Donna Brazile | |
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Chair of the Democratic National Committee Acting | |
Assumed office July 28, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
In office April 5, 2011 – May 4, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Tim Kaine |
Succeeded by | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
Personal details | |
Born | Donna Lease Brazile December 15, 1959 Kenner, Louisiana, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
Website | Official website |
Donna Lease Brazile[2] (/brəˈzɪl/; born December 15, 1959)[3] is an American author and political analyst. She is a member of the Democratic Party and became interim chairperson of the Democratic National Committee in July 2016. She briefly served as the interim chairperson for the DNC in the spring of 2011 and assumed that role again in the summer 2016.
She was the first African American to direct a major presidential campaign, acting as campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore in 2000. She has also worked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, including Jesse Jackson and Walter Mondale–Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, and for **** Gephardt in the 1988 Democratic primary.