Difference between revisions of "Jonathan Jackson"
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Jackson, 56, is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He has worked as a partner in a beer distribution business and as a business professor at Chicago State University, and he has a long history of activism with his father and the [[Rainbow/PUSH Coalition]]. | Jackson, 56, is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He has worked as a partner in a beer distribution business and as a business professor at Chicago State University, and he has a long history of activism with his father and the [[Rainbow/PUSH Coalition]]. | ||
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| + | Sixty-five Democrats in the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday January 10, 2022, against creating a committee to investigate China and find ways to counter the communist country’s growing international influence. | ||
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| + | The House overwhelmingly voted to create the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the [[Chinese Communist Party]] on a 365 to 65 margin, in one of the first votes since the Republicans took control of the chamber. | ||
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| + | However, even though some members did not vote, all 65 lawmakers who voted against the committee’s creation were Democrats, including '''{{PAGENAME}}'''. | ||
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They were: [[Morgan McGarvey]] (Ky.), [[Summer Lee]] (Pa.), [[Robert Garcia]] (Calif.), [[Shri Thanedar]] (Mich.), [[Maxwell Frost]] (Fla.) [[Jasmine Crockett]] (Texas), [[Jill Tokuda]] (Hawaii), [[Delia Ramirez]] (Ill.), [[Greg Casar]] (Texas), [[Becca Balint]] (Vt.) and [[Jonathan Jackson]] (Ill.).<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2022/11/13/pramila-jayapal-progressive-democrats-caucus-power]</ref> | They were: [[Morgan McGarvey]] (Ky.), [[Summer Lee]] (Pa.), [[Robert Garcia]] (Calif.), [[Shri Thanedar]] (Mich.), [[Maxwell Frost]] (Fla.) [[Jasmine Crockett]] (Texas), [[Jill Tokuda]] (Hawaii), [[Delia Ramirez]] (Ill.), [[Greg Casar]] (Texas), [[Becca Balint]] (Vt.) and [[Jonathan Jackson]] (Ill.).<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2022/11/13/pramila-jayapal-progressive-democrats-caucus-power]</ref> | ||
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==Our Revolution endorsement 2022== | ==Our Revolution endorsement 2022== | ||
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Revision as of 13:32, 14 January 2023
Jonathan Jackson is the son of Jesse Jackson. Husband of Marilyn Jackson. He succeeded the retiring Bobby Rush in 2022.
Jackson, 56, is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He has worked as a partner in a beer distribution business and as a business professor at Chicago State University, and he has a long history of activism with his father and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
No to China committee
Sixty-five Democrats in the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday January 10, 2022, against creating a committee to investigate China and find ways to counter the communist country’s growing international influence.
The House overwhelmingly voted to create the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party on a 365 to 65 margin, in one of the first votes since the Republicans took control of the chamber.
However, even though some members did not vote, all 65 lawmakers who voted against the committee’s creation were Democrats, including Jonathan Jackson.
2022 CPC new members
During an event at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., Pramila Jayapal said that 15 of the 18 candidates the CPC's political arm had won their elections as of Sunday, with another win potentially on the way.
“There’s no question this will be the most progressive Democratic Caucus in decades,” Jayapal said, adding that they will have over 100 members in the 118th Congress compared to their current membership of 99.
By the numbers: Jayapal was joined at the press conference by nearly a dozen incoming members.
They were: Morgan McGarvey (Ky.), Summer Lee (Pa.), Robert Garcia (Calif.), Shri Thanedar (Mich.), Maxwell Frost (Fla.) Jasmine Crockett (Texas), Jill Tokuda (Hawaii), Delia Ramirez (Ill.), Greg Casar (Texas), Becca Balint (Vt.) and Jonathan Jackson (Ill.).[1]
Our Revolution endorsement 2022
Our Revolution endorsed Jonathan Jackson in 2022.
Progressive Democrats of America
Progressive Democrats of America 2022 House challenger endorsements were Becca Balint, Greg Casar, Angelica Duenas, Maxwell Frost, Jonathan Jackson, Gary Josephson, Summer Lee, Derek Marshall, Jamie McLeod-Skinner, Delia Ramirez, Michelle Vallejo.[2]
Endorsement
- Senator Bernie Sanders
- Chicago Teachers Union
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- United Steelworkers
- Emil Jones
- Rep. Chuy Garcia
- Rep. Ro Khanna
- Rev. Dr. Edward Davis
- Dr. Rev.Donald Parsons
- Bishop Yolanda Hunt
- David Orr
- Clem Balanoff
- Judge Greg Mathis
- Our Revolution
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Indo-American Democratic Organization
- LGBTQ Impact[3]