Donna Brazile Biography

There is no information about her married life, spouse, and divorce in the media. Donna was just nine years old when she became interested in politics. While she was still in high school, she became active in TRIO Upward Bound program. After she earned her high school graduation, she joined Louisiana State University with a major in industrial psychology and she finally earned her bachelor's degree from there in 1981. Later on, she established herself as a politician and was active in several advocacy groups in Washington, D.C. She also played an important role to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday. She supported several Democrats like Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, Walter Mondale, and so on during their presidential election. In 1988, she joined Michael Dukakis's general election campaign as its deputy field director. At the end of 1988, she created the news about George H. W. Bush on his extramarital affair. After this news broke in the media, she was fired by Michael Dukakis. She also worked for Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia as its Chief of Staff and Press Secretary. At the end of the 1990s, she joined the 2000 presidential campaign of Vice-President Al Gore as campaign manager. This made her the first African-American woman to manage a major party presidential campaign in the United States. She is also an actress and she has appeared in several TV series like The Good Wife and House of Cards. She has been earning a lucrative amount of salary and her net worth is $3 Million Dollars.