Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Neave and Allred will be among keynote Democratic Convention speakers
State Rep. Victoria Neave Texas state Rep. Victoria Neave and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred will be among 15 people giving tonight’s (Tuesday, Aug.
18) keynote address at the virtual Democratic Convention. The Democratic Party picked up-and-comers from across the country to give the keynote.
Former President Barack Obama was the keynote speaker in 2004 and became the Democratic nominee is 2008. Texas state Treasurer Ann Richards gave the keynote speech in 1988 before her winning bid for governor in 1990.
Neave is a second term state representative whose district includes parts of east Dallas, Mesquite and south Garland. Allred defeated incumbent Pete Sessions in 2018 for his congressional seat that covers Richardson, Garland, the Park Cities and
