Please answer the following question: What key details about ron kirk can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: ronald '' ron '' kirk -lrb- born june 27 , 1954 -rrb- is an american politician and member of the democratic party . born in austin , texas , kirk is a graduate of austin 's john h. reagan high school -lrb- where general mark welsh , chief of staff of the united states air force in the obama administration , was one year ahead of him -rrb- , austin college and the university of texas school of law . from 1994 to 1995 , kirk worked as the secretary of state of texas , until he was elected as the mayor of dallas , where he served from 1995 to 2002 and was the first african-american to hold either of those positions . he ran for the united states senate in 2002 , but was defeated by republican opponent john cornyn . after his defeat , kirk worked as a partner at the houston-based law firm vinson & elkins and worked as a lobbyist for energy future holdings and merrill lynch . kirk was nominated by president barack obama to serve as u.s. trade rep and on march 18 , 2009 , and was confirmed by the u.s. senate in a 92 -- 5 confirmation vote . on january 22 , 2013 , kirk announced that he would be stepping down as u.s. trade rep.
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- president is barack obama- successor is demetrios marantis -lrb- acting -rrb- laura miller tony garza- party is democratic party- deputy is demetrios marantis- predecessor is susan schwab steve bartlett john hannah- office is 16th 97th secretary of state of texas united states trade representative 57th mayor of dallas- spouse is matrice ellis- term end is march 17 , 1995 15 , 2013 february 20 , 2002 january- children is 2 daughters- term start is march 4 , 1994 18 , 2009 june 5 , 1995 april- birth date is 27 june 1954- name is ron kirk- image is ron kirk official portrait.jpg- birth place is austin , texas , u.s.- governor is ann richards- alma mater is austin college university of texas , austin