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Winsome Sears (née Earle; born March 11, 1964) is an American politician serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Sears served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004.
Sears fue la candidata republicana a vicegobernadora en las elecciones de 2021 que ganó, convirtiéndose en la primera mujer, mujer afroamericana y primera persona de origen jamaicano en ser elegida en todo el estado de Virginia.
A former program manager for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and VISTA volunteer, Winsome is a trained electrician and successful businesswoman. However, Winsome is most proud of her community work leading a men's prison ministry and as director of a women's homeless shelter.
The Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate and is a member of several other state boards, commissions and councils, including the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Center for Rural Virginia; the Board of Directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Virginia Tourism Authority; the Virginia Mil...
3 de nov. de 2021 · Winsome Sears, la candidata republicana para el puesto de vicegobernador de Virgina, se convertirá en la primera mujer y primera mujer de color en este cargo, rompiendo barreras en el cargo...
Winsome was first elected in 2002 to a majority Black House of Delegates district, a first for a Republican in Virginia since 1865. She is the first female Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first Black female elected to statewide office.
13 de ene. de 2022 · On Saturday, Republican Winsome Sears will make history in Virginia by becoming the first Black woman to hold statewide office when she is sworn in as lieutenant governor alongside the...
