K, I put his face as JNK, if thats an issue then I'll adjust it accordingly.
Advertisement
by Louisianan » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:12 pm
by Gordano and Lysandus » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:32 pm
by Vaquas » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:33 pm
Character Application and Information Sheet
NS Nation Name: Vaquas
Character Name: Arthur Bragg
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 51
Character Height: 5’6
Character Weight: 145 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job:
Attorney General of the United States (2020 - Present)
United States Senator from Ohio (2011 – 2020)
Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio (2009 – 2010)
Cincinnati City Councilman (2005 – 2009)
Navy JAG Corpsman (1999 – 2003)
Private Practice Attorney (1998 – 1999)
Public Relations Professional (1993 – 1995)
Character Country/State of Birth: Nevada
Character State of Residence: Ohio
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Bi-Partisan Appeal, Strong Record on Military and Veteran's Issues, Well-Liked In State.
Main Weaknesses: Can get bogged down in details and miss "human connection" moments, Vague on particular policy issues, BusGate.
Biography: Born into a low-income wage-earning household in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 1, 1970, hopes were never particularly high for Arthur Bragg. His father’s job got cut out from under him when Arthur was very young, after the elder Bragg rammed a forklift into the side of the foreman’s building in a drunken haze. Bragg’s mother, a second-generation Taiwanese immigrant and former showgirl turned secretary at one of the casinos on the strip, was a softer character than the brash and sometimes violent male progenitor, though after the loss of income from her husband her increased workload from working in several menial positions minimized the amount of time she could spend with her only son. His early life was marked with tumult, and he would move, along the rest of his family, to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1979 to live with his paternal grandparents. This would become an increasingly complicated arrangement as his mother began to grow ill, her diagnosis of uterine cancer coming just as Bragg entered the 9th Grade. She would succumb to the illness only five months later, and Bragg’s studies would be hijacked as he was gripped by a deep depression offset only by an increasingly burning hatred for his father. Engaging in delinquent behavior throughout 9th and 10th grade, Bragg was thrown a lifeline by a particularly influential teacher, and he would begin to orient himself towards pursuing a higher education. Though he did his best to turn around his GPA, Bragg was not terribly surprised when he was rejected from his dream school at the University of Chicago and finished only in the top 30% of his class.
Though he was rejected from many of his secondary choices as well, Bragg entered Case Western Reserve University after managing to secure an unforeseen acceptance there and pursued a dual degree in English and Russian Language, the latter of which he would first pick up in his Sophomore year in an effort to get closer to a foreign exchange student, though he would ultimately stick to the subject out of personal interest. Graduating in 1993, Bragg first became interested in politics and formulating a political career path watching the defeat of President George H.W. Bush in 1992, and in 1995 after two years of work at a Cleveland Public Relations Firm, he would change course and attend law school, this time attending the University of Cincinnati School of Law and meeting his now wife, Courtney Kolesnick. The pair would date throughout law school and eventually marry in July of 1999. Following Law School, Bragg would join the Navy JAG Corps after a year of private practice, taking interest during the Kosovo War in former Yugoslavia and applying out of a sense of duty to country, though political ambitions did not slip his mind. After serving in that capacity for 5 years and largely dealing with terrorism related cases in Afghanistan, Bragg was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant and returned to Cincinnati, jumping immediately into local politics at the urging of both Republican and Democratic political operatives.
Bragg would win a seat on the Cincinnati city council, and his tenure would be marked by his strong advocacy for Cincinnati’s veteran community and the expansion of disability infrastructure throughout the city. Controversy would strike after comments made about the “dirtiness” of public transportation were cast as elitist, leading Bragg to apologize and stage a photo op with bus drivers, an event that was largely mocked and which was viewed as Bragg’s weakest moment in the role. Bragg intended to seek reelection in 2009 after narrowly securing it in 2007, but was shocked when the incumbent Mayor was attacked and seriously injured by an angry constituent in late 2007, the resulting health problems forcing the mayor to forgo an additional term and leaving the race wide open. Despite the specter of BusGate hanging over him, Bragg would run for the open seat against two of his fellow councilors, a soccer mom, a librarian, and a local physician, facing a difficult race as the few local polls conducted showed him in a distant third place. On primary night, Bragg overperformed expectations and finished a medium sized second behind Dr. Daniel Breaux, a “Pragmatic Progressive” focused on community healthcare expansion and the expansion of childcare services. Initially an underdog, Bragg gained ground when rumors surfaced of an inappropriate relationship between Dr. Breaux and a young volunteer, and he would ultimately lean into a campaign of “Cincinnati Values” to jab at his opponent’s impropriety. Despite Bragg’s gains, he would only narrowly win the runoff, ultimately leading Breaux by just a hundred or so votes and entering office unpopular without much of a mandate.
In his year as Mayor however, Bragg rehabilitated his reputation. With the financial crisis striking his community hard, Bragg took steps to ensure that residents of the city would not be evicted from their homes due to predatory lending so easily, also passing several city ordinances laying out the groundwork for economic and environmental crisis management and forging private-public partnerships to keep people employed. His approval as Mayor received a bounce, as he positioned himself as a bipartisan solutions-minded executive. In 2010 however, the winds of political change blew through the country as an angry Tea Party movement began to rise, lifting up the voices of those who saw change on the federal level as the enemy of personal liberty and responsibility. Discussed by both Democrats and Republicans as a future potential candidate for the Governorship of the State, Bragg surprised both camps when he launched a bid for the United States Senate as a Republican, picking up establishment funding whilst drawing skepticism from some of the more hardline elements of the party apparatus. He would eventually win these elements over though, raving against the Affordable Care Act as an attempt to strip Americans of choice and stressing that the Democratic Administration was subverting the will of the people in an effort to jam through hyper-partisan legislation. He would also win the endorsement of a key local Tea Party leader that would help further bridge this divide. He would win the Republican Primary by a sizeable margin and face off against a weak and insufficiently funded opponent in the general. As the election grew closer, the polls would widen, with Bragg running on pragmatic yet conservative solutions to the big problems facing the nation and the state while his opponent ran a risky campaign of standing with the Feds in the face of the bailouts and making excuses for “government against the people” as Bragg would put it.
On election night, Bragg would secure victory with 54.2% of the vote to his Opponent’s 41.3%, making him the first Non-White Senator from Ohio.
In the Senate, Bragg’s priorities were centered around improving and streamlining Veterans’ healthcare and working across the aisle to lower the price of prescription drugs, to combat the opioid crisis, and his major achievements there were in the same vein. In 2016 he was reelected against a weak opponent, and he continued to focus on the aforementioned issues, though he also took up frivolous legislation and the federal judiciary as points of legislative interest..
As the GOP Primary for 2020 heated up, Bragg considered throwing his hat in the ring, but after sitting down with Governor Nate Richardson, he elected to endorse him instead, becoming one of his earliest supporters and making it onto the Vice Presidential shortlist before ultimately being passed over in favor of Laura Dunn.
When scandal wracked Attorney General Michael Jones and he was fired by President Richard Tawney in late May, Bragg was appointed as his replacement, garnering support from across the aisle in the Senate and breezing through confirmation 97 - 2. Upon assuming office, Bragg took charge of the administration’s response to the Marlon Ward riots, bringing heavy federal charges against those who assaulted government property and remarking that “lawlessness, regardless of whatever misplaced rage drives it, will not be tolerated in the United States of America.” Bragg also launched a federal inquiry into the culture and behavior of the Topeka police department and following review facilitated the bringing of federal civil rights charges against the officers involved in the murder of Marlon Ward.
Upon the election of Nate Richardson to the Presidency, Bragg was contacted by the Governor and asked to stay on as Attorney General through the conclusion of his first term. Having acclimated to the post, Bragg happily accepted, and as Richardson is sworn on, Arthur looks on with determined optimism.
Other Info: Married Courtney Kolesnick, a professor, on July, 18, 1999. Has one son, Andrew, born September 10, 2000, who is currently attending Brown University in Rhode Island. The couple has a dog, Vlad, a Shiba Inu. Speaks Fluent Russian, along with his wife. Plays the Piano. Former Catholic turned Methodist at Marriage. Collects rare books. Endorsed President Wolf at the Republican convention and voted for him. Supported McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012, Initially supported Marco Rubio in 2016.
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: True
Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421
by Solomons Land » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:02 pm
by New Cobastheia » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:21 pm
by Vaquas » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:56 pm
New Cobastheia wrote:
NS Nation Name: New Cobastheia
Character Name: Eliza LeBlanc Wolf
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 55
Character Height: 6’ 0”
Character Weight: 155 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job:United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nominee (2021)
Character State of Origin: Massachusetts
First Lady of the United States (2017-2019)
President of the Maine Senate (2001-2002)
Member of the Maine Senate from the 26th district (1994-2002)
Character State of Residence: Florida
Character Party Affiliation:Republican (1983-)
Main Strengths: Multi-Millionaire of Humble Origins; Universal Name Recognization
Main Weaknesses: Even in His Death, Her Life is Forever tied to the most Controversial and Unpopular President in her Lifetime; A Liberal Republican
Other Info: Knows 4 languages at a fluent level; French was spoken at home growing up, English was obviously spoken in public, she picked up bits of Arabic as a heritage language and went on to study it in college while mostly resorting to reading it as an adult to keep herself proficient, and she'd learn Spanish after decided it could be a profitable decision when it came to her real estate empire. Estimated to have a net worth of roughly $45 million. Catholic.
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: New Cobastheia
Do Not Remove: Accepted87421
by Kargintinia » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:56 pm
by Jovuistan » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:23 pm
Character Application and Information Sheet
NS Nation Name: Vaquas
Character Name: Arthur Bragg
Character Gender: Seal
Character Age: 51
Character Height: 5’6
Character Weight: 145 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job:
Attorney General of the United States (2020 - Present)
United States Senator from Ohio (2011 – 2020)
Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio (2009 – 2010)
Cincinnati City Councilman (2005 – 2009)
Navy JAG Corpsman (1999 – 2003)
Private Practice Attorney (1998 – 1999)
Public Relations Professional (1993 – 1995)
Character Country/State of Birth: Nevada
Character State of Residence: Ohio
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Bi-Partisan Appeal, Strong Record on Military and Veteran's Issues, Well-Liked In State.
Main Weaknesses: Can get bogged down in details and miss "human connection" moments, Vague on particular policy issues, BusGate.
Biography: Born into a low-income wage-earning household in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 1, 1970, hopes were never particularly high for Arthur Bragg. His father’s job got cut out from under him when Arthur was very young, after the elder Bragg rammed a forklift into the side of the foreman’s building in a drunken haze. Bragg’s mother, a second-generation Taiwanese immigrant and former showgirl turned secretary at one of the casinos on the strip, was a softer character than the brash and sometimes violent male progenitor, though after the loss of income from her husband her increased workload from working in several menial positions minimized the amount of time she could spend with her only son. His early life was marked with tumult, and he would move, along the rest of his family, to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1979 to live with his paternal grandparents. This would become an increasingly complicated arrangement as his mother began to grow ill, her diagnosis of uterine cancer coming just as Bragg entered the 9th Grade. She would succumb to the illness only five months later, and Bragg’s studies would be hijacked as he was gripped by a deep depression offset only by an increasingly burning hatred for his father. Engaging in delinquent behavior throughout 9th and 10th grade, Bragg was thrown a lifeline by a particularly influential teacher, and he would begin to orient himself towards pursuing a higher education. Though he did his best to turn around his GPA, Bragg was not terribly surprised when he was rejected from his dream school at the University of Chicago and finished only in the top 30% of his class.
Though he was rejected from many of his secondary choices as well, Bragg entered Case Western Reserve University after managing to secure an unforeseen acceptance there and pursued a dual degree in English and Russian Language, the latter of which he would first pick up in his Sophomore year in an effort to get closer to a foreign exchange student, though he would ultimately stick to the subject out of personal interest. Graduating in 1993, Bragg first became interested in politics and formulating a political career path watching the defeat of President George H.W. Bush in 1992, and in 1995 after two years of work at a Cleveland Public Relations Firm, he would change course and attend law school, this time attending the University of Cincinnati School of Law and meeting his now wife, Courtney Kolesnick. The pair would date throughout law school and eventually marry in July of 1999. Following Law School, Bragg would join the Navy JAG Corps after a year of private practice, taking interest during the Kosovo War in former Yugoslavia and applying out of a sense of duty to country, though political ambitions did not slip his mind. After serving in that capacity for 5 years and largely dealing with terrorism related cases in Afghanistan, Bragg was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant and returned to Cincinnati, jumping immediately into local politics at the urging of both Republican and Democratic political operatives.
Bragg would win a seat on the Cincinnati city council, and his tenure would be marked by his strong advocacy for Cincinnati’s veteran community and the expansion of disability infrastructure throughout the city. Controversy would strike after comments made about the “dirtiness” of public transportation were cast as elitist, leading Bragg to apologize and stage a photo op with bus drivers, an event that was largely mocked and which was viewed as Bragg’s weakest moment in the role. Bragg intended to seek reelection in 2009 after narrowly securing it in 2007, but was shocked when the incumbent Mayor was attacked and seriously injured by an angry constituent in late 2007, the resulting health problems forcing the mayor to forgo an additional term and leaving the race wide open. Despite the specter of BusGate hanging over him, Bragg would run for the open seat against two of his fellow councilors, a soccer mom, a librarian, and a local physician, facing a difficult race as the few local polls conducted showed him in a distant third place. On primary night, Bragg overperformed expectations and finished a medium sized second behind Dr. Daniel Breaux, a “Pragmatic Progressive” focused on community healthcare expansion and the expansion of childcare services. Initially an underdog, Bragg gained ground when rumors surfaced of an inappropriate relationship between Dr. Breaux and a young volunteer, and he would ultimately lean into a campaign of “Cincinnati Values” to jab at his opponent’s impropriety. Despite Bragg’s gains, he would only narrowly win the runoff, ultimately leading Breaux by just a hundred or so votes and entering office unpopular without much of a mandate.
In his year as Mayor however, Bragg rehabilitated his reputation. With the financial crisis striking his community hard, Bragg took steps to ensure that residents of the city would not be evicted from their homes due to predatory lending so easily, also passing several city ordinances laying out the groundwork for economic and environmental crisis management and forging private-public partnerships to keep people employed. His approval as Mayor received a bounce, as he positioned himself as a bipartisan solutions-minded executive. In 2010 however, the winds of political change blew through the country as an angry Tea Party movement began to rise, lifting up the voices of those who saw change on the federal level as the enemy of personal liberty and responsibility. Discussed by both Democrats and Republicans as a future potential candidate for the Governorship of the State, Bragg surprised both camps when he launched a bid for the United States Senate as a Republican, picking up establishment funding whilst drawing skepticism from some of the more hardline elements of the party apparatus. He would eventually win these elements over though, raving against the Affordable Care Act as an attempt to strip Americans of choice and stressing that the Democratic Administration was subverting the will of the people in an effort to jam through hyper-partisan legislation. He would also win the endorsement of a key local Tea Party leader that would help further bridge this divide. He would win the Republican Primary by a sizeable margin and face off against a weak and insufficiently funded opponent in the general. As the election grew closer, the polls would widen, with Bragg running on pragmatic yet conservative solutions to the big problems facing the nation and the state while his opponent ran a risky campaign of standing with the Feds in the face of the bailouts and making excuses for “government against the people” as Bragg would put it.
On election night, Bragg would secure victory with 54.2% of the vote to his Opponent’s 41.3%, making him the first Non-White Senator from Ohio.
In the Senate, Bragg’s priorities were centered around improving and streamlining Veterans’ healthcare and working across the aisle to lower the price of prescription drugs, to combat the opioid crisis, and his major achievements there were in the same vein. In 2016 he was reelected against a weak opponent, and he continued to focus on the aforementioned issues, though he also took up frivolous legislation and the federal judiciary as points of legislative interest..
As the GOP Primary for 2020 heated up, Bragg considered throwing his hat in the ring, but after sitting down with Governor Nate Richardson, he elected to endorse him instead, becoming one of his earliest supporters and making it onto the Vice Presidential shortlist before ultimately being passed over in favor of Laura Dunn.
When scandal wracked Attorney General Michael Jones and he was fired by President Richard Tawney in late May, Bragg was appointed as his replacement, garnering support from across the aisle in the Senate and breezing through confirmation 97 - 2. Upon assuming office, Bragg took charge of the administration’s response to the Marlon Ward riots, bringing heavy federal charges against those who assaulted government property and remarking that “lawlessness, regardless of whatever misplaced rage drives it, will not be tolerated in the United States if America.” Bragg also launched a federal inquiry into the culture and behavior of the Topeka police department and following review facilitated the bringing of federal civil rights charges against the officers involved in the murder of Marlon Ward.
Upon the election of Nate Richardson to the Presidency, Bragg was contacted by the Governor and asked to stay on as Attorney General through the conclusion of his first term. Having acclimated to the post, Bragg happily accepted, and as Richardson is sworn on, Arthur looks on with determined optimism.
Other Info: Married Courtney Kolesnick, a professor, on July, 18, 1999. Has one son, Andrew, born September 10, 2000, who is currently attending Brown University in Rhode Island. The couple has a dog, Vlad, a Shiba Inu. Speaks Fluent Russian, along with his wife. Plays the Piano. Former Catholic turned Methodist at Marriage. Collects rare books. Endorsed President Wolf at the Republican convention and voted for him. Supported McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012, Initially supported Marco Rubio in 2016.
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: True
Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421
by Newne Carriebean7 » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:28 pm
Character Application and Information Sheet
NS Nation Name:Newne Carriebean7
Character Name: Maxine Caroline Durant
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 58
Character Height: 5'7
Character Weight: 126 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job:
-Member of the U.S House of Representatives for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
(since January 3rd, 2015)
-Former member of the Mississippi State Senate for the 31st District
(January 3rd, 2005 - January 3rd, 2014)
-Manager of the Yazoo Star Newspaper
(January 7, 1996 - December 25, 2004)
- Journalist for the Sun-Herald Newspaper
(September 24, 1986 - November 11, 1995)
Character Country/State of Birth: Yazoo City, Mississippi
Character State of Residence: Cedar Grove, Mississippi
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths:
Well-liked in her District:
Stemming from her first election, she has vowed to be a voice for the conservatives against a "left-wing mob in washintin' ". First deriding President Rashid Baharia as a "Muslim communist", this type of rhetoric has only enflamed her conservative base within the district. An Elephant that barrels through walls, she is known to be as stubborn as always in defending conservative values.
Enjoys strong support from Gun's Rights and Anti-abortion activist groups;
Owing to her firm positions for the defense of not only the 2nd Amendment but of the right of the unborn, Maxine's house bids are usually accompanied with a slight nod by the NRA and the National Right to Life Committees, often in the form of donations to her house bids. In the sparingly few television adverts she puts out a few months prior to election time, they are usually filled to the brim with an average woman or man in the district explaining why they liked her policies, with a last emphasis being put on Maxine's staunch support for the 2nd Amendment or for the rights of the unborn against "communists".
Main Weaknesses:
History of controversial statements and opinions:
It's no small secret that Maxine has garnered attention from more than the local papers for her off the cuff remarks and statements. Apart from normal whites supporting the Republicans and Blacks flocking towards the Democratic Party, Maxine's mouth tends to raise eyebrows at Mississippi, or her specifically.
Foul mouth;
Maxine is infamous in private for her, in her words: "Spicier dialogue". She is known to lack a real filter when it comes to choosing what to say and how to say it when there is not a script in front of her face when filming a television advert for her house campaigns.
Inability to Compromise:
When given the choice between amnesty for illegal immigrant families in exchange for increased funding for the President Wolf's prized boarder wall, she adamantly was a vocal opponent of the deal from the right wing. This is just one example over her long legislative series of votes where she not only towed the line of the extremist wing of the Republican Party , but refused to look the enemy in the eye at all.
Biography: Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, on April 12th, 1962 to Garfield Sylvester Durant and Vanessa T. Katherine, Maxine's early childhood would be consumed with visits to the local library, fond memories of festive thanksgivings, Halloweens and Easters with Durant and Katherine's parents and hot summer days when her father would turn on the hose to cool them off. One of her fondest memories however, was when her father would take her up shooting pumpkins and October fruit when she was old enough. The moment she held a firearm in her hands, she knew she loved the smell of gunpowder and the feel of the trigger. This feeling for the Trigger would turn into something of a relationship, with her jokingly admitting years later when running for the house that "If I wasn't married already, Id would've married my gun".
Apart from a love of firearms, she developed intricate hobbies of collecting stamps. She found a weird mixture of meditation and comforting nostalgia in her younger years from the experiences of shooting a line of pumpkins every fall, then to come inside after raking up all the leaves to leave for a trip to the post office for a fresh roll of stamps, courtesy of her mother. During her senior year of high school she joined the school yearbook, and was on the model United Nations, being tasked with representing the nations of Australia, India and Bolivia.
In 1980, after graduating from High School, Maxine tentatively decided to enroll in Ole Miss University. Her plan was to come out with (hopefully) a law degree after a few years, though she decided to pursue a business degree instead. It was also during this time that she met the man that 'swept her off her poor feet' . She got her first real whiff of politics during this time too. It was during the 1980 Presidential campaign that she started to think for herself and chart which way of the political aisle she would tack towards. It wasn't a very steady course. She admits in her early years that "I was all over the place". She would learn about a certain subject, then hear upon it on the news, then discuss it among those peers and employees. She would work multiple after-school jobs that ranged from dishwasher at the local greasy spoon to secretary at a child's day-care in order to pay for the tuition, even if it meant she still had to "borrow" her father's old red ford pickup truck. She found herself gravitating towards a conservative worldview during her time at Ole Miss and throughout her local grocery bagging and table waitressing jobs she managed to hold down whilst enrolled in the university.
She volunteered hard of the state's senior U.S Senator, John Stennis, in what would be his seventh and last term in the 1982 Mississippi Senate election. She knocked on doors all throughout the state, crossed into a third of the state's counties and wore out her voice giving dozens of stump speeches in support of the old man. In the end, Stennis handily beat back (not Haley Baurbor) by almost thirty points, allowing her to sit in smug satisfaction at yet another conservative victory for the Democratic Party. Following the completion of her general studies, she left Ol' Miss with a bachelor's degree in Business in 1984.
In 1986, Maxine talked to her friends from college about pooling their money together in order to open up a newspaper. Many of those friends were unsympathetic to her idea, but suggested that instead of the risk of starting a small business, that she would instead work for an already established Newspaper. Despite her misgivings of the "lyin' press", she went back to her college and tried to convince them to hire her as an editor for the Daily Mississippian. They rejected her as they had little in the way of opportunities for a woman of her experience, but gave her a reference to the Sun-Herald. Taking her degree in Business from Ol' Miss and her friends' advice, she applied for and was hired as a journalist at the Herald.
During this time, she would bemoan the loss of 'traditional values' of the 'old days' and call for a 'return to Stennis's Hour'. Her opinion pieces within the paper were moderately successful, though she did get tons of push-back from the more african-american sections of the state and liberal democrats who derided the paper as 'a return to the plantation'. In her writings she pushed more to the right, though would consistently continue to support and offer endorsements to Democrats in local Mississippi races, so long as they were 'conservative enough' for her. Eventually, this would give way to her begrudgingly backing Republican candidates in local races when there lacked a consistent, in her words "voice for conservative values from the Democrats". Maxine would notice a distinct shift in both parties around the end of the (Not Bush Sr.) and the start of the (Not Bill Clinton) years. The most alarming issues were the left-wards shifts the Democratic Party was taking on Gun-Control and Abortion. In 1988, when John Stennis retired from his senate seat, Maxine decided to endorse the conservative Democrat in the race in an opinion-piece for the Sun-Herald. She would later be disappointed when the conservative-Democrat lost to the Republican (Not Trent-Lott), however, she decided that the Democratic Party had 'abandoned traditional conservatives' in her eyes. With this change of outlook, on August 5th, 1994 she officially changed her party registration from Democrat to the GOP, abandoning the donkey for the elephant.
Shortly after, Maxine decided to leave the journal and start up her own newspaper with a few dis-satisfied employees of the Sun-Herald. Pooling their funds together, they rented out a modest office building for cheap and inaugurated theYazoo Star Newspaper in January of 1996, with Maxine as the manager of the new enterprise.
Maxine became a firebrand for conservatism, railing against the incumbent liberal administration in the White House for years until an avid subscriber wrote to her and wanted her to run for the State Senate. During this time, her son Norton was just going through his driving test, and became worried that the time campaigning would hurt his development and lead to him 'lashing out', so she decided to hold her horses on running for the State Senate, at least until her son was out of the house.
When Norton gave Maxine and Miles a kiss to head out the door to go to Florida State University the home was emptier now. She decided that, without the worry of managing the home, she began to plot the groundwork for a campaign for the State Senate in Mississippi's 31st District. In 2000, she launched her campaign as an insurgency against the well-funded incumbent, trying to attack him from the right-wing. Unfortunately, she was defeated by a margin of 64% for the incumbent to her 35% (1% for another right-wing candidate). Still, the result was notable as the incumbent hadn't had to campaign for the primary in his past five elections, forcing him to blunt Maxine's challenge with tacks to the right.
Maxine came back with a vengeance in 2004, rallying her tight-nit base, learning from her time supporting Stennis throughout the state and using her newspaper to promote her right-wing message to the voters. It would end up being enough... just barely defeating the Republican incumbent in the primary by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6% before cruising to an easy victory in the General election that fall following the conclusion of the 'real election' for the Senate seat.
Now stuck with the other state senators in Jackson, Maxine would carve a name for herself as a 'staunch conservative'. By far her highest moment was when she pushed for the impeachment of the state's Democratic Governor. She would drag (Not-Ronnie Musgrove) through the mud, though her calls for impeachment were never seriously entertained by the State legislature or even by the Republican Party of Mississippi. Her voting record in the state house was typical with traditional republican positions. She was a good old lady and frequently toed the party line when she needed to, though when she did have objections to certain bills that were gifted from the state house she would vote against them. She proved to be uncontroversial enough to warrant multiple re-elections from her constituents, often with little opposition to her state senate seat. She would be re-elected in a landslide in 2008 and by another large margin in 2012 to the 31st District.
2014 was when the thought occurred to her: "'National Politics, now that's somethin'". So, Maxine tentatively held her breath for her home seat that was represented by (Not Gregg-Harper). (Not Gregg-Harper) let the gates fly open when he announced his retirement from Congress. This was Maxine's chance at national politics, so she eagerly announced her candidacy for the seat. Although she personally loathed 'identity politics', she was willing to let Republican staff members on her campaign for her prospective House seat emphasize the 'historic' choice she would be as the 3rd Congressional district's first female representative if elected. She began to court the anti-abortion, evangelical protestants within the Republican Party, often holding rallies and giving speeches outside of churches or near religious institutions. Come the time for the general primary, she managed to elbow out three other contenders for the seat, mostly by subtle undertones that she was a woman and that her "staunchly conservative" record would be a sure-fire way to prevent a "RINO" from handling the seat. The latter remark ended up backfiring so as to mobilize her opponents towards the polls come primary day, but was blessed by a traditionally low turnout which enabled Maxine to narrowly carry off a win by a margin of 34.6% to her other two opponents 32.8% and 32.6%.
With that, she was forced into a run-off election between her conservative opponent, a former fire-fighter. It was around this time that the fire-fighter's campaign began to spread rumors of her racial history. Though these attacks didn't go anywhere, they did force her to blunt a tad in her messaging. She defended herself from the "allegations" by dismissing certain wild-taled stories and sensationalist slander that she knew was fake news. In one instance, she firmly defended herself and her family against a report that her father was a member of the KKK and had participated in a lynching against a local civil rights activist. She howled at her opponent for resulting to such "low blow tactics" and stated that "My family's a simple group like all y'alls. Do we make mistakes, sure. Do we participate inna lynchin's 'gainst good black folks? No, my family didn't do that! They're Christian folks, they ain't that bad of people, the blacks." Eventually, more thorough investigation noted that the story was indeed faked by her opponent's campaign. As her opponent was dealing with the fallout of the faked lynching controversy, the primary just so happened to occur in the midst of all this. This resulted in Maxine winning against the fireman by a 54.3% to 45.7%.
However, more controversy emerged in the general election when a 1998 periodical that she had written was brought forwards by her Democratic rival's campaign, stating that 'Mississippi's heroes were knights'. Maxine defended herself by stating she hadn't specified any one group, insisting that the periodical was taken out of context "by a lying, stinking media that's only now digging this **** up, now that I'm running for Mississippians for the Third District." She also vehemently denied any allegations to the Ku Klux Klan and condemned their 'hateful messages and ideas'.
The controversy may have been small, but it did garner the attention of more local political operatives in alarm, forcing more money to shore up Maxine that might have been spent in other competitive districts. She made sure to make public a phone call that saw the local chapter of the KKK phone in her office to endorse her, only for her to forcibly and vehemently deny the chapter's endorsement. In the end, the money did go to good use, as Maxine won 53% of the vote agaisnt her Democratic opponent's 47%.
2016
The 2016 election was a tumultuous affair. The Democrats decided to go with a "blue dog" style Democrat that was able to appeal to the evangelical Christians of her district. Maxine tried again and again to tie her candidacy to the failed presidential bid of Sam Baginski, deriding him as a "crazy commie". She closely attempted to make the case that 'a vote not for me is a vote for communism', though throughout her House campaign polls saw her ahead of her opposition by at least 20 points. Come election night, those polls had a little bit of an oversampling of Republicans to Democrats within the District, but still granted her a generous win of 66% to 34%.
2018
In contrast to her spirited defense in 2016, the Democratic Party opted wisely to avoid throwing away a whole lot of money at this seat, but still put some-one up for the purpose of not letting her win unopposed. A former elementary school teacher ran against her on a mostly education focused platform, though failed to gain any real traction, leading to a wide 59% to 41% victory for Representative Maxine.
2020
In her 2020 re-election bid, the Democrats nominated a black opponent, to which Maxine made another series of damaging gaffes comparing her opponent as an 'ape' when it came to his proposals to do something about an 'issue that don't exist' (climate change). Still, in spite of promising Democratic internals that might have flipped the seat Blue, Richardson being at the top of the ticket and the increasing rarity of split-ticket voters throughout the country handed the incumbent Representative a resounding victory for a fourth house term with a margin of 65% to her opponent's 35%.
While in the U.S House, Maxine has worked hard for farmers and gun-owners. She readily adopted President Wolf's anti-immigration rhetoric whilst serving in the house, insisting that the "Mexicans were coming for good paying American jobs". In the wake of mass shootings, Maxine would be the first to offer 'thoughts and prayers' while simultaneously blasting Democrats for wanting to 'pass a new constitutional amendment that would strip away the 2nd'. Her voting record so far since her election in 2014 has been seen with an A by the NRA. She has also made it a point to defend Mississippi and her fellow Republicans House members from the heated criticism it's "Heartbeat ban" on abortion stirred up alongside her neighboring state of Alabama. She denies Global Warming is real, insisting it's a "fabrication by first the soviets, then the Russians, now the Chinese". She also refuses to refer to it as 'climate change', vowing that she would not be 'roped on in by the PC mobs".
However, she was also an opponent of the DACA bill, arguing that the ' illegal Mexicans would grow up to ruin American society'. She privately mused in her office about the 'fruitless-ness' of negotiating with Democrats, arguing that 'unless they were conservative like the ones I grew up with, there ain't no point in doin' any thing of the sorts wit 'em." In a speech in the House floor, she has publicly called the Supreme Court Decision Roe v. Wade "...one of the worst supreme court decisions, apart from Brown v. Board of Education." In spite of the large firestorm of media attention on her following these remarks, she has refused to apologize for them and instead doubled down with an appearance on Fox News. Her office did put out a statement arguing that Maxine had opposed racist supreme court cases in the past such as Plessy v. Ferguson and the Dredd Scott decision.
Other Info: Married to Miles Christiansen in 1981. Has one son named Norton (b. 1982), who currently works as a High School history teacher in Miami, Florida.
Currently assigned to the U.S House committees:
-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
-Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security
-Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Newne Carriebean7
Do Not Remove: [size=30]DRAFT87421[/size=30]
Former Carriebeanian president Carol Dartenby sentenced to 4 years hard labor for corruption and mismanagement of state property|Former Carriebeanian president Antrés Depuís sentenced to 3 years in prison for embezzling funds and corruption
by New Cobastheia » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:32 pm
Vaquas wrote:
by Vaquas » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:44 pm
New Cobastheia wrote:Vaquas wrote:
(1) The election was in 2009, but he wouldn't be inaugurated until January 2010
(2) Same logic here, his term would have started in 2006
(3) As far as I can tell, the Cleveland City Council serves for 4-year terms rather than 2-year terms
(4) I believe you mean "of" here
by New Cobastheia » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:50 pm
Vaquas wrote:New Cobastheia wrote:
(1) The election was in 2009, but he wouldn't be inaugurated until January 2010
(2) Same logic here, his term would have started in 2006
(3) As far as I can tell, the Cleveland City Council serves for 4-year terms rather than 2-year terms
(4) I believe you mean "of" here
(1, 2): Terms are correct, these offices are assumed in December of that year.
(3) They originally served 2, then it was changed to 4, in Cincinnati
(4) Fixed
by Vaquas » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:50 pm
Character Application and Information Sheet
NS Nation Name: Vaquas
Character Name: Daniel “Dan” Ziegler
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 59
Character Height: 4’8
Character Weight: 112 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job:
Representative from Colorado’s 1st District (2003 - Present)
Member of the Colorado State Senate from the 32nd District (1999 - 2003)
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th District (1993 - 1999)
Character State of Origin: Colorado
Character State of Residence: Colorado
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: Effective legislator with beyond spectacular constituent services, “Teflon” label within his district, exorbitantly wealthy
Main Weaknesses: Extremely hedonistic personal life, career partisan politician, staggeringly arrogant, history of abusing staff
Biography: Daniel Aharon Ziegler was born prematurely in Denver, Colorado on September 28, 1960 to a pair of wealthy aristocrats, his mother the socialite daughter of a member of the federal reserve board and his father the founder and owner of a behemoth multinational chemical company based out of Denver. One of two siblings, the other of whom would be his younger brother Phillip, Dan’s dwarfism quite unexpectedly made him the favorite of the two, his father taking an involved interest in his firstborn son’s development and neglecting Phillip as a result. His family pampering him and ensuring he wanted for nothing, Dan was insulated by much of the harassment that would have otherwise intruded on his formative years, with what did occur coming largely from his own brother, who would be punished harshly as a result. Homeschooled by private tutors for many years, Dan excelled when he applied himself but was frequently rebellious, playing pranks and harassing those in his family’s employ, earning him a reputation as a spoiled brat. In spite of this, upon transitioning to a private high school environment at age 15, he performed extremely well on relevant exams and became quite popular, though if this was because of his charisma or his means and connections is up for debate.
Upon graduation, Dan was admitted into numerous elite universities, and he ultimately chose to attend Stanford, pursuing a degree in business with the expectation that he would one day take over his father’s booming company. This however, did not come to pass. Dan’s brother Phillip attended Harvard and similarly pursued a degree in business, showing a much greater aptitude for the practice than his brother and for the first time truly drawing his father’s attention. This provided an opening for Dan, who had grown to dislike his studies, to switch his major and trajectory, opting to instead study political science and minor in asian studies, in part due to his fascination with the region’s rich culture and history and in part because of an infatuation with a member of the associated faculty. While in college, Dan gained a reputation as a womanizer and a partier, running into problems with campus authorities and professors on more than one occasion and orchestrating many a scheme against university staff, many of which would be considered unacceptable by modern standards. This behavior would nearly lead to his expulsion, but his father’s sizable donations to the school prevented such retaliatory action from taking place.
Graduating in 1983, Dan took 2 years to “find himself”, criss crossing western Europe and eastern Asia. In Japan in 1984, he would find his first wife, the daughter of a wealthy automaker, and elope with her just two months into their relationship. This marriage would last for the remainder of his time abroad, with the two splitting up after numerous affairs on Dan’s part and a general disinterest in his wife’s apparent pregnancy. Upon returning to the United States, Dan worked for a year as an “executive without portfolio” and translator within his father’s company, his natural knack for languages serving as a valuable asset in international meetings in the growing Asian markets, much to the chagrin of his brother, who was now positioning himself within the company as an executive. In 1986, Dan would return to Stanford and study law at the behest of his father, with a specific interest in international law. It was here in his freshman year that he would meet his second wife, another student by the name of Hailey Spears, who he would date for 6 months before proposing to her while the two vacationed together in Mexico.
Upon graduation from law school, Dan would again take a post at his father’s company, this time as “Executive Legal Advisor”, a position allowing him to be in the room during high profile meetings and decision making sessions and in practicality giving him a large seat at the table, again to the chagrin of his brother.
In 1991, Daniel was presented with an interesting opportunity. His father’s connections with many Colorado lawmakers as a substantial democratic donor allowed him to hear through the grapevine that a senior member of the Colorado house was retiring, leaving the seat open for interested parties. Sensing an opportunity to launch a political career, Daniel organized a comically large staff and campaign in pursuit of the state house seat, bombarding the radios and tv’s with ads portraying him as an underdog who had overcome much to become a successful businessman and legal expert. He would win handily the primary against a Denver area dentist and a used car salesman and defeat a poorly funded republican vice principal in the general election by an overwhelming margin.
Ziegler’s immense wealth allowed for him to treat the legislature like a full time job, signing on to bills designed to raise his profile and hiring an extensive staff to deal with constituent services and ingratiate him with those who elected him. Quickly becoming an appreciated household name in the district for his seeming omnipresence in its internal affairs, Dan realized that this was the career path for him and fancied himself a natural politician, though his staff did much of the leg-work.
Ziegler would serve in this position for 4 terms, generally pushing for establishment democratic policies, garnering much local acclaim for being an incredibly responsive and effective representative before deciding to run for the State Senate. It was in the middle of this campaign that his second wife would seek a divorce, publicly citing infidelity and her husband’s growing gambling addiction as her reasons to a local paper. Ziegler would come clean about his infidelity and downplay his gambling, citing President Clifford’s ongoing unpopular impeachment over infidelity as a defense and saying “the voters know me, my personal life isn’t on the ballot.” This would prove accurate as the voters of Colorado’s 32nd Senate district eagerly elected him in the general, his opponent barely registering in the solidly blue seat.
Shortly after this victory, Ziegler’s father would be diagnosed with Alzheimers, leading to an internal struggle between Daniel and his brother, backed by their mother, regarding his male progenitor’s will. The fighting would be fraught with the airing of dirty laundry of the most intimate nature, Phillip peddling every indiscretion and negative memory he had to local media in an effort to discredit his brother, which was met with a public façade of indifference from the state senator that masked his unchecked fury at most of his family. Much to the dismay of most of the Ziegler family, Dan would ultimately win out, emerging from a secret 4 hour private meeting with his father and the family attorney having cleverly parsed out a “compromise” in which the business proper would be transferred in full to Phillip, while the vast majority of his father’s other holdings and liquid assets, including their multimillion dollar residences in Denver, Kyoto, and The Hague, would go to Dan. Upon their father’s death the next year, Phillip would discover Dan’s maneuverings when the will was read and cut him out of the family’s life entirely, save to attack his brother in the press as a snake and a hypocrite and join the state of Colorado’s Republican Party. Acquiring the bulk of his family’s wealth, however, Dan had other matters to attend to, investing in a wide variety of projects and industries specifically chosen to elevate his personal reputation and publicly shellacking what was now his brother’s company for its “inadequate” employee pay and lack of social outreach. In the state senate, Ziegler would pursue the same tactics that made his tenure in the state house so successful, building relationships with powerful constituents and even directly contributing with his finances to infrastructure projects within his seat’s limits. For all of his bombast and reputation building as an outside-the-box politician, Dan’s position would always conveniently align with that of Democratic leadership, and he would be a useful instrument in refining their messaging on matters of business and trade.
In 2002, Colorado’s 1st faced a vacancy and Zeigler's campaign machinery kicked into high gear, pushing all serious challengers out of the way with a barrage of advertising and threats of career destruction and resulting in an overwhelming victory in the primary. During this time, stories of staff abuse would break in local outlets, with a former employee detailing verbal harassment throughout the entirety of the time he was employed by Ziegler and alleging that the man had thrown objects including staplers, pens, binders, and towels at him on numerous occasions. Several other staffers and interns, hoping to go to the hill with their boss and wishing to continue to see their handsome paychecks come in, penned an open letter rebuffing the claims and accusing their former colleague of being disgruntled due to a lack of a promotion, though they admitted that work in Dan’s office was “tough and challenging” and “not for everyone.” Ziegler would barely address the accusations of abuse himself, dismissing them as “hyperbole” and an example of someone “angry, for whatever reason, at my effective leadership style.” After being overwhelmingly elected in the general, local papers took to calling the first ever dwarf congressperson “Teflon Dan”.
In congress, Dan’s career began with him carefully constructing his image, signing onto major democratic legislation but rarely stepping into the spotlight himself, instead preferring to focus on his constituents and secure a number of favorable earmarks concerning his district. He would quickly develop a reputation as the largest and most generous employers of anyone on the hill despite his status as a relatively new member and his lack of grand legislative ambition, and he would open several staffed offices within his district despite its relatively small physical size. Ziegler implemented an open door policy in his office in Washington for constituents so as to be as “responsive as possible” to their needs, a policy that would ultimately be scrapped in 2016 after an angry constituent accosted his secretary and threatened to “throw that little fucker around the office” and “show him who’s boss”. Also subject to some attention was the tightly worded and incredibly strong non-disclosure agreements mandated by the congressman’s office for staff and interns, though this would be overshadowed by the congressman’s 20$ base wage for interns and extensive benefits scheme for full time employees. Due to the political machine he has built, Ziegler has rarely faced primary challenges throughout his time in congress and has run unopposed several times.
In 2007, Dan endorsed Diana Clifford early into her campaign before ultimately endorsing Rashid Baharia after he had secured the Democratic nomination, though he privately expressed discomfort with Baharia's inexperience and suggested that he choose a steady hand as his running mate, leaving him elated by Baharia's selection of Vinnie Diehl.
Dan’s largest hand in actual policymaking was his role in helping to construct the backbone of the ARRA in 2009, having demonstrated an ability to speak to industry leaders in their language and tweak the package to best suit their sectors, leading to public acclaim from President Baharia and earning him some political capital with his colleagues, which he used to finagle his way into lucrative committee assignments. In these committees, as expected, he towed and recited the party line while enriching himself further.
In 2013 he was offered the position of Ambassador to Singapore by President Baharia after donating an immense sum of money to his reelection campaign and stumping for him relentlessly in Colorado, but turned the post down, calling himself a “man of the people” and proclaiming that taking such a post would equate to “a great betrayal” of his constituents. Ziegler also noted that he found it “very hard to see” himself running for statewide office in the future because of his "undying devotion" to his "beloved district".
In 2015, Ziegler again endorsed Diana Clifford for the Democratic nomination on the day of her announcement, contributing substantially to her campaign’s PACs and vocally supporting her on social media. In 2016, Ziegler criticized Presidential candidate Sam Baginski for not being a registered Democrat, proclaiming “The Democratic Party should nominate a Democrat” and serving as one of Clifford’s few enthusiastic surrogates in the state of Colorado when its caucus rolled around. Notably, Clifford would perform better within Ziegler’s district than in areas with similar demographics elsewhere, though she would still lose the state handily.
Ziegler became chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee in 2019 when Democrats took back the house and he has used his position to further consolidate his influence on the hill. In 2020 he endorsed former Vice President Vinnie Diehl in the primaries and had a significant seat at the table in the negotiation of President Tawney's economic recovery plan.
As Nate Richardson descends upon the White House like a starved vulture, Dan Ziegler quietly breathes a sigh of relief, knowing his assets will not be affected by this man's limp economic policy. Satisfied, the congressman anticipates bright days ahead.
Other Info: Has an extremely hostile relationship with his brother, a Republican. Divorced twice with 1 estranged daughter. Wealthiest member of Congress with a net worth in the hundreds of millions. Reform Jew. Nicknamed “Teflon Dan”. Promiscuous. Borderline alcoholic. Gambling addict. Occasional Marijuana smoker with investment in several dispensaries. Came out as “bisexual I guess” in a widely memed 2018 interview in which he said “I lean towards the ladies but some gents have slipped in, so to speak.” Fluent in Mandarin, Japanese, Korean. Owns various properties overseas. Is very close with his driver, Edwin, who he considers to be one of his best friends.
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Vaquas
Do Not Remove: DRAFT87421
by Gordano and Lysandus » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:21 am
by Sarenium » Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:14 am
...I'd like to do you slowly...
Just another Australian.
by Dentali » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:07 am
by Sarenium » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:12 am
...I'd like to do you slowly...
Just another Australian.
by Sarenium » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:13 am
Dentali wrote:
NS Nation Name: Dentali
Character Name: Nathaniel Richardson
Character Gender: M
Character Age: Born May 14th, 1965, Age 55
Character Height: 5’11”
Character Weight: 175 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Governor of Florida, Former Congressman Florida’s 12th congressional district
Appearance: Chris Van Hollen
(Image)
Character State of Origin: Palm Harbor, Florida
Character State of Residence: Florida
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Strong Suburban appeal, Great Education and Economic Record, Family Connections, retail politics expertise, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Vain, divorced, vulnerable to more hardline and cultural conservatives, bad at making partnerships with other politicians, boring,
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)
Nate was born to Patrice and Robert Richardson in 1965 who owned a small realtor company in Florida, employing around a dozen people. He is the second youngest of 4 siblings, Melissa, Thomas, and Jane
Nathaniel attended Duke University starting in 1983 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics in 1987, then proceeding on and acquiring a Masters in Business Administration. During college, he worked as an intern with the office of a local Congressman and operated frequently in conjunction with the congressman's domestic affairs adviser. During this time, he also volunteered for other local candidates for office and generally involved himself in the democratic process as much as possible.
After college Richardson moved to DC to work as a political writer, often part time. During this period he worked a number of odd jobs but eventually became a fitness instructor which eventually proved even better for making connections in politics as many of his clients were involved in the DC political scene.
Through a client he managed to get hired by the conservative advocacy group "America Tomorrow" in 1992, becoming a full time writer for several years until the 2000 election when he took a position as one of the speechwriters for the Vice President in 2001, marrying his first wife Saavi Patel the same year. In 2003 his Daughter Jessica was born. In 2004, Richardson returned to Florida, taking up a position with his family’s small business and working with local Republicans to build up connections.
In 2006, Richardson ran against Democrat Peggy Epps in Florida’s 12th Congressional District, winning 55% of the vote in part due to his family's positive name recognition in the area and his connections with the Vice President. Shortly after his election, Nathaniel’s more moderate positions on social issues became evident. He had frequently required whipping in order to pass measures on abortion restrictions past the first trimester and measures restricting gay marriage, whipping him was not difficult but it did require some effort.
Congress put a significant strain on Richardson’s marriage, resulting in a divorce in 2009 after a year of counseling. He and Saavi remain on very good terms. While in Congress, he began championing education reform and joined the Committee on Education and the Workforce eventually coming to chair the committee after the 2008 election. He has consistently favored expanding merit pay for teachers and introducing ESA and voucher programs, and he was the author of the DC voucher pilot program. All this notwithstanding Nathaniel was best known for being a policy wonk, he was the numbers guy who wrote numerous reforms to the tax code especially regarding small businesses and farmers and often brought up policy minuta on the floor of Congress that would have subtle impacts on legislation.
In 2010 he ran for Governor of Florida following the poor response to the recession pursued by the retiring incumbent Governor. Winning a narrow victory with the help of his extremely socially conservative lieutenant governor, Richardson set about the reforms that made Florida the state it is today, focusing on Economy, Education and Healthcare.
Since his inauguration Richardson has committed strongly to fiscal conservatism, balanced budgets, low taxes and de-regulation. In addition to strongly supporting private and charter schools through ESAs and voucher programs. He hit the road targeting businesses in other states and traveling the globe building ties and urging businesses to relocate to Florida. By the end of his term unemployment was .5% below the national average, despite a booming population which grew by 3 million people during his term.
After receiving an ACA deferment, Nathaniel assembled a bipartisan group and built a healthcare system for Florida called FCC “Florida’s Choice Care” which emphasized personal choice, competition and healthcare exchanges while providing a basic safety net. It has been of limited success in the 2 years it has been active but costs for healthcare have consistently (if slowly) been reduced.
In 2013 Nathaniel married his campaign manager Amanda De Sousa, who continues to work on political campaigns throughout the state and region. She has frequently been described as one of the most involved and influential first ladies of any state.
In 2014 Nathaniel won re-election though faced a strong primary challenge by his own Lieutenant Governor who was critical of his veto of a severe bathroom bill and who finally who resigned after Richardson decided to remove some Confederate monuments from public spaces, placing them in museums and battlefields ``Appropriate historical context” after incidents of white supremacist violence. To appeal to religious voters Nathaniel pushed for some measures that limited Transgender involvement in high school and college athletics in the state and placing strong religious freedom protections in place for businesses, additionally he increased restrictions to abortion including signing a 16 week abortion ban into law which was later declared unconstitutional by a court. It was just enough of a bone to throw to put Nathaniel over the top, his excellent record regarding the economy and education led him to a 60-40 primary win over his former lt governor.
Emerging bent but unbroken from the primary, Richardson found a relatively resounding victory in the general election on the back of a booming economy and strong education policy. He owed this victory to a significant portion of Hispanic and Latino voters voting for him, additionally blue collar towns that typically voted democrat flipped for him, his victory was 53-47.
Since 2014 Nathaniel stayed a bit more cautious in his measures, improving on the progress he had already made as Governor in his first term. He has sought occasion to comment on national issues and even a few foreign policy stances, including being a strong advocate for Israel, taking a trip there to start a joint project between Florida and Israel. Additionally he typically travels outside the state at least once a month to give lectures on college campuses throughout the country, campaign for Republicans and speak to Young Republican organizations on college campuses. Recently he has been making trips to South Carolina and spoke at the “Politics and Eggs” breakfast in New Hampshire beginning in 2015, leading many to suspect he has national ambitions.
He considered running for President in 2016 but ultimately decided he wasn’t ready. He endorsed (Not Rubio) initially and then (Not Cruz) before getting behind Wolf. He campaigned enthusiastically but privately didn’t think he’d have a chance in hell of winning. Since Wolf’s election he remained lukewarm to the President.
As he left the Governor's office in 2018 he remained satisfied with the job he had done creating a booming post recession economy but was unable to move Florida away from tourism, real estate and agriculture as much as he wanted to. He consistently received high marks for handling hurricanes and disasters, especially assisting Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. In addition the massive population influx has led to issues with school overcrowding and infrastructure shortages. But overall the 2010s were considered one of Florida's best decades, an expanding economy, booming population, declining crime and flourishing cultural institutions.
He left office with a 52% approval rating and a 40% disapproval rating according to morning consult.
Nathaniel has been married twice, the split with his first wife was "amicable", but his wife has primary custody of their 18 year old daughter due to the nature of his political career. Nathaniel frequently visits his daughter who lives in Durham, North Carolina. Nathaniel is known to be extremely fit, keeping a strict exercise routine and running several miles every morning, with a focus on cardio. He is also a devout Methodist, attending church with his wife every Sunday and his daughter every other Sunday. Jessica Richardson is currently attending Penn State.
In late 2018 Richardson released an autobiography titled “Richardson: American Heart” which sold decently well and laid out his vision for the future of the country. He has also kept extensive and candid diaries since his time in college intending on publishing them at the time of his death.
Richardson planned to run for President in 2024 or 2028 after being elected Senator in Florida’s next open race but Wolf’s diagnosis changed the calculation. Utilizing his connections he was able to hire the best staff and build the best infrastructure in the Party. He would maintain a strong presence but did all he could to lower his threat profile while other Republican candidates took shots at one another. During the first debate he was able to introduce himself to a large swath of the party for the first time and shed some of the moderate image that had been hemming him in.
His strategic alliance with Governor Dunn of Iowa and his hiring of Not-Cruz’s 2016 Iowa staff, and penchant for retail politics helped him win the state with a plurality. The near universal endorsement of Richardson from New England Republicans helped him win New Hampshire by a large swath and the momentum carried him to a narrow victory in South Carolina after winning the majority of dropout endorsements.
Momentum on his side he battled the harder right elements of the Party while winning the support of the Wolf family and outmaneuvering the enemy, with the experienced campaigning staff able to identify and execute the right places to campaign and endorsements to win. Eventually Richardson’s lead became insurmountable and he became the party’s nominee but much of the party refused to back him.
Things looked incredibly bleak for the Richardson campaign and the Republican party, bitterly divided after the primary. However things would begin to turn around after the death of Not George Floyd and riots that followed. Richardson would return to Florida and get good press for helping stem violence in the state, before traveling to Gettysburg and giving a momentous speech on the moment about national unity.
This speech re-energized the campaign and helped seize the moment. Republicans began rallying behind Richardson and the party was back on its feet. At the RNC Richardson laid out a Reform-Conservative Platform, giving shape to many of the ideas of the Wolf administration and began creating a more consistent ideology for the party in this decade, calling it “the Party of the American Dream” whose goal was to “Expand, Protect, and Renew Opportunity”. Combining cultural conservatism with economic policies such as child tax credits and a large infrastructure package the Republican party had a populist package with a messenger for the suburbs more palatable than Wolf had been. This didn’t satisfy everyone but it was enough to unite the party.
On election night Richardson knew it would be close. The battlegrounds of North Carolina, Nebraska 2, New Hampshire and Wisconsin were the primary targets. New Hampshire proved a disappointment, but otherwise the results were narrow wins litigated in court for weeks to come. Eventually a narrow, messy, electoral college win was achieved.
Richardson had won the Presidency but not the popular vote. It was an odd sensation but the expected outcome, and one Richardson had no desire to repeat in 2024. Amid a Republican Party in an identity crisis and America in an atmosphere more polarized than it had been in decades, can Richardson cut through it all and define the nation’s course in this decade?
Other Info: Fluent in Spanish. Daughter Jessica is studying at Penn state to become a Dentist. Richardson’s mother is a Jewish 3rd generation American whose family immigrated from Eastern Europe. Richardson’s father was a 2nd generation American whose father immigrated from Sweden as a teenager. Richardson’s father died during Nate’s campaign for the Presidency of a brain aneurysm.
DRAFT87423
Do Not Remove: 84721
...I'd like to do you slowly...
Just another Australian.
by Sarenium » Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:14 am
...I'd like to do you slowly...
Just another Australian.
Return to Portal to the Multiverse
Users browsing this forum: Quasi-Stellar Star Civilizations, Zenik
