Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-BraunMarja Mills, "The Humble Hyphen" , Chicago Times, March 14, 2003, explaining that Moseley Braun adopted the hyphenation on joining the Senate and dropped it ten years late. (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician and lawyer. She represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. She was the first female African-American Senator, the first African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election, and the first female Senator from Illinois.

From 1999 until 2001, she was the United States Ambassador to New Zealand.

She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

Following the public announcement by Richard M. Daley that he would not seek re-election, in November 2010, Braun began her campaign for Mayor of Chicago.  She lost the election to Rahm Emanuel.

In January 2023, Biden nominated Moseley Braun to be member and chair of the board of directors of the United States African Development Foundation. The nomination to serve on the board was confirmed on March 8, 2024. She was sworn in as board member and chair in April 2024.

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