Alternate Careers

[MAINEiac4434]

What caused HRC to lose so much support in 2014? IRL Astorino didn't come close to Cuomo.

[West_Midlander]

What caused HRC to lose so much support in 2014? IRL Astorino didn't come close to Cuomo.

The IDC gains power earlier than in OTL (gets to the level of support they have now or greater by 2014) & backed the Republican nominee and campaigns for him (& against Clinton).

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Newton Leroy Gingrich

1943: Born June 17 as Newton Leroy McPherson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
1946: Has his last name changed to Gingrich after his stepfather adopts him.
1961: Shortly after graduating from Baker High School in Columbus, Georgia., he committs his first sexual assault.
1963: While studying, Gingrich has already seven successfull rapes on his account, having skilfully escaped capture. The press dubs an illusive rapist as the "Atlanta Predator", while informally he becomes better known as the "Fingerin' Fella".
1964: After being stopped for bad driving with his last intended victim showed in the trunk of his car, Gingrich is subsequently prosecuted, found guilty of three counts of rape and sentenced to death in the electrich chair.
1965: Executed.
1967: After reading about "Fingerin' Fella's" exploits, a young Chicago woman named Hillary Rodham decided to become a true crime writer, eventually becoming top at her field. "I thought of a political career before, can you imagine?" she said in one interview with a hearty laughter.

[Kingpoleon]

Newt Gingrich:
U. S. Representative for GA-6: 1975-1989
Chairman of the House Republican Conference: 1987-1989
Secretary of Energy: 1989-1991
Secretary of the Treasury: 1991-1993
President: 2001-2009

Jan Brewer:
Secretary of State of Arizona: 1995-1999
Governor of Arizona: 1999-2001
Vice President: 2001-2009


Jack Kemp:
U. S. Representative of NY-39: 1971-1973
U. S. Representative for NY-38: 1973-1983
U. S Representative of NY-31: 1983-1989
Chairman of the House Republican Conference: 1981-1987
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: 1989-1993
Secretary of the Treasury: 2006-2009

Barack Obama:
U. S. Representative of IL-1: 1993-2003
Governor of Illinois: 2003-2009
President: 2009-2017

Joe Biden:
Senator from Delaware: 1972-2009
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: 2001-2003, 2007-2009
Vice President: 2009-2017

John Kasich:
Ohio State Senator for OH-15: 1979-1983
U. S. Representstive for OH-12: 1983-2007
Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee: 1995-2001
Chairman of the House Budget Committee: 2001-2007
Governor of Ohio: 2011-2017
President: 2017-PRESENT

Condoleezza Rice:
Provost of Stanford University: 1993-1998
President of Stanford University: 1998-2001
National Security Advisor: 2001-2005
Secretary of State: 2005-2009
Governor of California: 2011-2017
Vice Presidemt: 2017-PRESENT

[DeSantis4Prez]

Robert Finch:
Lieutenant Governor of California (1967-1968)
US Representative from California's 27th Congressional District (1968-1971)
US Senator from California (1971-1983)
US Ambassador to the UN (1985-1989)
Governor of California (1989-1993)

Ron Paul:
US Representative from Texas's 22nd Congressional District (1979-1983)
Governor of Texas (1983-1989)
-Vice Presidential Nominee in the 1988 election
US Senator from Texas (1991-1997)
President of the United States (1997-2005)
President of the University of Texas (2010-2013)

[Kingpoleon]

Gerald Ford:
U. S. Representative of MI-5: 1947-1969
Chair of the House Republican Conference: 1963-1965
House Minority Leader: 1965-1969
President: 1969-1977

Nelson Rockefeller:
Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs: 1944-1945
Secretary of State: 1953-1958
Governor of New York: 1959-1969
Vice President: 1969-1977

Mark Hatfield:
Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare: 1953-1954
Secretary of the Navy: 1954
Ambassador to the United Nations: 1954-1957
Secretary of State of Oregon: 1957-1959
Governor of Oregon: 1959-1967
Senator of Oregon: 1967-1969, 1979-2005
Secretary of State: 1969-1975

John Eisenhower:
National Security Advisor: 1969-1977
Ambassador to Belgium: 1969-1971
Secretary of the Army: 1971-1973
U. N. Ambassador: 1973-1975
Secretary of State: 1975-1977

George Christopher:
Mayor of San Francisco: 1956-1964
Governor of California: 1967-1969
Secretary of the Treasury: 1969-1977

Barry Goldwater:
Senator of Arizona: 1953-1965
Secretary of Defense: 1969-1973

Bob Dole:
Deputy Secretary of the Army: 1955-1961
U. S. Representative of KS-6: 1961-1963
U. S. Representative of KS-1: 1963-1969
Secretary of the Army: 1969-1973
Secretary of Defense: 1973-1977

William Miller:
U. S. Representative of NY-42: 1951-1953
U. S. Representative of NY-40: 1953-1965
Chair of the Republican National Committee: 1961-1964
Attorney General: 1969-1971

James Buckley:
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: 1959-1961
Solicitor General of New York: 1967-1971
Attorney General: 1971-1977

Robert F. Kennedy:
Attorney General: 1961-1965
Senator of New York: 1965-1969
President: 1977-1985

Stuart Symington:
Secretary of the Air Force: 1947-1950
Secretary of Defense: 1950-1953
Senator of Missouri: 1953-1977
Vice President: 1977-1981

Birch Bayh:
Senator of Indiana: 1963-1981
Vice President: 1981-1985
President: 1985-1993

[DeSantis4Prez]

Mitt Romney:
Governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007)
Vice President of the United States (2009-2013)
Senator from Massachusetts (2019-2025)
President of the United States (2025-2029)
US Ambassador to the UN (2035-2039)
Secretary of State (2039-2043)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Easy one.

Willard Milton "Mitt" Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-2007
United States Senator from Massachusetts, 2010-2017
45th President of the United States, 2017-Present

[Kingpoleon]

Daniel Mongiardo:
State Senator of KY-30: 2001-2007
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: 2007-2009
Senator of Kentucky: 2009-2021
President: 2021-2029

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Ted Kennedy:

Senator from Massachusetts (1962-1988) * resigned days after winning to allow successor to get seniority: was replaced by James Shannon)
41st President of the United States (1989-1992)** impeached

Michael Dukakis:

MA state house member (1963-1971)
Governor of Massachusetts (1975-1979) (1983-1989)* selected by Kennedy to be Ambassador to Greece
Ambassador to Greece (1989-1991)
Secretary of State (1991-1993)

[DeSantis4Prez]

Joe Lieberman:

21st Attorney General of Connecticut (1983-1989)
United States Senator from Connecticut (1989-1997) *Resigned
79th Attorney General of the United States (1997-2001)
87th Governor of Connecticut (2003-2011)
48th Vice President of the United States (2013-2017)
U.S. Ambassador to the UN (2021-2024)

Barack Obama:

Illinois State Senator (1997-2004)
Governor of Illinois (2005-2009)
Mayor of Chicago (2011-2013)*Resigned to be Sec. of State
Secretary of State (2013-2017)
US Senator from Illinois (2017-2025)*Resigned to be President
46th President of the United States (2025-2033)

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Barack Obama:

Secretary of State (2013-2017)
US Senator from Illinois (2017-2025)*Resigned to be President
46th President of the United States (2025-2033)

Did 2016 Senate/2024 presidential candidate Obama get any flak for running for Senate while serving as Sec of State?

[Kingpoleon]

John F. Kennedy, Jr.:
Ambassador to Greece: 1993-1995
Editor of George: 1995-2001
U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York: 1999-2001
Senator of New York: 2001-2005
Secretary of State: 2005-2007
Governor of New York: 2007-2009
President: 2009-2017

[GoTfan]

Bernie Sanders

Affiliation: Indepedent (1981-2009), Democratic (2009-present)

Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981-1987)

77th Governor of Vermont  (1987-1995)

United States Senator from Vermont  (1995-2009)

75th United States Secretary of the Treasury  (2009-2017)

45th President of the United States  (2017-present)

[DeSantis4Prez]

Barack H. Obama:
Illinois State Senator: 1997-2001
Governor of Illinois: 2003-2011
US Senator from Illinois: 2011-2017
Vice President of the United States: 2017-2025
46th President of the United States: 2025-2029 *lost re-election
US Ambassador to the UN: 2037-2039 *retired
Counselor to the President: 2039-2043 *2nd retirement

[RC (a la Frémont)]

John E. "Jeb" Bush:
Secretary of Commerce of Florida: 1987-1988
Governor of Florida: 1995-2003
U. S. Senator from Florida: 2007-2021
President: 2021-Present

Joe Biden:
U. S. Senator from Delaware: 1972-2009
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: 2001-2003, 2007-2009
Vice President: 2009-2011
President: 2011-2021

Willard Mitt Romney:
Governor of Massachusettes: 2003-2015
U. S. Senator from Utah: 2018-2021
Secretary of the Treasury: 2021-Present

Scott Brown:
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1998-2004
Member of the Massachusetts Senate: 2004-2010
U. S. Senator from Massachusettes: 2010-Present

John Kasich:
Ohio State Senator for OH-15: 1979-1983
U. S. Representative for OH-12: 1983-2007
Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee: 1995-2001
Chairman of the House Budget Committee: 2001-2007
Governor of Ohio: 2011-2017
U. S. Senator from Ohio: 2019-Present

[JoeyOCanada]

Barack Obama
Illinois State Senator: 1997 - 2006
Senator from Illinois: 2006 - 2011
Mayor of Chicago: 2011 - 2014
Governor of Illinois: 2014 - 2021
46th President of the United States: 2021-2029

[BushKerry04]

Wesley Clark
Governor of Arkansas 2003-2009
Vice President of the United States 2009-2017
President of the United States 2017 - present

Mitt Romney
U.S. Senator from Michigan 1995-2003
Governor of Michigan 2003-2007
Candidate for President of the United States, 2008
President of the United States, 2013 - Present

Newt Gingrich
Congressman 1979-1999
Speaker of the House of Representatives 1995-1999
U.S. Senator from Georgia 2003-2009
President of the United States 2013 - Present

Jeb Bush
Florida Secretary of Commerce 1987-1988
Governor of Florida 1999-2005
U.S. Secretary of Education 2005-2009
President of the United States 2013 - Present

Bob Dole
Congressman 1963-1969
U.S. Senator from Kansas 1969-1977
RNC Chair 1971-1973
Vice President of the United States 1977-1981
Republican Presidential Candidate 1980
U.S. Secretary of State for President Ronald Reagan 1981-1985
President of the United States 1989-1997

[Kingpoleon]

Stuart Symington:
Secretary of the Air Force: 1947-1950
Senator of Missouri: 1953-1961
Vice President: 1961-1963
President: 1963-1973

James W. Symington:
Assistant City Counselor for St. Louis: 1954-1955
Assistant to U. S. Ambassador to the U. K.: 1958-1960
Ambassador to the United Kingdom: 1960-1963
U. S. Representative of MO-2: 1969-1977
Mayor of Saint Louis: 1977-1985
Governor of Missouri: 1985-1993
President: 1993-2001

[dw93]

Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
US Senator from Massachusetts: 1962-1981
President of the United States: 1981-1985

Howard Baker (R-TN):
US Senator from Tennessee: 1967-1985
Senate Majority Leader: 1983-1985
President of the United States: 1985-1993

Bob Dole (R-KS):
US Senator From Kansas: 1969-1977
Vice President of the United States: 1977-1981
Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President in 1980 (Lost Nomination to Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California)
Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President in 1984 (Lost Nomination to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker)

Jack Kemp (R-NY):
US Congressman From New York's 38th District: 1973-1983
Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President in 1984 (Lost to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee)
Vice President of the United States: 1985-1993
Republican Nominee For President in 1992 (Defeated in the General Election)

Al Gore (D-TN):
US Senator From Tennessee: 1985-1993
President of the United States: 1993-2001

Jay Rockefeller (D-WV):
US Senator From West Virginia: 1985-1993
Vice President of the United States: 1993-2001
Democratic Nominee For President in 2000 (Defeated in the General Election)

John McCain (R-AZ):
US Senator From Arizona: 1987-2001
President of the United States: 2001-2009

Jeb Bush (R-FL):
Governor of the State of Florida: 1995-2001
Vice President of the United States: 2001-2009
Republican Nominee For President 2008 (Defeated in the General)

John F. Kennedy Jr.(D-NY):
Governor of the State of New York: 2003-2009
President of the United states: 2009-2017

Max Cleland (D-GA)
US Senator From Georgia: 1997-2009
Vice President of the United States: 2009-2017

Barack Obama (D-IL):
US Congressman From Illinois' 1st Congressional District: 2001-2011
Candidate for the Democratic Nomination for President in 2008 (Lost the Nomination to Governor John F. Kennedy Jr. of New York)
Governor of the State of Illinois: 2011-2017
President of the United States: 2017-Present

Jeff Merkley (D-OR):
US Senator From Oregon: 2009-2017
Vice President of the United States: 2017-Present

[NHI]

Ronald Reagan: Democrat
United States Senator: 1951-1957*
Governor of California: 1959-1967**
Democratic Presidential Nominee: 1968
President of the United States: 1969-1973***

*Retires to Run for Governor
**Declines a Third Term
***Defeated for Reelection by Gov. George Romney.

CA Senate Race: 1950
Ronald Reagan: 50.88%
Richard Nixon: 49.10%

CA Gubernatorial Election: 1958
Ronald Reagan: 58.07%
William F. Knowland: 40.55%

CA Gunernatorial Election: 1962
Ronald Reagan: 59.55%
Richard Nixon: 39.41%

1968 Presidential Election:
Ronald Reagan: 272 (50.04%)
Barry Goldwater: 266 (48.09%) (i)

1972 Presidential Election:
George Romney: 281 (49.79%)
Ronald Reagan: 257 (49.01%)

[West_Midlander]

Hillary Rodham

48th Vice President of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed Office
January 20, 2017
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Joe Biden
United States Senator
from New York
In Office
January 3, 2001 — January 20, 2017
Preceded by Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Succeeded by Kirsten Gillibrand
(Time as FLOTUS and FL of AR is the same as in OTL)
Poliitical party
Republican (2012 — present)
Independent (2003-2012)
Democratic (1968-2003)
Republican (before 1968)
Spouse(s)
Bill Clinton (m. 1975; div. 1998)
Donald Trump (m. 2004)
(In the 2016 election Trump/Rodham [Hillary changes to her maiden name when she divorces Bill and doesn't take up Trump's name when they marry] defeats Biden/Stabenow)

[West_Midlander]

Bernie Sanders
POTUS 2017 — present
U.S. Senator 2007-2017
U.S. Representative 1991-2007
Mayor of Burlington 1981-1989
Political affiliation
Democratic (1988 — present)
Independent (1979-1988)
Liberty Union (before 1979)

Sanders runs for President in 2008. He drops out before the primaries end (places third) and endorses Obama. He clinches the nomination in 2016 and is elected President.

[Kingpoleon]

Nikita Khrushchev:
General Secretary: 1953-1971
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: 1958-1971

Sergei Khrushchev:
Chairman of the State Commission on Piloted Flights: 1966-1967
Minister of General Machine Building: 1967-1969
Minister of Foreign Affairs: 1969-1971
General Secretary: 1971-1989
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: 1971-1983

Mikhail Gorbachev:
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: 1983-1991
General Secretary: 1989-1991
President of the Reformed Union of Republics: 1991-2001

Valentin Yumashev:
Minister of Economics and Finances: 1987-1993
Minister of Business: 1993-1996
Mayor of Perm: 1996-2001
President of the RUR: 2001-2011

Grigory Yavlinsky:
Mayor of Lvov: 1991-1996
Premier of West Ukraine: 1996-2006
Council Minority Leader: 2006-2008
Chancellor of the RUR: 2008-2010
President of the RUR: 2011-2016

Mikhail Prokhorov:
Minister of Business: 2002-2006
Minister of Finances: 2006-2008
Chancellor of the RUR: 2014-2015
President of the RUR: 2016-PRESENT

[JoeyOCanada]

William Jefferson Clinton

United States Senator from the State of Arkansas: 1978 - 1984
Governor of the State of Arkansas: 1984 - 1994
Attorney General of the United States: 1997 - 2001
43rd President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Secretary-General of the United Nations: 2011 - 2016

AK Senate Race: 1978
Bill Clinton: 71%
Tom Kelly: 29%

AK Senate Race: 1980
Bill Clinton: 52%
William Clark: 48%

AK Senate Race: 1982
Bill Clinton: 53%
Ed Bethune: 47%

AK Gubernatorial Race: 1984
Bill Clinton: 51%
Woody Freeman: 49%

AK Gubernatorial Race: 1986
Bill Clinton: 70%
Frank D. White: 30%

AK Gubernatorial Race: 1990
Bill Clinton: 53%
Sheffield Nelson: 47%

United States Presidential Election: 2000
Bill Clinton: 301 EVs
John McCain: 237 EVs

United States Presidential Election: 2004
Bill Clinton: 286 EVs
Rudy Giuliani: 252 EVs