Marquita Bradshaw

**Marquita Bradshaw** (an haife ta a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1974) 'yar Amurka ce mai rajin kare muhalli, mai fafutuka, kuma 'yar takarar siyasa. Ita ce 'yar takarar Democrat a zaben Majalisar Dattawan Amurka na 2020 a Tennessee, mace 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta lashe babban zaɓen jam'iyyar siyasa a kowace takara a jihar Tennessee. Bradshaw ta sha kaye a babban zaɓen ga ɗan Republican Bill Hagerty .

Bayan ta sha kaye a zaɓen 2020, Bradshaw ta zama wadda ta kafa Sowing Justice, wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da kuma siyasa.  Ta yi rashin nasara a zaɓen Majalisar Dattawa na 2024, inda ta sha kaye a zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat ga Gloria Johnson . 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Bradshaw kuma ta girma a Memphis, Tennessee .  A lokacin yarintarta, iyalinta sun kasance masu himma wajen wayar da kan jama'a game da gurɓataccen iska da ke fitowa daga Memphis Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense, wani sansanin soja mai gurbata muhalli a unguwar Memphis wacce galibi 'yan Afirka ne suka fi zama wurin Superfund a shekarar 1992.  Iyayenta sun shirya "kwamitin 'yan ƙasa mai damuwa" game da wurin saboda mazauna yankin sun yi imanin cewa yana haifar da matsalolin lafiya na gida. 

Bradshaw ta samu tasiri daga kawunta John DeBerry, wanda ya kasance ɗan jam'iyyar Democrat na Majalisar Wakilai ta Tennessee tsawon shekaru da yawa.  Bradshaw ta sami digirin farko na Nazarin 'Yancin Kai a fannin aikin jarida da nazarin sadarwa daga Jami'ar Memphis . 

## Sana'a
Ita ce shugabar kwamitin adalci na muhalli na reshen Tennessee na Sierra Club .  A cewar *Chattanooga Times Free Press*, "Ta yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin al'umma, ƙungiyoyin kare muhalli da ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago, ciki har da Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya da Shari'a ta Tsakiyar Kudu, AFL–CIO, Sierra Club da Tennessee don Haraji Mai Kyau ." 

### Zaɓen Majalisar Dattawan Amurka na 2020
 
A watan Oktoban 2019, Bradshaw ta sanar da takararta ta neman kujerar Majalisar Dattawan Amurka wadda Sanata Lamar Alexander mai ritaya ke rike da ita. Ta shaida wa *Nashville Scene cewa*, "Abin da ke faruwa a Majalisar Dattawa shi ne, zamantakewa da tattalin arziki, ba sa wakiltar yadda mazauna Tennessee suke. Yawancin 'yan Majalisar Dattawa attajirai ne, kuma ni uwa ce mai aiki da ba ta da aure. Akwai wasu mutane masu aiki a fadin Tennessee, kuma wani lokacin idan aka sauke waɗannan manufofi, suna da sakamako mara kyau wanda ke cutar da ma'aikata."  Bradshaw ta shaida wa *Tri-State Defender* cewa "muna jagorantar da ka'idojin adalci na muhalli."  Ta shaida wa wasu manema labarai daga WPLN News cewa "Mutanen launin fata, baƙar fata, launin ruwan kasa, 'yan asalin ƙasar da fararen fata talakawa ba sa fuskantar irin waɗannan dokoki kamar kowa idan ana maganar muhalli."  Baya ga matsalolin muhalli, dandamalinta ya amince da Medicare for All da Green New Deal .  Tana kuma goyon bayan binciken bayanan sirri na duniya game da siyan bindigogi, da kuma ci gaba da aiki da Dokar Dakatar da Zuwan Yara, da kuma soke *yarjejeniyar Citizens United da FEC* . 

A zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat, Bradshaw yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan takara biyar, ciki har da tsohon soja James Mackler wanda DSCC ke marawa baya. Yaƙin neman zaɓen Mackler ya tara dala miliyan 2.1, yayin da kuɗin Bradshaw ya kai ƙasa da dala 10,000 a watan Maris. A ƙarshen yaƙin neman zaɓen fidda gwani, Bradshaw ya tara dala 24,000. [4] Babban tsammanin shine cewa Mackler zai yi nasara cikin sauƙi a kan filin da aka raba da sauran 'yan takara huɗu.

A ranar 6 ga Agusta, Bradshaw ta yi nasara, da kashi 35.5% na ƙuri'un, yayin da Mackler ta zo ta uku da kashi 23.8%.  Nasarar Bradshaw mai muhimmanci ta zaɓen fidda gwani ba zato ba tsammani; Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Associated Press ya kira ta "nasara mai ban mamaki kan zaɓin jam'iyyar Democrat"  wanda "ya jawo hankalin ƙasa baki ɗaya."  Nasarar Bradshaw ita ce ƙalubalen farko da ya yi nasara ga duk wani ɗan takara da DSCC ke goyon baya tun 2010.  Kafin nasarar Bradshaw a zaɓen fidda gwani, 'yan Democrat na Tennessee ko na Republican na Tennessee ba su taɓa zaɓar mace baƙar fata a matsayin 'yar takararsu ta mukamai a duk faɗin jihar ba.  Bayan nasararta a zaɓen fidda gwani, ƙungiyar Sunrise Movement ta taya Bradshaw murna, kuma daga baya ta amince da ita.   A watan Satumba, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders da Sierra Club sun amince da ita.   Bradshaw ta yi alƙawarin ziyartar kowace gundumomi 95 na Tennessee don yin kamfen don zaɓen gama gari. 

Ta fuskanci ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Republican Bill Hagerty a babban zaɓen da aka gudanar a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2020.  Hagerty ta kayar da Bradshaw, inda ta sami kashi 62% na ƙuri'un da Bradshaw ya samu kashi 35%, sakamakon da *Facing South* ta danganta da dokokin zaɓe masu tsauri na Tennessee da gazawar ƙungiyoyin ƙasa wajen tallafawa kamfen ɗin Bradshaw.   ( Amy McGrath, 'yar Democrat daga Kentucky, da tallafin dala miliyan 90, sabanin dala miliyan 1.5 na Bradshaw, ta sha kashi a hannun abokin hamayyarta Mitch McConnell da irin wannan rata).  'Yan Republican sun riƙe kujerun Majalisar Dattawa guda biyu na Tennessee tun daga 1994, lokacin da Bill Frist na Republican ya kayar da Jim Sasser na Democrat. 

### Ayyukan tayin bayan Majalisar Dattawa
Bayan rashin nasarar da ta samu a takarar majalisar dattawa, Bradshaw ta kafa Sowing Justice, wata kungiya da ke kokarin kara hada kan jama'a da kuma tabbatar da adalci a muhalli.  

A watan Agusta na 2021, wata ƙungiyar masu fafutukar kare muhalli 466 ta roƙi Shugaba Biden da ya maye gurbin Neil Chatterjee da Trump ya naɗa a matsayin memba na Hukumar Kula da Makamashi ta Tarayya (FERC), inda ta naɗa Bradshaw a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu fafutukar kare muhalli uku da suka ba da shawara.   A cewar takardar, "Muna buƙatar sabon kwamishinan FERC wanda zai mai da hankali kan kimiyya, adalci, da daidaito, kuma ya kawo ƙarshen zamanin iskar gas mai datti da sauran man fetur."  A cewar Bradshaw, "Muna buƙatar makomar da Hukumar Kula da Makamashi ta Tarayya za ta goyi bayan sauyi mai adalci don ya fi tasiri da inganci, don kawar da gurɓatawa a matsayin wani abu da ya samo asali daga tushen makamashinmu da tattalin arzikinmu." 

Ta kasance 'yar takara a zaben Majalisar Dattawan Amurka na 2024 a Tennessee, inda ta sha kaye a hannun Gloria Johnson a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat. 

## Duba kuma

* Mata baƙaƙe a harkokin siyasar Amurka
* Jerin 'Yan Takarar Majalisar Dattawan Amurka Bakar fata

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