Jennifer Granholm
Democrat Jennifer Granholm is the current Governor of Michigan. She appeared on television behind President-Election Barack Obama during his first post-election press conference on November 7, 2008.
Previously, Granholm spoke on August 26, 2008, at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, not long after hosting a national town hall meeting dedicated to discussing alternative and renewable energy options.1
Fast Facts
- Full name: Jennifer Mulhern Granholm
- Born: February 5, 1959
- Birth place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Attended: University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University
- Spouse: Daniel Granholm Mulhern
- Michigan's first female governor
- Once appeared as a contestant on The Dating Game2
Career
- 1990-1994: Federal Prosecutor for the United States Attorney's Office in Detroit
- 1994-1998: Wayne County Corporation Counsel
- 1998: Elected Michigan's first female attorney general
- 2002: Elected Governor of Michigan
- 2006: Re-elected Governor of Michigan
- Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association
- Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee of the National Governors Association3
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