Lavora Barnes | |
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| Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office February 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Brandon Dillon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 58–59)[1] North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | College of William and Mary (BA) |
Lavora Barnes is an American political executive, currently serving as the Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. She is the first African-American woman elected to be the position[2][3][4][5] and the second woman.[6] She was elected to the position in 2019.
- ^ Barnes-storming: Veteran Democratic organizer is frontrunner to lead party in ‘19
- ^ Staff, Stateside (4 February 2019). "Stateside: First black woman to chair MI Dems; reviving the "shoebox" lunch; kids killed by guns". www.michiganradio.org. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Bankole: Michigan Dems could elect first black chair". Detroit News. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ Barrett, Malachi (2019-09-16). "Michigan Democratic Party wants more minorities involved in picking Trump's challenger". mlive. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Will Stacey Abrams have more of an impact on the 2020 election from the sidelines?". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Gray, Kathleen. "Election success for women could extend to state party leadership jobs". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2019-10-03.