Donna Brazile - American political strategist

Donna is a political activist and strategist best known for her campaign for AI Gore in the presidency. She’s a writer too and has published a famous cooking book. Besides, she is also a political analyst.

Early life

Donna Brazile was born as Donna Lease Brazile in Kenner, Los Angeles on 15 December 1959. Her parents are Lionel and Jean Brazile. On 18 December 2012, she lost her sister Sheila Brazile. She is an American citizen and a member of the African American ethnicity. She graduated from Louisiana State University.

Career

Donna is an academic and political analyst who has made a major contribution to the United States’ political spectrum. Since January 2009, she has been the Vice President of the Democratic National Committee. She was also privileged to serve as President of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 for one month.

Donna was also the first African-American to lead a major presidential campaign in 2000 as AI Gore’s manager of the campaign. She was also a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Recovery Authority from October 2005 for four years. On 31 October 2016, she was also fired from her position as a political commentator at CNN. Also on March 18, 2019, she became a contributor to FOX news.

According to Politico, CNN issued a statement stating that on 14 October 2016 the network accepted its resignation. They added that they were extremely uncomfortable with their leaked e-mails that helped the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.

In addition to her political career, she appeared in an episode of House of Cards in the television series “The Good Wife”. The US policymaker also earns a salary by writing to MS. Magazines. In 2004, she published her memoir “Cooking With Grease”.

Net worth

Donna Brazile has accumulated a net casualty of $3 million. She has gained her fortunes from her political know-how. She also got enormous payrolls from her popular book and magazine articles. According to the source, the political activist’s average salary is $70k annually. With such experience, she will probably earn more than the average wage.

Personal life

Donna is notoriously confidential about her life. Her non-existent personal life has led to different suspicions about her sexuality. Because there is no evidence of her married life and possible husband, many people doubt if she is a lesbian.

Donna is known for her energetic struggles for gay rights. Her ongoing support of the lesbian and LGBTQ community is reflected in her CV. After a gay student named Matthew Shepherd was beaten to death. She succeeded in organizing a candlelight vigil in front of the capital. She was also a member of the board of the Millennium March in Washington in April at the gay rights event.

In a November 1999 interview with The Washington Post, President’s campaign manager Donna said she didn’t like to make her personal life public. She revealed she was available and single. In addition, she said she would have a sexual orientation if she had a personal life. Her strong involvement in the LGBT community has, however, raised media speculation if she is a lesbian.