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The 2012 Democratic National Convention was a gathering, held from September 4–6, 2012, [5] [6] at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which delegates of the Democratic Party nominated President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for reelection, in the 2012 United States national election.
Ultimately, a court decided Buchanan was the party's nominee, however, the drama surrounding the convention is often credited with leading to the downfall of the Reform Party. Ross Perot, Jesse Ventura , Pat Buchanan, Donald Trump, and other high-profile party members ultimately left the party after the 2000 election.
The first and longest-serving governor of New Jersey was William Livingston, who served from August 31, 1776, to July 25, 1790. A. Harry Moore remains the longest-serving popularly elected governor. The current and 56th governor is Phil Murphy, a Democrat who assumed office on January 16, 2018.
The biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival is the largest poetry event in North America. [1] The 16th edition, and 30th anniversary, of the biannual event took place in Newark, New Jersey, October 20–23, 2016. [2] [3] The next festival will take place in Newark, 20–23 October 2022, as 2020 took place virtually. [4]
Education. Cornell University ( BS) Yeshiva University ( JD) Rhonda " Randi " Weingarten (born December 18, 1957) [1] is an American labor leader, attorney, and educator. She has been president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) since 2008, and is a member of the AFL-CIO. She is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers .
American semi-annual horror event. New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festivalis a semi-annual horror film and memorabilia fan conventionheld in Atlantic City, New Jerseyand Edison, New Jersey, United States since 2017.[1] It focuses on guest panels, where fans can meet celebrity actors from the horror genre. It is a three-day event over the course ...
The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...
General meeting, National Education Association on July 3, 1916, at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The National Education Association ( NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. [2] It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and ...