Abigail Saylor

**Abigail Elizabeth Saylor** is the 77th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, she had previously served as the Governor of Magellan from 2211 to 2213. She was also the inaugural President of Magellan Science and Technological State University. She is the first President to be elected from Venus.

Saylor was born in Victoria Beach, Magellan, Ishtar, which is one of the largest cities on Venus. She attended the University of Magellan, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Astronomy, and then went to Ishtar Institute of Technology (Ishtar Tech), where she earned a Doctorate in Astrophysics. She then became a professor and was eventually appointed inaugural President of Magellan S&T. She was elected Governor of Magellan in 2210. She governed on a "platform of the people", increasing funding for scientific research and education, wildlife and natural research protection, and innovative approaches to public safety in the state. She then successfully won a longshot presidential bid in 2212 defeating Republican Orchid Shin-Wyatt and Frontierist Preston Arnold, and was sworn in with her Vice President, Zachary Cifuentes on January 20, 2213.

## Early Life

Abigail Elizabeth Saylor was born on February 18, 2160 in Victoria Beach, Magellan, Ishtar to Johnathan Malcolm Saylor and Victoria Jean Saylor (née James). Her parents were both astronomers, and lived a middle-class lifestyle. Saylor has no siblings.

At Victoria Beach Central High School, She was an outstanding student, graduating third in her class of almost 600. She was also deeply involved in her school's gardening club and was a Ishtar Space Institute fellow her junior and senior years of high school.

Saylor attended the University of Magellan, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Astronomy. While in college, she joined the International Association of Astronomers, making her one of the group's youngest members. After graduating with honors from the University of Magellan, she then attended the Ishtar Institute of Technology (Ishtar Tech), where she earned a Doctorate in Astrophysics.

## Early Career

After earning her doctorate, Saylor worked for NASA as a rocket scientist. She worked on many different projects, helping NASA create vessels that were strong enough and fast enough to explore the outer system and exoplanets for long periods of time. She then left NASA to become a professor of the newly established Department of Astrophysics at her alma mater, the University of Magellan. She was a very popular professor, and almost everyone who took her class graduated. As a professor, she was also a proponent of space research. She was soon appointed Chair of the Department of Astrophysics.

### Magellan S&T Presidency

Saylor continued to teach classes at the University of Magellan until she caught the eye of Magellan's governor, Phoebe Garrison. Garrison had put out an initiative to establish more public universities to attract students and young families to live in the state. She announced the establishment of Magellan S&T, a state university that would be focused on science and technology, and chose Saylor to be the university's president.

Saylor took office as the first president of Magellan S&T in July of 2206. The university began the year with a total 746 students enrolled. After the end of her first year, the university had 8,291 students enrolled for the next semester. Saylor embraced diversity and always made sure she listened to the opinions of all students, faculty, and administrators before making her decisions. She made sure that the university hired a diverse faculty and staff, and managed to get fully funded athletics programs to the school during her tenure as well. As university president, she advocated for space research and exploration programs and encouraged her students to take risks and to always be prepared for new opportunities.

## Governor of Magellan (2211-2213)

### 2210 election

Governor Phoebe Garrison was term-limited in 2210. She encouraged Saylor to run. Reluctantly, she agreed. Saylor immediately gained support of young students and families. She ran on a "platform of the people" promising an increase in scientific research and education funding, wildlife and natural research protection, and an innovative approach to public safety in the state. After getting Garrison's endorsement, she easily won the democratic primary. She chose U.S. Representative Lakshmi Patel as her running mate. Saylor easily defeated the republican nominee, State Representative Sharon Deshponde.

### Tenure

Saylor got right to work on the agenda she promised to the people. With a supermajority in both chambers in the state legislature, she accomplished one of the most progressive agendas in country. She successfully increased funding at public universities for scientific research, and decreased tuition at public universities in the state. Saylor also lead the effort to pass the Wildlife and Water Protection Act, which insured the safety of endangered animals and access to clean water in the state. She established a state commission on public housing, and a state public safety committee to re-evaluate how law enforcement handled crime in the state. Saylor was always popular during her term. At one point in her term, she had almost an 80% approval rating. She became a rising star in the party.

## 2212 Presidential Campaign

In early 2212, Saylor announced that she would run for President. Many did not expect her campaign to last very long, as she had only been governor for about a year when she first announced, and that was the first political office she had actually held. After hearing the announcement of her candidacy Galaxy News political analyst Christian Bartz said "she has no business being in National politics. She is inexperienced and she knows nothing about running a national, interplanetary campaign. For God's sake, run for premier!" Many other Democrats felt the same way. Saylor, along with 5 other minor candidates, were expected to drop out after the February primaries. However, she did pretty well during the first primary debate, and decided to stay in the race. Saylor eventually went up in the polls as she began holding rallies and using technology to her advantage. Saylor mainly campaigned on "kitchen table issues" like education, canceling student loan debt, lower middle class taxes, expanding job opportunities, criminal justice reform, and more. She shocked the field and won the popular vote, defeating moderate former Vice Presidents Maureen Chee and Luka Thomas to clinch enough delegates to win the nomination.

Fairly inexperienced when it came to national politics, Saylor needed to choose someone who was a strong campaigner and experienced politician to be her running mate. She chose outer system legislator and space force veteran Zachary Cifuentes (D-Herschel) as her running mate. Before being elected to Congress in 2206, he founded the Progressive Veterans Campaign, a political action committee whose main goal was electing progressive veterans to outer system government offices. She did her best to visit every commonwealth in the country during her campaign, and she listened to everyone's concerns during the campaign. Her platform was consistent with the one from the primary, and it looked a lot like the one she ran for governor with. It was people centered and had much support from Democrats. Republicans labeled her as power hungry and inexperienced. But nevertheless, she defeated the Republican nominee, Oregon governor Orchid Shin-Wyatt, resoundingly.

## Presidency

### Appointments

During her administration, she has appointed reformers and innovators to her cabinet and federal judgeships.