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[size=30]Do Not Remove: DRAFT123123[/size]by Yaruqo » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:22 am
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NS Nation Name: Yaruqo
Character Name: Oliver Miller
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 35
Character Height: 5' 8"
Character Weight: 162 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Representative of the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas (2005 - Present); Overland Park City Council Member for the 6th Ward (2000 - 2004)
Character Country/State of Birth: Kansas
Character State of Residence: Kansas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Faceclaim: Pete Buttigieg
Main Strengths: Strong local connections; personable and empathetic; emphasis on constituent services; well-reputed as a “common sense” legislator.
Main Weaknesses: His congressional district will always be a target of the Republican Party, even if he is willing to field their concerns on most legislative priorities. As such, he has to consistently prove to his constituents that the district is better off with his advocacy and legislative record in order to stay one step ahead of a viable Republican opponent. Additionally, Oliver Miller is a closeted gay man. If his secret is revealed, he has no idea how his constituents (or his family) might react, but he doubts that it will be good. He tries to cope with his situation by throwing himself into his work, convinced that, especially with the passage of Kansas Amendment 1, his hopes for happiness are forever dashed, which has inevitably led to episodes of burn out, anxiety, and depression. He also tends to keep his congressional colleagues at arm’s length, maintaining professional relationships, but by and large he doesn’t allow them to get too close to him, for fear that they might discern his closeted status.
Biography:
Oliver Miller was born to Timothy and Jocelyn Miller on February 12, 1972 in Overland Park, Kansas. An only child, his Methodist parents doted on him as he grew up, entertaining him and his various interests - from archeology, to mythology, and ultimately history and politics. He was a loner in high school, with a small circle of friends. His eleventh grade American History teacher went above and beyond to foster Oliver's interest and helped cultivate in him a desire to teach social studies and civics and help other kids feel welcome at school. With a goal in mind, Oliver would enroll into the University of Kansas in the fall of 1990, where he would graduate with a Bachelor's in Secondary History & Government Education in the spring of 1994.
It was in the midst of his college years that Oliver felt that he was not quite like his classmates and friends. Sure, he felt more welcomed here with his larger clique of nerds and Dungeons and Dragons players than he had through his childhood, but this feeling was deeper than that. He had a feeling that he liked men, but with the state of sexual education in Kansas and the Internet still in its relatively infant stages, he didn't really know how to comfortably explore his feelings in a comfortable or safe environment. So instead, he had thrown himself deep into his studies, hoping to excel and push aside these thoughts and feelings whenever they arose. For a time, it worked.
He earned his teaching certification for secondary social studies and began teaching as a secondary substitute teacher in one of the resident school districts back in Overland Park in the fall of 1995, having taken odd jobs in the interim as he prepared for his certification. When the school district finally hired him as a full time teacher in 1996, he was excited to leave his mark. Much as he did with his tertiary studies, he threw himself into his role as a middle school social studies teacher, winning praise from the district and parents alike. He had a reputation for being patient with his students, dedicating time after school to help those who were struggling with assignments or subjects, even just being there for those who had issues at home.
By 1999, Miller had been involved in local Democratic politics for a few years, attending school board meetings and public hearings of the city council, often seen advocating for better public education funding, allowing middle and high school students freedom of information by loudly standing against the “banning” of books from school and public libraries, and better resources for student mental health. No longer satisfied with sitting on the sidelines, Oliver decided to run for a city council seat in the 1999 municipal elections, which were nonpartisan in nature. With the help of his family, friends, and Johnson County Democrats, Oliver managed to out-organize his opponent and won on a platform that focused on improving mental health care in Overland Park, maintaining the city's fiscal responsibility by balancing low property taxes with smart investments, and increased spending in infrastructure and transportation spending to overhaul the city's roads and sewers, becoming one of two city council members for Overland Park’s 6th Ward, in the south of the city.
On the city council, he championed programs to improve mental health care and mental health care in the city, urging his colleagues to remember that, "Not all wounds are visible, and we can only guess at the battles our families, friends, and colleagues are wrestling with." This initiative ultimately passed, and Councilman Miller would go on to sponsor and co-sponsor other pieces of legislation with some of his more liberal or center-left leaning colleagues on the council to push through projects that would make the city's downtown areas safer for pedestrians, introduce smart sewer programs to the city, and initiatives to set up green energy infrastructure. There were some victories, and there were some defeats - among them was a bill to reform the city government so that the elected positions of Mayor and City Councilmember would be full time and paid accordingly, his reasoning being that governing is a full time job, and that, “As our city grows, our constituents expect their elected representatives to be there for them to remedy and address growing issues that they face.”
In January 2003, Congressman Lewis Rohr announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and would not be seeking re-election for the US House in 2004. The news sent shockwaves through the Kansas Democratic Party. A Blue Dog Democrat, Rohr had been the first Democrat elected to Congress in 37 years after his initial election in 1998. Miller decided to throw his hat in the ring, running as a center-left candidate that had a strong, local record, who was able to work across the aisle in City Council, and as a Democrat who was an advocate for sensible, common sense solutions to the problems that Americans were concerned with. Leaning heavily on Democratic strongholds in Lawrence, Wyandotte County, and Overland Park, he sought to energize young voters, suburban women, and Black voters within Wyandotte County to support him in the primary. It was a gamble that paid off, though now he would be contesting a battleground congressional district during a presidential election. His opponent was NotKrisKobach, a conservative law professor and former Department of Justice attorney, who had won the Republican primary against a moderate.
In the 2004 general election, the noticeably unmarried Miller was met with barbs by NotKobach at the latter’s rallies, some of them surprisingly uncivil for a high stakes congressional campaign in a suburban district. Miller, for his part, continued to campaign without responding to the attacks, focusing instead on championing proposals for Medicare expansion, better funding for public education and transportation projects to better serve the Kansas City Metropolitan area and Lawrence, as well as national security issues, including a desire to limit domestic surveillance powers that were enjoyed by the Cush Administration. In debates, NotKobach erred and focused on attacking Miller on his stances regarding abortion (Miller was unapologetically pro-choice) and the death penalty (he sided with Governor NotSebelius in opposing capital punishment and had lauded the Kansas Supreme Court’s declaration of capital punishment as being unconstitutional), and Miller made sure to broadside NotKobach on his “misplaced priorities” and hammered him for supporting cuts in Medicare, supporting freezing cost of living adjustments, and for his support of privatizing Social Security, declaring that NotKobach’s policies would, “...severely disadvantage elderly and disabled Kansans who depend on these benefits to survive, all while burying the country in debt and imposing more taxes on the middle class and the poor.” Election night produced a welcome, yet surprising result for the young Miller: with nearly 55% of the vote, he had not only defeated a Republican backed by the White House and maintained Democrats’ control of a critical House seat, but he had managed to build upon Rohr’s prior electoral successes and, for the first time since Rohr had won his first election in 1998, won more than 52% of the vote.
After he was elected, Miller did what he could to shepherd common sense legislation through the House, which had remained in Republican hands. Among these, Miller sponsored legislation that raised the death gratuity paid to the family of a soldier who died in combat to $100,000, building upon a bill that his Democratic predecessor had sponsored in the prior Congress to raise the gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000. He also voted for gun control legislation, and voted with the League of Women Voters and NARAL 100% of the time. In 2005, he campaigned with what would eventually grow to become the Kansas Equality Coalition against the Amendment 1 referendum, which would go further than existing state law and declare that the recognition or performing of same-sex marriages or civil unions by the state would be unconstitutional. Despite his best efforts to frame the amendment as “legally redundant”, only Douglas County strongly opposed the referendum, which passed in April 2005, with Johnson and Wyandotte Counties narrowly supporting the proposed amendment. It is rumored that this particular defeat stung Miller, though few will confirm that if asked, and fewer still would be in a position to explain why. In 2006, Miller won re-election with 64% of the vote, riding on a wave of anti-Cush sentiment and ensuring that Democrats would win the House that year. Miller hopes to build on these successes and pass legislation that would restore proper oversight and controls over domestic and international surveillance, as well as to improve the state of healthcare and public education across the country.
Other Info: Single, is a practicing Methodist.
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Yaruqo
by The Sarangtus Lands » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:32 am
by Dentali » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:35 am
Yaruqo wrote:
NS Nation Name: Yaruqo
Character Name: Oliver Miller
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 35
Character Height: 5' 8"
Character Weight: 162 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Representative of the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas (2005 - Present); Overland Park City Council Member for the 6th Ward (2000 - 2004)
Character Country/State of Birth: Kansas
Character State of Residence: Kansas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Strong local connections; personable and empathetic; emphasis on constituent services; well-reputed as a “common sense” legislator.
Main Weaknesses: His congressional district will always be a target of the Republican Party, even if he is willing to field their concerns on most legislative priorities. As such, he has to consistently prove to his constituents that the district is better off with his advocacy and legislative record in order to stay one step ahead of a viable Republican opponent. Additionally, Oliver Miller is a closeted gay man. If his secret is revealed, he has no idea how his constituents (or his family) might react, but he doubts that it will be good. He tries to cope with his situation by throwing himself into his work, convinced that, especially with the passage of Kansas Amendment 1, his hopes for happiness are forever dashed, which has inevitably led to episodes of burn out, anxiety, and depression. He also tends to keep his congressional colleagues at arm’s length, maintaining professional relationships, but by and large he doesn’t allow them to get too close to him, for fear that they might discern his closeted status.
Biography:
Oliver Miller was born to Timothy and Jocelyn Miller on February 12, 1972 in Overland Park, Kansas. An only child, his Methodist parents doted on him as he grew up, entertaining him and his various interests - from archeology, to mythology, and ultimately history and politics. He was a loner in high school, with a small circle of friends. His eleventh grade American History teacher went above and beyond to foster Oliver's interest and helped cultivate in him a desire to teach social studies and civics and help other kids feel welcome at school. With a goal in mind, Oliver would enroll into the University of Kansas in the fall of 1990, where he would graduate with a Bachelor's in Secondary History & Government Education in the spring of 1994.
It was in the midst of his college years that Oliver felt that he was not quite like his classmates and friends. Sure, he felt more welcomed here with his larger clique of nerds and Dungeons and Dragons players than he had through his childhood, but this feeling was deeper than that. He had a feeling that he liked men, but with the state of sexual education in Kansas and the Internet still in its relatively infant stages, he didn't really know how to comfortably explore his feelings in a comfortable or safe environment. So instead, he had thrown himself deep into his studies, hoping to excel and push aside these thoughts and feelings whenever they arose. For a time, it worked.
He earned his teaching certification for secondary social studies and began teaching as a secondary substitute teacher in one of the resident school districts back in Overland Park in the fall of 1995, having taken odd jobs in the interim as he prepared for his certification. When the school district finally hired him as a full time teacher in 1996, he was excited to leave his mark. Much as he did with his tertiary studies, he threw himself into his role as a middle school social studies teacher, winning praise from the district and parents alike. He had a reputation for being patient with his students, dedicating time after school to help those who were struggling with assignments or subjects, even just being there for those who had issues at home.
By 1999, Miller had been involved in local Democratic politics for a few years, attending school board meetings and public hearings of the city council, often seen advocating for better public education funding, allowing middle and high school students freedom of information by loudly standing against the “banning” of books from school and public libraries, and better resources for student mental health. No longer satisfied with sitting on the sidelines, Oliver decided to run for a city council seat in the 1999 municipal elections, which were nonpartisan in nature. With the help of his family, friends, and Johnson County Democrats, Oliver managed to out-organize his opponent and won on a platform that focused on improving mental health care in Overland Park, maintaining the city's fiscal responsibility by balancing low property taxes with smart investments, and increased spending in infrastructure and transportation spending to overhaul the city's roads and sewers, becoming one of two city council members for Overland Park’s 6th Ward, in the south of the city.
On the city council, he championed programs to improve mental health care and mental health care in the city, urging his colleagues to remember that, "Not all wounds are visible, and we can only guess at the battles our families, friends, and colleagues are wrestling with." This initiative ultimately passed, and Councilman Miller would go on to sponsor and co-sponsor other pieces of legislation with some of his more liberal or center-left leaning colleagues on the council to push through projects that would make the city's downtown areas safer for pedestrians, introduce smart sewer programs to the city, and initiatives to set up green energy infrastructure. There were some victories, and there were some defeats - among them was a bill to reform the city government so that the elected positions of Mayor and City Councilmember would be full time and paid accordingly, his reasoning being that governing is a full time job, and that, “As our city grows, our constituents expect their elected representatives to be there for them to remedy and address growing issues that they face.”
In January 2003, Congressman Lewis Rohr announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and would not be seeking re-election for the US House in 2004. The news sent shockwaves through the Kansas Democratic Party. A Blue Dog Democrat, Rohr had been the first Democrat elected to Congress in 37 years after his initial election in 1998. Miller decided to throw his hat in the ring, running as a center-left candidate that had a strong, local record, who was able to work across the aisle in City Council, and as a Democrat who was an advocate for sensible, common sense solutions to the problems that Americans were concerned with. Leaning heavily on Democratic strongholds in Lawrence, Wyandotte County, and Overland Park, he sought to energize young voters, suburban women, and Black voters within Wyandotte County to support him in the primary. It was a gamble that paid off, though now he would be contesting a battleground congressional district during a presidential election. His opponent was NotKrisKobach, a conservative law professor and former Department of Justice attorney, who had won the Republican primary against a moderate.
In the 2004 general election, the noticeably unmarried Miller was met with barbs by NotKobach at the latter’s rallies, some of them surprisingly uncivil for a high stakes congressional campaign in a suburban district. Miller, for his part, continued to campaign without responding to the attacks, focusing instead on championing proposals for Medicare expansion, better funding for public education and transportation projects to better serve the Kansas City Metropolitan area and Lawrence, as well as national security issues, including a desire to limit domestic surveillance powers that were enjoyed by the Cush Administration. In debates, NotKobach erred and focused on attacking Miller on his stances regarding abortion (Miller was unapologetically pro-choice) and the death penalty (he sided with Governor NotSebelius in opposing capital punishment and had lauded the Kansas Supreme Court’s declaration of capital punishment as being unconstitutional), and Miller made sure to broadside NotKobach on his “misplaced priorities” and hammered him for supporting cuts in Medicare, supporting freezing cost of living adjustments, and for his support of privatizing Social Security, declaring that NotKobach’s policies would, “...severely disadvantage elderly and disabled Kansans who depend on these benefits to survive, all while burying the country in debt and imposing more taxes on the middle class and the poor.” Election night produced a welcome, yet surprising result for the young Miller: with nearly 55% of the vote, he had not only defeated a Republican backed by the White House and maintained Democrats’ control of a critical House seat, but he had managed to build upon Rohr’s prior electoral successes and, for the first time since Rohr had won his first election in 1998, won more than 52% of the vote.
After he was elected, Miller did what he could to shepherd common sense legislation through the House, which had remained in Republican hands. Among these, Miller sponsored legislation that raised the death gratuity paid to the family of a soldier who died in combat to $100,000, building upon a bill that his Democratic predecessor had sponsored in the prior Congress to raise the gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000. He also voted for gun control legislation, and voted with the League of Women Voters and NARAL 100% of the time. In 2005, he campaigned with what would eventually grow to become the Kansas Equality Coalition against the Amendment 1 referendum, which would go further than existing state law and declare that the recognition or performing of same-sex marriages or civil unions by the state would be unconstitutional. Despite his best efforts to frame the amendment as “legally redundant”, only Douglas County strongly opposed the referendum, which passed in April 2005, with Johnson and Wyandotte Counties narrowly supporting the proposed amendment. It is rumored that this particular defeat stung Miller, though few will confirm that if asked, and fewer still would be in a position to explain why. In 2006, Miller won re-election with 64% of the vote, riding on a wave of anti-Cush sentiment and ensuring that Democrats would win the House that year. Miller hopes to build on these successes and pass legislation that would restore proper oversight and controls over domestic and international surveillance, as well as to improve the state of healthcare and public education across the country.
Other Info: Single, is a practicing Methodist.
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Yaruqo
by Dentali » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:40 am
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NS Nation Name: The Sarangtus Lands
Character Name: Pauline Bennett (nee Bastien)
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 38
Character Height: 170cm
Character Weight: 65kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Deming Council Member (1993-2001), Mayor of Deming (2001-2006), Governor of New Mexico (2006-)
Character Country/State of Birth: New Mexico
Character State of Residence: New Mexico
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Inspiring background, good record, quite charismatic, favourable personal ratings, strong support among minorities, able to appeal to traditional rural voters, supported by the activist left, and can attract small dollar donations.
Main Weaknesses: Politically inexperienced, few connections, very much to the left of the current political consensus, has never fought an election in a swing state, race and gender might prove barriers to higher office, very little support from the establishment or large corporations, very unorthodox in terms of background and style
Biography: The story of Pauline Bennett begins with that of her father. Her father, Bernard Bastien, who was a farm worker and committed member of the MOP, attending many meetings of the party. Bastien was a tough man, who attended a great deal of protests and rallies, though mostly in his youth and prior to the birth of his daughter. He cheered when Fignolé was elected, however his quick disposal of by the military - backed by the CIA - made him very angry, and he was involved in civil resistance against the military regime. However, as time grew on, he began to fear for his safety, and so took him and his wife to flee to the United States of America.
Bastien moved to New Mexico, and became a farmer in a quiet New Mexico town, giving up the struggle for a bit, however, within about 5 years, he joined the United Farm Workers and got back to organising. He did some work in and around the area, however, after some time, he and his wife decided to have a child, and this is where the story of Pauline Bennett begins.
Bennett was born as a fraternal twin. Both of her parents worked in farming, and her father often gave her and her brother what he called 'lessons about the world', talking to them about his leftist ideals, with her father being a self-described socialist who often criticised the US government for not providing for its people. While she attended school and did well there, her main education, according to her, came from her father. Her father saw that she began to form into the mould of a politician, and so helped her to realise her potential, giving her books on political topics and passing down the political knowledge he had from self-study.
Thanks to both her efforts and that of her father, she was the first - along with her brother - to receive any form of formal education, with her father having spent the first twenty years of his life illiterate and only able to read thanks to education he received from leftist political organisations back in Haiti. However, due to not being able to afford it, she was unable to attend university, and instead joined the Peace Corps after finishing high school, after doing a few years of volunteering experience while working on the farm.
Both due to her ability to speak French and her farming experience, she was posted off to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where she helped local people with farming techniques and agricultural management, both teaching and getting into more practical work. After the end of her two-year term and a short extension, she returned to the United States.
As soon as she returned, both thanks to her father's status in the town and her personal inspiration, she slowly began to get into politics, first being a member of being the local Democratic Party, organising to increase turnout and get people involved in politics around rural New Mexico. She was decent at her job, and so ran for Deming Council in 1993, winning narrowly thanks to the reputation she built in the town.
In the city council, she primarily focused on local concerns, pushing for increased funding for libraries, personally overseeing the "Read for Deming" initiative, where local schools were provided with books - both fictional and non-fictional - through working with NGOs, parents and some money from the budget along with afterschool clubs to encourage students to educate themselves more about the world and things they were interested in. She also worked on getting a volunteer effort up to help beautify the parks and local environment, helping get rid of litter and so on. She was reelected with a wide margin, typical of the safe Democratic politics of the town.
After two terms in the city council, she ran for Mayor, as the incumbent retired. She was endorsed by the former Mayor, and so won in a solid victory, once again, typical of the town's politics. She continued her work there, amassing what she termed the Deming Volunteers, opening door-to-door outreach efforts to help mobilise people into taking volunteer action, then pushing ahead to improve transport in the town and creating a bill to offer grants and support to local cooperatives and expand adult education. She did this through implementing a small income tax on the more well-off in the town (in relative terms - the town had the highest poverty rate in New Mexico and one of the lowest average incomes when she came into office)
Her ethos of small-town solidarity struck a chord with voters from her town, and her policies were quite effective, slashing the poverty rate by quite a large amount, along with reducing unemployment and driving growth to the town. She also helped cut the crime rate through rehabilitation policies, giving prisoners education and reintegrating them into the community, along with her economic policies offering opportunity to people and tackling the causes of crime as well. Her rhetoric largely consisted of three things: hope, solidarity and inclusive populism, according to one local journalist.
She also made a brief, failed run for Congress in 2002, running on a stridenly and openly progressive platform, as opposed to her more mainline run in 2006. This run failed, as she narrowly lost in the Democratic primary, 52-48. She was disheartened by the loss, but nevertheless moved on, adapting her rhetoric and strategy to be a bit more mainline in the future. This defeat likely contributed to her victory in both the Democratic primary and in the general as Governor.
She briefly saw a moment of national recognition, after appearing on CNN to openly oppose the Iraq War, saying that it would be a great mistake and urging caution, and talked about how a pointless war like it - since the UN hadn't been able to find evidence of WMDs yet and there was no resolution in favour, making the war illegal - would take away money from the bottom of American society, and that instead of spending money on bombs they ought to spend it on food. Her spirited opposition to the war gave her a moment in the activist left circles, but ultimately it was just a mere moment.
Aside from that, her term went quietly well, as local and state newspapers covered the "Deming Miracle", and so, in 2006, with the retirement of the incumbent for personal reasons, she took the chance, declaring early, once again running on her rhetoric of solidarity, along with implementing a "Prosperity for All Plan" for New Mexico, campaigning on support of policies such as expanded access to healthcare, universal employment, police reform and increased funding to education. She narrowly won the primary, using her usual style to win voters over.
But then came the general. The general was a spirited fight, as her opponent knew that her gender and race would pose a high barrier to victory, and in spite of the national environment being against him, he had a chance. She knew that too, so she campaigned hard, despite a few missteps as a result of her lack of statewide experience, with her opponent having held statewide office. But regardless of that, she pressed on, and while some felt that the newcomer progressive's campaign was going to end up like [not-Dukakis] in 1988, she inspired a great deal of enthusiasm among the Democratic base, and brought in quite a bit of attention from outside of the state, and despite an initial slide in the polls, she was able to hold her own, winning 58-39. [Note: this margin is 19 points lower than the IRL result]
Now that she takes office, what will she do? It's time to look ahead, and see what the future brings.
Other Info:
I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: The Sarangtus Lands
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by Melovinta » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:42 am
Character Application and Information Sheet
NS Nation Name: Melovinta
Character Name: Harold Pierce Gunsley
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 185 cm
Character Weight: 82 kilograms
Character Position/Role/Job: (1996-2002, 2006-Present) Representative from North Dakota
Character Country/State of Birth: North Dakota
Character State of Residence: North Dakota
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Strong farmer-base support, establishment support, long political career, and veteran support due to military background.
Main Weaknesses: Making off the cuff remarks and opening his mouth before thinking, never fighting a truly competitive election, lack of outsider credentials, and lack of funds.
Biography:
Born to a German-American lawyer and a housewife in 1962, Harold Pierce Gunsley grew up in a moderately wealthy family. He was never the best student as he grew, but he was good enough to get into the university of North Dakota, graduating with an economics degree and working as a stockbroker for a good few years, racking up a considerable amount of wealth, 8 million Dollars to be exact. In 1988, he joined the Marine Corps, being assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve. In 1991, he was called into active service to fight in the Gulf War. He was deployed to serve 6 months of duty as his tour. In a skirmish in a village, he lost his lower right leg to an IED, having it amputated and replaced with a prosthetic leg. He finished his tour of duty away from the frontline.
It was in 1996 that he made his debut into politics when he ran for the position of Representative of North Dakotas at-large district against Sarah Lawrence, winning easily in the heavily conservative state. In his position he campaigned against gay marriage, campaigned for increased farmer subsidies, and made several connections in Washington. He ran again in 1998 against Sarah Lawrence again, winning again, where he continued his previous policies of championing against gay marriage. He won re-election in 2000.
As the millennium dawned, he saw an increasingly liberal America over the horizon, toning down his conservative rhetoric against homosexuality, and drug use but not gun control to retain his conservative base, which cost him in 2002 and 2004, but wasn't much of a loss due to him stressing his military background. In 2006, he attempted to reach out to the moderates by fence-sitting on homosexuality, which caused him to win the election. But in the year 2007 he is concerned about the unpopularity of the War on Terror, the history of his remarks against gay marriage, and that he might be too conservative for the time, and he is certainly not ready to give up his seat without a fight, hoping to capitalize on the rural, veteran, and conservative or moderate votes to retain his seat in the House in 2008, and possibly make it into the Senate in 2010 and in the event of a miracle, the Presidency in 2012.
Other Info: Married, Evangelical.
I have read and accepted the rules of the roleplay: Melovinta
by Latvijas Otra Republika » Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:32 am
by Dentali » Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:34 am
Melovinta wrote:
NS Nation Name: Melovinta
Character Name: Harold Pierce Gunsley
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 185 cm
Character Weight: 82 kilograms
Character Position/Role/Job: (1996-2002, 2006-Present) Representative from North Dakota
Character Country/State of Birth: North Dakota
Character State of Residence: North Dakota
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Strong farmer-base support, establishment support, long political career, and veteran support due to military background.
Main Weaknesses: Making off the cuff remarks and opening his mouth before thinking, never fighting a truly competitive election, lack of outsider credentials, and lack of funds.
Biography:
Born to a German-American lawyer and a housewife in 1962, Harold Pierce Gunsley grew up in a moderately wealthy family. He was never the best student as he grew, but he was good enough to get into the university of North Dakota, graduating with an economics degree and working as a stockbroker for a good few years, racking up a considerable amount of wealth, 8 million Dollars to be exact.
It was in 1996 that he made his debut into politics when he ran for the position of Representative of North Dakotas at-large district against Sarah Lawrence, winning easily in the heavily conservative state. In his position he campaigned against gay marriage, campaigned for increased farmer subsidies, and made several connections in Washington. He ran again in 1998 against Sarah Lawrence again, winning again, where he continued his previous policies of championing against gay marriage. He won re-election in 2000, but in 2002 decided to not run but enlist in the military due to the War on Terror, hoping a successful tour of duty would help with the veteran vote back home.
He enlisted in the marines, being deployed to Afghanistan where he was to serve a tour of 3 years. He fought against Afghan militants in the mountains, where he lost his right leg all the way up to his knee to an IED in a near death experience, being temporarily stopped from continuing his tour. His leg had to be amputated, replacing it with a prosthetic leg. He eventually finished his tour, returning to the states in 2005 just in time for the 2006 midterm election, where he used his connections in Washington to help him become the frontrunner in North Dakota, running against Steve Pekowsky, winning the election in a landslide. But in the year 2007 he is concerned about the unpopularity of the War on Terror, the history of his remarks against gay marriage, and that he might be too conservative for the time, and he is certainly not ready to give up his seat without a fight, hoping to capitalize on the rural, veteran, and conservative or moderate votes to retain his seat in the House in 2008.
Other Info: Married, Evangelical.
I have read and accepted the rules of the roleplay: Melovinta
by Melovinta » Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:38 am
Dentali wrote:Melovinta wrote:
NS Nation Name: Melovinta
Character Name: Harold Pierce Gunsley
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 185 cm
Character Weight: 82 kilograms
Character Position/Role/Job: (1996-2002, 2006-Present) Representative from North Dakota
Character Country/State of Birth: North Dakota
Character State of Residence: North Dakota
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Strong farmer-base support, establishment support, long political career, and veteran support due to military background.
Main Weaknesses: Making off the cuff remarks and opening his mouth before thinking, never fighting a truly competitive election, lack of outsider credentials, and lack of funds.
Biography:
Born to a German-American lawyer and a housewife in 1962, Harold Pierce Gunsley grew up in a moderately wealthy family. He was never the best student as he grew, but he was good enough to get into the university of North Dakota, graduating with an economics degree and working as a stockbroker for a good few years, racking up a considerable amount of wealth, 8 million Dollars to be exact.
It was in 1996 that he made his debut into politics when he ran for the position of Representative of North Dakotas at-large district against Sarah Lawrence, winning easily in the heavily conservative state. In his position he campaigned against gay marriage, campaigned for increased farmer subsidies, and made several connections in Washington. He ran again in 1998 against Sarah Lawrence again, winning again, where he continued his previous policies of championing against gay marriage. He won re-election in 2000, but in 2002 decided to not run but enlist in the military due to the War on Terror, hoping a successful tour of duty would help with the veteran vote back home.
He enlisted in the marines, being deployed to Afghanistan where he was to serve a tour of 3 years. He fought against Afghan militants in the mountains, where he lost his right leg all the way up to his knee to an IED in a near death experience, being temporarily stopped from continuing his tour. His leg had to be amputated, replacing it with a prosthetic leg. He eventually finished his tour, returning to the states in 2005 just in time for the 2006 midterm election, where he used his connections in Washington to help him become the frontrunner in North Dakota, running against Steve Pekowsky, winning the election in a landslide. But in the year 2007 he is concerned about the unpopularity of the War on Terror, the history of his remarks against gay marriage, and that he might be too conservative for the time, and he is certainly not ready to give up his seat without a fight, hoping to capitalize on the rural, veteran, and conservative or moderate votes to retain his seat in the House in 2008.
Other Info: Married, Evangelical.
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1. I feel like you just wanted him to be a War on Terror vet... Can i recommend him being a reservist before the war? Alternatively have him serve in Desert Storm? Him leaving congress to just enlist is really odd especially give his age and family back home.
2. A marine tour for an enlisted solider is typically 6-9 months, 12 months MAXIMUM
3. I would just work out the timeline a bit.
by Dentali » Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:07 pm
by Meretica » Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:16 pm
by Dentali » Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:42 pm
Meretica wrote:Dentali wrote:
Let me be clear the Speaker of the house is the single most powerful position in Congress, going to a senate seat is a MASSIVE step down
It's very clear. Mattox hopes to seek POTUS in either 2012 or 2016 and thinks that having experience in both will help him more than harm him, esp since he plans to run as a slightly more progressive candidate. Plus, statewide wins can be more appealing than district-wide wins, especially when talking about experience in elections.
by Meretica » Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:46 pm
Dentali wrote:Meretica wrote:It's very clear. Mattox hopes to seek POTUS in either 2012 or 2016 and thinks that having experience in both will help him more than harm him, esp since he plans to run as a slightly more progressive candidate. Plus, statewide wins can be more appealing than district-wide wins, especially when talking about experience in elections.
Every commentator will see that as him getting pushed out of the speakership and a win by a dem in Massachusetts especially one with his power and influence will not be seen as a win of any significance. In fact, anything short of a blowout is a failure
by Dentali » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:33 pm
Meretica wrote:Dentali wrote:
Every commentator will see that as him getting pushed out of the speakership and a win by a dem in Massachusetts especially one with his power and influence will not be seen as a win of any significance. In fact, anything short of a blowout is a failure
He has a plan for that.
by Sarenium » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:35 pm
...I'd like to do you slowly...
Just another Australian.
by Gyoric » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:37 pm
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