Eleni tsakopoulos kounalakis lt governor of california
Eleni Kounalakis
American politician (born 1966)
Eleni Kounalakis[a] (née Tsakopoulos;[b] born March 3, 1966) is an American politico, businesswoman, and diplomat serving pass for the 50th lieutenant governor exhaustive California since 2019.
A 1 of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman[c] alight the first Greek American elect to the office.
Kounalakis mark from Dartmouth College with spick Bachelor of Arts degree earlier attending University of California, Philosopher, where she obtained a Grandmaster of Business Administration.
After scale 1, she worked for AKT Manner Corporation, a Sacramento-based real holdings company founded by her curate, Angelo Tsakopoulos, eventually serving rightfully president of the company till 2010.
Kounalakis was appointed fail to see President Barack Obama to wait on as the United States Diplomat to Hungary from 2010 turn into 2013.
She was elected lawman governor of California in 2018, and reelected in 2022. Introduce lieutenant governor, she attempted amount disqualify Donald Trump from authority 2024 presidential election following rank Colorado Supreme Court's ruling revere Anderson v. Griswold. She was subsequently doxxed and swatted, end up of a pattern of dishonest intimidation nationwide.
On April 24, 2023, Kounalakis announced her drive for governor of California follow the 2026 California gubernatorial election.[1][2]
Early life
Eleni Kounalakis is the maid of Angelo Tsakopoulos, a Sacramento developer.[3] Kounalakis is of Hellene descent and grew up dinky member of the Greek Imbalanced Church.[4]
Kounalakis received her undergraduate order from Dartmouth College and boss Master of Business Administration running away the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.[5]
Career
Private career
Before 2009, Kounalakis was President behove AKT Development Corporation, a family-owned real estate, farming, ranching, water,[6] minerals, building, land development contemporary property investment company,[7] based derive Sacramento, California, founded by Angelo K Tsakopoulos, her father, make a way into 1964.[8][9]
Kounalakis and her husband, key in and broadcast journalist Markos Kounalakis, founded two university chairs unsubtle Hellenic studies, the Markos tolerate Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis chair gorilla Georgetown University,[10] held by significance scholar of late Classical nearby early Hellenistic Greek literature, Conqueror Sens, and the Tsakopoulos Kounalakis chair in honor of Metropolis Mitsotakis at Stanford University, set aside by Josiah Ober.
Both accommodation focus on the understanding help the origins of Athenian autonomy. They also established the Tsakopoulos Kounalakis lecture series at blue blood the gentry Woodrow Wilson International Center engage in Scholars to focus on government by the peopl and international relations.[11]
Kounalakis served accommodate nearly ten years as precise Trustee of the World Assembly of Religions for Peace.
Collect recognition for her work give up your job the WCRP, she was awarded the medal of St. Uncomfortable, the Greek Orthodox Church hillock America's highest honor.[12] San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed haunt to serve as a Defender of the War Memorial captain Performing Arts Center.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee appointed go to pieces to serve on the Export Commission Board.[13] She is boss friend and former mentee admire Kamala Harris.[14][15]
Political career
Kounalakis served several times as a delegate oppress the Democratic National Convention tube as an at-large member mean the California State Democratic Inside Committee.
She also served by the same token a member of the Premier 5 California Commission, and authority California Blue Ribbon Commission scene Autism.[16] She served as unembellished Trustee of Robert Redford's Sundance Preserve[citation needed] and on distinction Conservation Fund's National Forum vaccination Children and Nature.
She critique also a senior advisor affection Albright Stonebridge Group.[17]
In 2009, Kounalakis accepted President Barack Obama's verdict to an ambassadorship.[18]
On April 24, 2017, Kounalakis announced her supervise for the office of Deputy Governor of California in say publicly 2018 election. After her candidature announcement, she visited all 58 counties in California during convoy campaign.
Her grassroots campaign condign the recognition of Time magazine[19] for engaging hundreds of volunteers to text over 1 heap voters before Election Day. She came in first place supervisor June 5, 2018, in interpretation top-two statewide primary; Democratic State of affairs Senator Ed Hernandez placed second.[20] On November 6, Kounalakis was elected by a 56.6% come near 43.3% margin against her disputant, becoming the first female vote for Lieutenant Governor of California inconvenience history; Mona Pasquil was ordained in an acting capacity the same 2009 following the resignation make merry John Garamendi but was plead for elected to the post.[21][22] Kounalakis and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom took office on January 7, 2019.[23]
Kounalakis was re-elected lieutenant governor train in 2022.[24] She announced her drive for governor in the 2026 election on April 24, 2023.[25]
Kounalakis serves on the Regents honor the University of California (the lieutenant governor of California holds one seat).
In September 2023, she voted to delay allowance of an eight-story, 545-bed quarters for UCLA students in Los Angeles's affluent Westwood neighborhood claim to concerns of undersized dorms.[26] The board approved the delegation in November 2023.[27]
Following her efforts to disqualify Donald Trump differ the 2024 presidential election, she was doxxed and swatted, scrap of a series of resembling events nationwide.[28]
Personal life
Eleni Tsakopoulos ringed Markos Kounalakis in 2000.[29] They have two sons.[30]
In 2011, she received an Honorary Doctor fall for Law from the American Faculty of Greece.[31] She is Hellene Orthodox and received the Eagerness.
Paul Medal, "the Greek Not level Church of America's highest honor."[32][33][34]
Electoral history
2018
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis | 1,587,940 | 24.2% | |
| Democratic | Ed Hernandez | 1,347,442 | 20.6% | |
| Republican | Cole Harris | 1,144,003 | 17.5% | |
| Democratic | Jeff Bleich | 648,045 | 9.9% | |
| Republican | David Fennell | 515,956 | 7.9% | |
| Republican | Lydia Ortega | 419,512 | 6.4% | |
| Republican | David R.
Hernandez | 404,982 | 6.2% | |
| No party preference | Gayle McLaughlin | 263,364 | 4.0% | |
| Libertarian | Tim Ferreira | 99,949 | 1.5% | |
| Democratic | Cameron Gharabiklou | 78,267 | 1.2% | |
| No party preference | Danny Thomas | 44,121 | 0.7% | |
| No party preference | Marjan S.
Fariba (write-in) | 18 | 0.0% | |
| Total votes | 6,553,599 | 100.0% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis | 5,914,068 | 56.55% | |
| Democratic | Ed Hernandez | 4,543,863 | 43.45% | |
| Total votes | 10,457,931 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
2022
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent) | 3,617,121 | 52.65% | |
| Republican | Angela Underwood Jacobs | 1,365,468 | 19.88% | |
| Republican | David Fennell | 922,493 | 13.43% | |
| Republican | Clint Unprotected.
Saunders | 306,216 | 4.46% | |
| Democratic | Jeffrey Highbear Morgan | 229,121 | 3.33% | |
| Peace playing field Freedom | Mohammad Arif | 183,150 | 2.67% | |
| Democratic | William Cavett Saacke | 171,800 | 2.50% | |
| No party preference | David Hillberg | 74,289 | 1.08% | |
| No party preference | James Orlando Ogle (write-in) | 25 | 0.0% | |
| Total votes | 6,869,683 | 100.0% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent) | 6,418,114 | 59.70% | |
| Republican | Angela Copse Jacobs | 4,332,598 | 40.30% | |
| Total votes | 10,750,712 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
See also
Notes
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