Democratic machine. During this time he also met a fellow law professor and Democratic Party activist named Trisha, to whom he is now engaged. After 2016, Callahan was floated as a potential candidate for the 2018 Alabama gubernatorial race, something he strongly considered. However, when (Not-Sessions) vacated the Senate and a special election was announced, Callahan made the decision to take the plunge and run for his father’s old seat, making a calculated decision based on the weakness of the Republican field and the unpopularity of the new Republican presidential administration.

Callahan ran a fairly transparent campaign. He was open with his relatively liberal views, but emphasized “dinner table issues.” Many expected he would inevitably lose, but Callahan assured skeptics his campaign could in fact win. The skeptics started to believe him a bit more when a controversial Republican won the nomination in an upset, and they became even more convinced when a massive scandal broke about the Republican that circulated in national media. Thanks to success with turning out the black vote thanks to his trusted family name and father’s record, and thanks to his ability to flip suburban white voters with his easygoing/nonthreteaning demeanor and accomplished record as a top nonpartisan Senate staffer, Callahan managed the unthinkable, winning the senate race 49.97% to his opponent’s 48.34%.

Once seated in the Senate, Callahan was welcomed with open arms. The Democrats were pleased to flip the seat, and the Republicans were pleased to not have to deal with his former opponent being a US Senator. He remains well liked, especially by those who served concurrently with his father. Callahan has maintained the voting record of a mainline liberal, not at all the Blue Dog one would expect to represent a state in the Deep South. He has held the Democratic line on most votes in the 116th Congress. He has written and sponsored quite a bit of legislation, which seek to do a number of things, ranging from bills allocating more resources in schools to teach children to be financially literate, to increasing farm subsidies, to permanently reauthorizing mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and and other minority-serving institutions.

Other Info: He is of Scots-Irish and German descent, is a (privately) lapsed Baptist, is a bachelor.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: I am the law.

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Free Ward Marchers]

slow week here isn't it?

[Emazia]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Emazia
Character Name: Lauren Berner
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 49
Character Height: 180cm
Character Weight: 68kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Mayor of Minneapolis
Appearance:
Character State of Origin: Minnesota
Character State of Residence: Minnesota
Character Party Affiliation: DFL
Main Strengths: Appeals to rural and white working class voters more than average progressives, aligned with the Governor and more well-known Senator politically, connected to progressive groups and organisations, state name recognition.
Main Weaknesses: Progressive, seen as regressive by more socially-focused elements of the DFL, could face silent bigotry and be prejudiced against for her race and gender, unlikely to be funded by groups looking for socially liberal policy specifically.
Biography: TBA
Other Info: Abortion: Maintain status quo. Not particularly outspoken on it. When questioned, diverts the answer to be about birth control and reducing the numbers of abortions needed.
Climate Change: Emphasises climate change preparation, supports a big environmental project, but ignores the Green New Deal itself due to the political loading of it.
Drugs: Supports legal recreational and medical cannabis.
Foreign Policy: Anti-war, stood against Iraq from day one. Neutral on foreign aid.
Energy: Says cheap renewables should be backed, but that there must be a clear priority in assisting workers from fossil fuel industries, and ensuring that they benefit from it too.
Immigration: Very ambivalent. When asked, generally just condemns racism and xenophobia against immigrants.
Infrastructure: Supports brick and mortar approach: local communities first, and reviving American industry through large infrastructure spending.
Healthcare: Pro-M4A.
Domestic Affairs: Generally takes the middle road.
Race: Opposed to reparations, believes that white working class people and non-white working class people have more in common than with the wealthier people in their respective races, and believes that it should be wealthy whites paying the cost for slavery and institutional racism that they benefit from rather than scapegoating working class whites.
Same-sex marriage: Supports, status quo.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Emazia

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Lavan Tiri]

slow week here isn't it?

I mean, this is a really long-running RP by the recent standards of P2TM, and it's naturally gonna have cycles of greater and lesser activity

[Dentali]

slow week here isn't it?

I mean, this is a really long-running RP by the recent standards of P2TM, and it's naturally gonna have cycles of greater and lesser activity

We survive slow weeks which is awesome. Even slow weeks are active by most standards. My cat also died I have an excuse

[Latvijas Otra Republika]

ATTENTION

Below is the standard of application, for every term in office, there would generally be more detail expected, Gordon Callahan is the example below, a first-term Senator from Alabama with no major prior political experience. If you are applying for a House Member, I want to know what that person did beforehand, what they're doing now and what the heck got them into politics in the first place. This community is not a political simulator, it is a political *roleplay*, if you character has had loss, it would show in how you communicate them, these applications aren't meant to feel like cookie-cutter shells, they are meant to be a document which conveys liveliness, which conveys a sense of personality.

If your application has less than two paragraphs, and is for a current officeholder, it needs work. This message is for both new players and old players looking to write new applications for the 2020 slate of races (highly encouraged!), standards will not slip.

This has been a well-timed reminder from your friendly Chief of Wiki-Aesthetics and Antipodean Administrator.

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sanabel
Character Name: Gordon L. Callahan Jr.
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 48
Character Height: 6 feet
Character Weight: 180 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Junior United States Senator from Alabama (2017-), General Counsel to the United States Senate Armed Services Committee (2009-2012)
Appearance:
(Image)
Character State of Origin: Alabama
Character State of Residence: Alabama
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: Strong convictions, empathetic, strong constituency ties, well-liked by his colleagues
Main Weaknesses: Uncharismatic, most vulnerable US Senator and too liberal for his state, naive, soft spoken
Biography:
Gordon Lowder Callahan Jr. was born in 1971, near Huntsville, Alabama. His father was the newly elected Alabama Supreme Court Justice, and his mother was a homemaker and his father’s high school sweetheart. Callahan grew up in the small town of Stevenson, near the Georgia line. He went to elementary school there as a kid. When his father was elected to the United States Senate as a so-called ‘Anti-Wallace Democrat’ in 1978, he ended up at the St. Marks Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. Despite that, he still spent his summers in at the family home in Stevenson, which he still maintains today.

Callahan was quiet and bookish, and did well in school. He was very close to his father, who grew into a giant in Alabama politics as the years passed. Gordon Callahan Sr. started out in the Senate as a hardline conservative Democrat, but slowly grew into more of a liberal. By the end of his political career, opposing NAFTA, breaking with other Southern Democrats to vote against Clarence Thomas, and opposing the prominent display of the Confederate flag in municipal spaces (this is what happened with Senator Howard Heflin, the Alabama Democrat Callahan Sr is replacing). This political transformation inspired the younger Callahan, who saw the importance in voting your conscience and serving your state even when not politically expedient.

In 1989, Callahan attended Harvard University, where he had a concentration in political science. Immediately following his graduation in 1993, thanks to his father’s connections, Callahan was able to secure a direct commission into the United States Naval Reserves as an intelligence officer. His career was rather uninteresting, aside from a deployment on the SS George Washington, a Nimitz class carrier stationed in Virginia, and a deployment to Rota, Spain in 1995 to support US Naval operations during the ongoing Yugoslavia Crisis. In 1997, concurrent with the tail end of his service, Callahan began law school at the University of Alabama. In 1999, he retired from the Naval Reserves as a full lieutenant, and attained his law degree in 2000.

At at the encouragement of his father, Callahan returned to DC where he took a position as an associate at the prestigious Allenmore and Baird firm, specializing in contract law. In 2005, he was promoted to partner, thanks to his meticulous work and large, successful caseload. In 2009, he left the private sector, and was appointed as Counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee. The position involved giving legal advice on committee issues, but most of the work was to lead a team of lawyers in reviewing and approving government contracts with civilian contractors, military servicemembers, and most importantly, with large defense corporations like Boeing and Northrop Grumman. The work proved fruitful for Callahan, who was well liked by both the majority members and the minority members for his diligence.

In 2012, Callahan made the decision to return to Alabama due to his elderly father’s failing health. He took it upon himself to help make his father’s last few years comfortable, and he worked as a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. After his father passed away in 2014, Callahan was left with more time on his hands, so he handled some pro bono work on behalf of the Alabama Democratic Party. Despite his background in contract law, Callahan was successful in assisting candidates for state legislature and other offices with navigating complication and often exclusionary electoral law. This re-established the link between the Callahan family and Democratic machine. During this time he also met a fellow law professor and Democratic Party activist named Trisha, to whom he is now engaged. After 2016, Callahan was floated as a potential candidate for the 2018 Alabama gubernatorial race, something he strongly considered. However, when (Not-Sessions) vacated the Senate and a special election was announced, Callahan made the decision to take the plunge and run for his father’s old seat, making a calculated decision based on the weakness of the Republican field and the unpopularity of the new Republican presidential administration.

Callahan ran a fairly transparent campaign. He was open with his relatively liberal views, but emphasized “dinner table issues.” Many expected he would inevitably lose, but Callahan assured skeptics his campaign could in fact win. The skeptics started to believe him a bit more when a controversial Republican won the nomination in an upset, and they became even more convinced when a massive scandal broke about the Republican that circulated in national media. Thanks to success with turning out the black vote thanks to his trusted family name and father’s record, and thanks to his ability to flip suburban white voters with his easygoing/nonthreteaning demeanor and accomplished record as a top nonpartisan Senate staffer, Callahan managed the unthinkable, winning the senate race 49.97% to his opponent’s 48.34%.

Once seated in the Senate, Callahan was welcomed with open arms. The Democrats were pleased to flip the seat, and the Republicans were pleased to not have to deal with his former opponent being a US Senator. He remains well liked, especially by those who served concurrently with his father. Callahan has maintained the voting record of a mainline liberal, not at all the Blue Dog one would expect to represent a state in the Deep South. He has held the Democratic line on most votes in the 116th Congress. He has written and sponsored quite a bit of legislation, which seek to do a number of things, ranging from bills allocating more resources in schools to teach children to be financially literate, to increasing farm subsidies, to permanently reauthorizing mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and and other minority-serving institutions.

Other Info: He is of Scots-Irish and German descent, is a (privately) lapsed Baptist, is a bachelor.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: I am the law.

Do Not Remove: 84721

I think these sorts of layouts would be useful to create characters in other genres, setting out personality/lifestyle and backgrounds.

*as background thinking & research

[Louisianan]

Who decides committee assignments?

[Dentali]

Who decides committee assignments?

leadership