Xiomara de la Cruz (D-TX)

[Xiomara]

 

 

Name: Xiomara de la Cruz

Seat: President of the United States

Party: Democratic Party

Avatar: Eva Longoria

Major Caucus: Blue Dog Coalition

 

Gender: Female [5 points]

Date of Birth: July 4, 1975 (40 in 2016) [10 points]

Place of Birth: Del Rio, TX

Place of Residence: Houston, TX

Family History: Upper Class [-5 points]

Race: Hispanic/Latina [5 points]

Religion: Roman Catholic [0 points]

Educational History:

• BA in International Affairs, Texas A&M University (1997) [Public University; 0 points]
• JD, Yale University (2000) [Top Master's/JD; 20 points]

Occupational History:

• Attorney, Akin Gump (2008-2010) [Lawyer; 10 points]
• U.S. Air Force (2000-2008) [Commissioned Officer (O-1 to O-5); 10 points]
  • Major (Highest Rank Achieved)
  • JAG Officer, International Law

Political History:

• President of the United States (2017-Present)
• Democratic Nominee for President (2016)
• Candidate for President (2016)
• Mayor, Houston, TX (2010-2016) [Mayor (population >250,000): 20 points]
• Candidate, Harris County District Attorney, (2008) (Not Elected)

Activities: 

• Miss Texas (1996) [Major cultural award: 15 points]

 

 

Biography:

 

Xiomara de la Cruz was born in Del Rio, Texas on July 4, 1975. Her father was a technician at Laughlin Air Force Base and her mother was an immigrant from Mexico who worked in the service industry before becoming a certified public school teacher after obtaining her U.S. citizenship. Her parents instilled strong family values and a hard work ethic in her from a young age. Xiomara was accepted at Texas A&M University after submitting a 18-page essay analyzing the strategic significance of the George H.W. Bush Administration's decision not to negotiate Israel-Palestine with Saddam Hussein in exchange for his withdrawal from Kuwait prior to the Persian Gulf War (1990-1). Xiomara enrolled in the Miss Texas competition as one of countless scholarship applications to help pay for school and actually won in 1996, impressing the judges with a substantive treatise on maintaining international stability in the Balkans in lieu of stereotypical musings on world peace. She leveraged the brief spotlight to encourage girls across Texas to attend college and pursue careers in public service to make a positive global impact. Her studious commitment to education paid off when she was accepted to Yale Law School in 1997 and later served as an editor to the Yale Law Journal.

 

Xiomara turned down several offers from prestigious law firms after completing law school in 2000 and opted instead to enroll as JAG Officer specializing in international law in the U.S. Air Force. She completed Commissioned Officer Training and Judge Advocate Staff Officer Courses at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) in Alabama. Xiomara earned outstanding marks during her JAG training, landing her first 6-month deployment at Andrews AFB before promoting to Captain and securing her first major commission at Langley AFB in Virginia. Her early exposure to the top brass and excellent performance with the Langley team allowed her to advance quickly and participate with global implementation of the national security strategy after the September 11th, terrorist attacks, serving her final tour in Iraq after the JAG Corps were deployed as part of the Administration's shifting strategy in 2007.

 

Xiomara retired from active duty in 2008 and returned home to Texas where she took a job with Akin Gump in their Houston office as she and her husband, a former intelligence officer turned business executive, planned for the arrival of their first daughter, Micaela, early that year. Hearing the call to service once again, Xiomara decided to run for Harris County District Attorney after the existing DA Chuck Rosenthal resigned in a wave of controversy that led to a lawsuit petitioning his removal from office for various controversies including a string of racist e-mails. Despite losing the primary to long time Houston Police Chief Brad Bradford, the spirited race raised her profile and elevated her name recognition across the ethnically diverse majority-minority city. Xiomara leveraged her heightened profile to run for the open Mayoral election the following year, mobilizing the large but historically electorally underrepresented Latino population in the city to vote for her to become the City of Houston's first Latina Mayor. As Mayor, she worked to close a $3 million shortfall to balance the City's budget, reduce crime, and set up initiatives to improve the City's infrastructure and the Office of Business Opportunity to help minority and women-owned small business enterprises compete for City contracts.

 

2016 Presidential Campaign: 

 

Mayor Xiomara de la Cruz launched a long shot bid for President, entering a crowded Democratic primary filled with multiple sitting U.S. Senators and an Ambassador. Although trailing behind established frontrunners in endorsements and fundraising early on. Xiomara leveraged her record in Houston to campaign as a Washington outsider committed to bipartisan common sense results. Soon she picked up key endorsements from the Nevada Culinary Union, Michigan Senator Alex Fakhouri, Senator John Carlsen of Indiana, and Senator Andrew Clarke of Missouri, which proved pivotal in consolidating support from the moderate wing of the Democratic Party and key union support in the key battleground state of Nevada. Xiomara finished unexpectedly strong in Iowa and New Hampshire behind frontrunner Senator Doug Murphy of Wisconsin and became the first Latina to win a caucus by winning a strong victory in the competitive battleground of Nevada. She was able to parlay her momentum and ability to appeal to both business and labor to exceed fundraising expectations ahead of Super Tuesday, which allowed her to compete across the map and hold Murphy to narrow delegate wins while investing heavily in securing huge victories in her home state of Texas and delegate-rich California. Xiomara surprised pundits by securing a narrow final delegate lead over Murphy to become the first woman and Latina to secure the Democratic nomination for President. Xiomara then offered Murphy the VP spot, forming a unity ticket to bolster Democratic support and turnout in the general against South Carolina Senator Kate McCord and Retired General Charles Walker. Xiomara was able to overcome attacks against her service and qualifications by emphasizing the strength of her experience and service during the campaign, particularly with a well timed foreign policy speech in Orlando following the tragic shooting and terror attack in June of 2016. de la Cruz and Murphy were able to shore up and keep most of the critical Midwest blue wall together, winning the critical states of Michigan and Pennsylvania, while also winning Florida through record Latino turnout and strong appeals to seniors across the state. Xiomara de la Cruz secured 292 electoral votes to become the first woman, Latina, and youngest person elected President of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. Fakhouri, one of her earliest supporters, also led the DSCC campaign in 2016 that flipped five Senate seats to give the Democrats a 51-seat majority for the beginning of the 116th Session of Congress.

 

 

Presidency (2017-Present):

 

 

Xiomara de la Cruz was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017 alongside her husband, daughter, and Vice President Doug Murphy. She is the first woman President of the United States, assuming office ninety eight years after the 19th amendment to the Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. At 41, she is the youngest person to have assumed the office, as well as the first Latina American to hold the office. She is the second Catholic President (after John F. Kennedy), and the fifth President from Texas, although only the third to actually have been born in the state. She is the second President, along with George W. Bush, to have served in the modern U.S. Air Force, although Ronald Reagan served as part of the U.S. Army Air Force. She is the fourth President to have served as Mayor and the first of a large major American City the size of Houston. Finally, she is only the fifth American President to never have served in Congress. The tone and spirit of her inauguration spoke to unity and celebration of the historic significance of her Presidency, as well as the importance of the United State's continued leadership on the world stage. 

 

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Points Summary:

Female (5 pts)

40-44 years old: (10 pts)

Straight, marred with < 3 children: (-5 points)

Hispanic/Latino: (5 pts)

Roman Catholic: (0 pts)

Texas A&M: (0 pts)

Yale Law (20 pts)

Upper Class: (-5 pts)

Child of Immigrant: (15 pts)

Mayor of Houston (20 pts - 2 terms)

Commissioned Officer (O-1 to O-5) (10 pts)

Lawyer (10 pts)

Miss Texas - Cultural Award? (15 pts)

Total: 100 pts

 

Edited April 2 by Xiomara
Updated through Inauguration

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