Sen. Sean Stevens, Democrat from WV

[J.J.]

Sen. Sean Stevens, Democrat from WV

 

 

Name: Sean Stevens

Seat: West Virginia, Class 1

Party: Democrat

Avatar: Al Gore

Major Caucus: Blue Dog Coalition

Gender: Male (0 points)

Age: 71 years old, born February 12, 1946 (-10 points)

Sexuality: Straight, married with two children (0 Points)

Race: White (0 points)

Religion: Mainline Protestant

Educational History: College degree at a public university (0 points)

Socioeconomic History: Working Class (10 points)

 

Timeline:

• Graduated from West Virginia University (1968)
• Married Tricia Peterson; fathered John Stevens (1968)
• Completed the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidates School (1969)
• Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps (1969) (10 points)
• Deployed as part of Operation Dewey Canyon during the Vietnam War (1969)
• Fathered Ashley Stevens (1970)
• Promoted to First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps (1971)
• Promoted to Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps (1973)
• Promoted to Major in the U.S. Marine Corps (1978)
• Deployed as part of Operation Urgent Fury (1983)
• Awarded Silver Star Medal for recovering Captain Timothy Howard from crash in Grenada (1984) (10 points)
• Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps (1984)
• Promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps (1990) (20 points)
• Retired from U.S. Marine Corps (1990)
• Elected to Congress, Representing West Virginia's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House in competitive redistricting race (1992)
• Began term as U.S. Representative (1993) (3 points)
• Began second term as U.S. Representative (1995) (3 points)
• Lost gubernatorial campaign to Cecil Underwood (1996)
• Began third term as U.S. Representative (1997) (3 points)
• Began fourth term as U.S. Representative (1999) (3 points)
• Elected following a successful gubernatorial campaign (2000)
• Began first term as 33rd Governor of West Virginia (2001) (20 points) 
• Declined reelection, lost presidential campaign in Democratic primaries (2003-2004)
• Elected and began serving as Chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party (2005) [5 points]*
• Chaired Senator Obama's West Virginia presidential campaign (2008) [5 points]*
• Appointed to continue U.S. Senator Robert Byrd's term following death (2010)
• Elected in West Virginia's Special Election to replace Senator Robert Byrd, finish his term (2010) (5 points)
• Elected to first full term as a U.S. Senator from West Virginia (2012)
• Began first term as U.S. Senator from West Virginia (2013)

 

 

Total points spent: 87

Edited April 29 by Tedder
Corrected points. Total spent: 87

[Pilate]

[General Eric]

Johnson and Stevens could have been Marine pals! haha

[Ollie]

You need to put the total amount of points you spent in the biography following the format laid out here: 

 

 

 

[Tedder]

On 4/27/2024 at 7:10 AM, J.J. said:

Sen. Sean Stevens, Democrat from WV

 

 

Name: Sean Stevens

Seat: West Virginia, Class 1

Party: Democrat

Avatar: Al Gore

Major Caucus: Blue Dog Coalition

Gender: Male (0 points)

Age: 71 years old, born February 12, 1946 (-10 points)

Sexuality: Straight, married with two children (0 Points)

Race: White (0 points)

Religion: Mainline Protestant

Educational History: College degree at a public university (0 points)

Socioeconomic History: Working Class (10 points)

 

Timeline:

• Graduated from West Virginia University (1968)
• Married Tricia Peterson; fathered John Stevens (1968)
• Completed the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidates School (1969)
• Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps (1969) (10 points)
• Deployed as part of Operation Dewey Canyon during the Vietnam War (1969)
• Fathered Ashley Stevens (1970)
• Promoted to First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps (1971)
• Promoted to Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps (1973)
• Promoted to Major in the U.S. Marine Corps (1978)
• Deployed as part of Operation Urgent Fury (1983)
• Awarded Silver Star Medal for recovering Captain Timothy Howard from crash in Grenada (1984) (10 points)
• Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps (1984)
• Promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps (1990) (20 points)
• Retired from U.S. Marine Corps (1990)
• Elected to Congress, Representing West Virginia's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House in competitive redistricting race (1992)
• Began term as U.S. Representative (1993) (3 points)
• Began second term as U.S. Representative (1995) (3 points)
• Lost gubernatorial campaign to Cecil Underwood (1996)
• Began third term as U.S. Representative (1997) (3 points)
• Began fourth term as U.S. Representative (1999) (3 points)
• Elected following a successful gubernatorial campaign (2000)
• Began first term as 33rd Governor of West Virginia (2001) (20 points) 
• Declined reelection, lost presidential campaign in Democratic primaries (2003-2004)
• Elected and began serving as Chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party (2005) [5 points]*
• Chaired Senator Obama's West Virginia presidential campaign (2008) [5 points]*
• Appointed to continue U.S. Senator Robert Byrd's term following death (2010)
• Elected in West Virginia's Special Election to replace Senator Robert Byrd, finish his term (2010) (5 points)
• Elected to first full term as a U.S. Senator from West Virginia (2012)
• Began first term as U.S. Senator from West Virginia (2013)

 

 

Total points spent: 87

I had a couple free moments so I was able to review the points spent for the bio. I had to make a couple changes (denoted with an *), but the bio still came in well under the max points.

 

Approved.

 

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