Lyndon Cuemon

**Lyndon Cuemon** is a registered character. He was created in April of 2020. He is a U.S. Senator for the State of Liberty and the Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate.

## Biography

Lyndon Henry Cuemon was born on February 3rd, 1957 in Dukes, Liberty City. His father, Mateo Cuemon, was a politician and served as the 52nd Governor of Liberty State, as well as its 57th Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor. His mother Leonore was a lawyer and Women’s Rights advocate.

Growing up in a political family, Lyndon aspired to continue the family legacy since his early teenage years. He participated in school debates regularly and was elected Student Body President in high school.

After graduating college with a JD, Cuemon joined the prestigious law firm Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster, where he specialized in corporate law.

After marrying his high school sweetheart Maggie in 1986, he left the law firm and ran for a State Senate position. Despite his father serving as Governor at the time, Lyndon was narrowly defeated by the Republican incumbent. Nevertheless, he persevered and ran for the same senate seat two years later, this time winning it.

Cuemon went on to serve 4 terms as State Senator for Liberty’s 15th Senate District. He then ran for Attorney General of Liberty State and won.

Lyndon served two terms as AG before ultimately running for Governor, but lost the Democratic primary to then Liberty Secretary of State, John Matthews. Matthews then asked Cuemon if he would agree to be his Lieutenant Governor, and he agreed.

In 2008, Governor Matthews chose not to stand for re-election following the tragic death of his wife and Liberty State’s First Lady, Laura Matthews. Lyndon had his own struggle with alcoholism at the time and did not seek the governorship, allowing Conservative Republican Michael Graves to narrowly defeat the unpopular Democratic nominee, John Hunter.

By 2012, however, Cuemon had overcome his struggle with addiction and was the prime candidate to defeat Governor Graves, who had become deeply unpopular in Liberty after revelations of sexual harassment and corruption. Lyndon defeated him in a landslide and was elected two more times, serving a total of three terms, like his father. He also served as Chair of the National Governors Association from 2017 to 2018.

In 2020, in the middle of his third term, Cuemon decided to run for the US Senate representing Liberty State and secured the senior senate seat. His successor as Governor was controversial businessman Ronald Gold, who managed to capture the governorship under shrewd circumstances.

Lyndon was sworn in as Senator by Vice President Celtica on July 10th, 2020, alongside Robert Grant, who was elected to the second seat - though he later passed away and was replaced by William Harrison, who went on to serve alongside Cuemon for two terms, and the two developed a strong working relationship as well as a genuine friendship, despite being from opposite sides of the aisle.

Cuemon was selected to be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate by the Democratic majority. He was elected to a second Senate term in March 2021, and to an unprecedented third term in November of that year, with David Redford joining him as junior senator, replacing Harrison. Following his second election Cuemon also succeeded Peter Chambers as Senate Majority Leader, a position he held until November of 2021, when Republicans took control of the Senate and he was demoted to Minority Leader, a role he currently fills.

## Personality

Lyndon is a funny and outgoing person. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, especially at his family’s summer retreat in the Carraways. He is a lifelong Democrat and strongly believes in the party’s platform. Although controversial at times, he is a well liked politician in his home state and is committed to his constituents. He is known nationally for blasting Republicans on prime time TV, including on his younger brother’s CNT show. Though usually a party hardliner, he isn't above seeking consensus, and usually tries to do so on pieces of legislation.

## Trivia

* Cuemon's character is inspired by former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
* Cuemon is the first and only person in the GTA Twitter RP community to be elected to three [consecutive] terms in the Senate, making him the longest serving senator in the community's history.

## FIB Database record

 **Status:** | Not a threat

* US Government
 **Criminal Record**: | * 2009 - Sexual Misconduct

* US Senate Minority Leader
* Former US Senate Majority Leader
* 56th Governor of Liberty
* Former Lt. Gov. of Liberty
* Former Liberty State AG
* Former Liberty State Senator (SD-15)
* Son of Ex-Liberty Gov. Mateo Cuemon