Henry Mendes

Henry Bamberg Mendes (born November 22nd 2005) is a Chesapeakean politican who currently serves as Vice President of the Republic of Chesapeake since 2045. He ran for the Democratic Nomination in the 2044 Primaries, but he dropped out before the Frémont Primary.

## Henry Mendes

### Relatives

Beatrice Goodwin (wife)Raphael Mendes (son)

### Occupation

Representative from Chesapeake CD-1January 2033-January 2037Representative from Chesapeake CD-4

January 2037-January 2043Minority Whip in the House of Representatives

January 2037-January 2043Governor of Chesapeake

January 2043-March 2045Senator from Chesapeake

March 2045-September 2046Vice President of the Republic of Chesapeake

September 2046-January 2047

## Early Life and Education

Mendes was born in Charleston, Chesapeake (then West Virginia), to Nuno and Paula Mendes. His father was a portuguese immigrant who came to America in 1976, when he was 2. His mother, Paula, was a secretary of Senator Joe Manchin.

Mendes studied at the West Virginia University.

## Political Career

### Representative (2033-2043)

In 2033, he replaced the incumbent Representative in the 1st District of Chesapeake.

He was reelected in 2034 to that District, that he served until 2037, when, after redistricting, he started representing the 4th District of the State.

After the bad results in the 2036 House Election for the NDP, Speaker Camden Garret and the Minority Leader lost their seats. That lead to Elections for a place as Minority Whip inside the NDP Caucus, where Mendes unanimously won.

He changed his District again in 2043, to CD-3, but he didn’t served there too much time because he was sworned in as Governor of Chesapeake.

### Governor of Chesapeake (2043-2045)

He won the 2042 Gubernatorial Election unopposed, replacing Governor Hunter Biden, who was holding the seat after Governor Richards’ Death.

His first measures were taking Chesapeake out of the Shutdown, by writing a new budget, and amend the Chesapeake Candidacy Act, after a controversy that gave Marcus Urgell the former Mendes seat at the House.

He tried to make a Referendum to Change the Name of the State of Chesapeake, but the amendment was repealed in the State Council.

In March of 2035, he replaced his Lt. Governor Isaac Crosby with the Former Representative Ludvík Svoboda.

### Senator from Chesapeake

After President Carlos Perez was sworned in, he announced that Senator Daniel Adams from Chesapeake would be Secretary of Homeland Security.

After the Senate approved Senator Adams as Secretary, Governor Mendes nominated himself to fill the seat, the same thing Adams has done some years ago.

He is currently the Junior Senator of Chesapeake, serving with Senator Jacob Cornell.

After the Proclamation of the Republic of Chesapeake, he became the 1st Vice President, serving with President Svoboda.

### Electoral History

In 2038, he ran for the Senate of Chesapeake, in a Three way race between incumbent Independent Senator Charlie Somervell, Independent John Justice and himself. He came in third, with a Somervell Victory.

In the NDP 2044 Presidential Primaries, he was Joe Donaldson’s Running Mate. After a huge scandal envolving Donaldson’s Drop out and his endorsement to Giovanni Casale he was investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee, in an unconclusive investigation.

He then announced his candidacy for President, having from 6% to 7% in some polls, but he latter dropped out before the Frémont Primaries, endoring Iva Slate.

In the same year, he announced that he was running for Senator, against incumbent Charlie Somervell and Jacob Cornell. He cost Somervell his seat, in a Red Wave year in Chesapeake.

He announced his intention to run for a second term as Governor of Chesapeake