Corey Clark

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**Corey Matthew Clark** (born February 18th, 1985) is an American politician who is the 89th Vice President of the United States and Chair of the Democratic National Committee. A member of the Democratic Party, Clark was first elected in 2021 and is in his third term. He has served in various positions on the federal and state side of government, across the executive and legislative branches.

## Early life and education

Clark was born in Detroit, Lincoln, the son of Ashley and James Clark. At a young age, he was diagnosed with hearing deficiency in his left ear. Clark's maternal grandparents were of Polish and German descent and his paternal grandparents were of Italian and French descent. His ancestors worked in coal mines in the 18th century to make ends meet. The Clark's ran an automotive shop where Clark helped to fix cars for his father. Clark attended Central High School and graduated in 2003.

In 2007, Clark graduated from Yale University with a degree in Political Science and Education, and later went to law school.

## State career

Clark has served in a majority of positions at the state level. He began his political career as an Assemblyman in the Lincoln General Assembly. In the assembly, he introduced and worked to pass many pieces of legislation for the Pluribus administration. In his first month in the assembly, he quickly became Clerk and held the responsibility of all references to legislation. Once elected to his second term, he became Majority Leader and then President pro tempore in the span of five days. In his two terms, he introduced three budgets, a bill to change the state poem, and a bill to adopt a federal constiutional amendment. He resigned in October of 2021 to fulfill his duties as Senator.

Further into his Senate term, he was nominated to the position of Secretary of the Commonwealth under the Harris administration. He issued multiple secretarial orders in his tenure such as calling for special elections and ensuring voter turnout. Governor Battle decided not to renew his service as Secretary of the Commonwealth in February of 2022.

During one of his federal speakerships, he came back to the assembly to serve as Minority Leader for a brief period and as Clerk for a few months. It was a quiet time in the assembly so not much was done by others. Clark introduced legislation to pay teachers more, make school lunch free, and other education improvements during his tenure. He later was brought back as Secretary of the Commonwealth and had to resign.

In June of 2022, Clark beat prominent Republican candidate Carol Marks for Governor of Lincoln with his running mate Doc Jones. During his term, he worked to complete many legislative and executive goals. As governor, he had legislation introduced on his behalf to invest in the elctric cars industry, create a minimum wage board to tie the minimum wage to economic stats, pass the first balanced budget in months, properly elect representatives to the federal House, and a bill to remove taxes for minors who can't vote. On the executive side of things, he appointed his rival Carol Marks to his former Senate seat, created the Great Lakes Protection Agency, nominate a politically diverse cabinet, diffused multiple state disasters, created the College Grant Program, and even sent supplies to Frontier in the wake of a disaster.

## Vice Presidential career

Clark is currently serving as the 89th Vice President of the United States under President Zachary LeMaire. In his role of Vice President, he has served in his constitutional role as President of the Senate, and also as an aid to President LeMaire domestically.