Elijah Wake

This article is about the 44th President of the United States. For his grandson, see Elijah Wake (born 2043). For his brother, the former NFL wide receiver and coach, see Earl Wake.
Elijah is a member of the Wake Family, for more information see Wake family
**Elijah Wake** (born January 1, 1997) is an American politician, social worker, community organizer and activist serving as the President of the United States in the 2057 United States presidential election. He previously served as the Acting Vice President, following the removal of Roderick Kendall after the 2057 United States presidential recall election; as well as serving as the Secretary of Labor from 2054 to 2057, the Deputy Secretary of Labor from 2051 to 2054, Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy at the Department of Labor from 2050 to 2051. He also served as the Chair of the National Labor Relations Board from 2047 to 2050, and had served as member since 2040, as the 4th Director of the Office of Gender and Racial Equality from 2037 to 2040. Wake was also a member of the United States of House of Delegates from 2025 to 2037, where he served on multiple committees.

Wake was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Rosewood State University with a doctorate in Social Work. He served as a social worker in the field for just two years before running for the office. Wake ran for the newly created House of Delegates for Maryland. Due to Maryland being an overwhelmingly progressive state; Wake was easily secured the party's nomination in the primaries. He would defeat Dan Callahan in the general election, and began his 12 years year long House of Delegates career. Wake was appointed to the House of Delegates Judicial Oversight Committee as a ranking member in 2027, he was nominated to the Chair of the House of Delegates Appointments Committee, which is the second most important committee in the chamber on January 11, 2029, a position he held until 2031, when the Conservative–Republican Party and The Alliance won back control of the House. In 2031, he won the party leadership election for the Chair of the House of Delegates Labor Party Caucus. He was then appointed as the Director of the Office of Gender and Racial Equality under Roderick Kendall and was then able to reach the position of Deputy Secretary of Labor. He became the 45th Secretary of Labor in November of 2054, after the retirement of David Torres. Wake was nominated for the position of Vice President of the United States under acting President Amanda Choi, and served for a year. Wake won the Labour-Democratic Party joint ticket, defeating Anti-Kendall candidate Jed Mallard, a member of the moderate wing of the Labour Party. Wake surprised many when he won the 2057 United States presidential election by a landslide, which was expected to be an easy Conservative–Republican Party victory.

Wake was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 5, 2057, succeeding acting President Amanda Choi, continuing the 24 years of Labour Party rule.

## Early Life

Elijah Wake was born on January 1, 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Jerome Wake was a notable academic and politician, who served as the Governor of Maryland from 1989 to 2001. His mother was a licensed clinical social worker, who had worked in Baltimore for 35 years. He is the oldest of three brothers, Earl and Jeremiah

## Political Positions

Main article: Political positions of Elijah Wake
Elijah Wake is a member of the left-wing faction of the Labour Party. He describes himself as a democratic socialist. He is a progressive, who champions a strong welfare state, democratization of the workplace, and equal rights. He is a strong critic of unregulated neoliberal capitalism. He is a strong proponent of universal healthcare, increasing taxes on the rich and increasing funding to social programs. He supports redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor via increased corporate taxes, and opposes the theory of trickle-down economics favored by the Democratic, Republican, Conservative and the Conservative–Republican Party. Wake is a supporter of universal Pre-K, and paid family leave. Wake, despite criticizing Capitalism was opposed to Socialism and Communism. He denounced Communist regimes such as North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union. Wake considers himself a market socialist. He is known for his grassroots, populist ideology and strong use of social media to spread critcisms of Capitalism.

Wake was against the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the interventionism generally. He also was a critic of globalism, though he was in favor of internationalism. Wake is opposed to reductions in social security and medicare. He criticized the Personal Responsibility and Work Opporitunity Act passed under Emmanuel McHale.

## Electoral History

### Douglass Senate elections

2025 Douglass Senate elections
 Write-in | 399
 Total votes

### United States Senate elections

2027 Douglass Senate elections
 Write-in | 211
 Total votes

### United States presidential elections

2029 United States Senate election in Douglass
 Total votes

2057 United States presidential election – First round

## Personal Life

He is the older brother of former NFL player and current UCLA head coach Earl Wake.