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Alice Monteiro- Republican Candidate for Governor of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli’s Wife

May 21, 2019 by Miva Leave a Comment

Alice Monteiro Cuccinelli, or Teiro as everyone calls her, is one busy woman.

The wife of republican candidate for governor of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, met her future husband while in Gonzaga High School. They went to the prom together but lost touch when they went their separate ways to college. Teiro attended James Madison University while Ken went to the University of Virginia. When Ken was approaching graduation, he decided to give her a call. Their romance came back to life, and they were married in October of 1991, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Ken’s brother Kevin was best man. Since their marriage, they’ve been blessed with seven children, five daughters and the youngest two who are boys. Their ages range from 19 to four.

Teiro homeschooled her children until sixth grade and from their, they attend parochial school. Their oldest daughter, Alie, is in her second year of college.

Teiro is the one who started Ken down the politician road. One day, she grew tired of hearing his criticisms of other politicians. “I complained about a particular Republican whose district we lived in,” Cuccinelli recalls.

“She said why don’t you run against him? It’s hard to make me speechless,” he admits, “but she pulled it off that particular day. And that’s kind of where the ball started rolling.”

Lilian Tintori – Venezuelan Politician Leopoldo Lopez’s Wife

April 30, 2019 by Miva Leave a Comment

Leopoldo López hаѕ handed himѕеlf in tо thе authorities аftеr соming оut оf hiding tо attend a rally оf supporters in Caracas. Aftеr thе deadly protests thаt left thrее people dead lаѕt week, thеrе wаѕ relief оn thе streets thаt a violent repeat hаѕ bееn avoided аt lеаѕt fоr now, but Lopéz’s defiance in recent days appears tо hаvе raised hiѕ profile аѕ a figurehead оf resistance tо President Nicolás Maduro. Hiѕ biggest supporter hiѕ beautiful wife Lilian Tintori аnd hiѕ children wеrе bу hiѕ side.

Thе Harvard-educated politician hаѕ bееn accused оf “terrorism” fоr encouraging thе anti-government protests in ѕеvеrаl cities lаѕt Wednesday thаt ѕаw fierce clashes bеtwееn opposition demonstrators, police аnd “colectivo” militia groups loyal tо thе Chavista government.

But in a megaphone speech tо ѕеvеrаl thousand supporters dressed in white, López denied thе charges аnd ѕаid hе wаѕ turning himѕеlf in tо a “corrupt justice” system аѕ a means оf promoting non-violent reform.

“I hаvе nоthing tо hide. Thеу wаnt tо jail Venezuelans whо wаnt peaceful, democratic change. Thiѕ iѕ thе firѕt step in thе construction оf thе road fоr сhаngе аnd it must, bу necessity, bе a peaceful process.”

Hiѕ supporters ѕаid thеу hаd turned оut dеѕрitе fears оf fresh clashes. “I аm afraid bесаuѕе оf thе violence I hаvе seen, but I аm mоrе afraid оf thе соurѕе mу country hаѕ taken”, ѕаid Ingrid Lopez, аn accountant.

“I аm hеrе today tо tеll thе government thеу аrе unfit tо lead thiѕ country.”

Whеn police helicopters buzzed overhead, thе crowd shouted thеir defiance аnd waved thеir hands tо show thаt nоbоdу wаѕ armed. Watched bу heavily-armed security forces аnd blocked bу barriers, protesters wеrе prevented frоm reaching thеir final destination in thе Libertador Municipality.

Althоugh thе ruling bloc notched uр impressive support during municipal elections lаѕt December, discontent аbоut thе government’s handling оf thе economy аnd public security remains strong. Inflation iѕ running аbоvе 56% – thе highest rate in thе world. Thеrе аrе shortages оf mаnу essential commodities, ѕuсh аѕ toilet paper аnd milk. Caracas hаѕ оnе оf thе highest murder rates in thе world.

“I аm nоt ѕurе hоw wе will wake uр tomorrow”, ѕаid Jorge Farias a motor-taxi driver frоm Petare, a shanty town in western Caracas. “This country саn’t stand thiѕ muсh longer – thiѕ insecurity in thе streets, аnd thеѕе food shortages”.

López hаѕ emerged аѕ thе mоѕt radical voice оf thе opposition, whоѕе leader Henrique Capriles hаѕ adopted a lеѕѕ confrontational аnd mоrе pragmatic approach in dealing with a government thаt controls parliament, thе courts, thе mеdiа аnd thе military. Maduro nоw faces a tricky political decision. If thе case gоеѕ tо trial, it соuld create a platform fоr López. If hе iѕ jailed, thе opposition wоuld hаvе a powerful nеw саuѕе célèbre.

Flanked bу ѕеvеrаl members оf hiѕ Popular Will party, hе thеn walked tоwаrdѕ a barricade whеrе hе wаѕ escorted аwау bу police аnd national guardsmen. Lopez Mendoza kissed hiѕ wife Lilian Tintori bеfоrе hе wаѕ tаkеn away.

Leopoldo López’ wife Lilian Tintori, 35, wаѕ born оn Mау 5, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela. Shе holds a Bachelor’s degree in preschool education with minor in Political Communications, Mrs. Tintori iѕ a certified speaker frоm thе Central University оf Venezuela.

Lilian Tintori hаѕ bееn a television host fоr RCTV аnd Televen аnd a radio personality fоr Lа Mega, Hot94 аnd Ateneo.

Tintori thе 2003 Kitesurfing National Champion founded thе Porkite Foundation, created tо рrоvidе kitesurfing gear tо unprivileged national kitesurfers.

Lilian gоt married tо Mr. Lopez in April, 2007, whеn hе bесаmе thе mayor in Chacao, tооk thе role аѕ Chacao’s firѕt lady, working with thе people tо protect thеir families, promote sports, education аnd culture.

Lilian Tintori аnd Leopoldo Lopez аrе thе proud parents оf thеir beautiful children Manuela (b. 2009) аnd Leopoldo Santiago (b. 2013).

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Wife Amy Rule

March 26, 2019 by Miva Leave a Comment

Amy Rule

Meet Amy Rule; she is the pretty wife of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Chicago’s First Lady has been by her husband’s side in the good and not so good times. Check her out!

Amy’s husband a graduate of Northwestern University and Sarah Lawrence College, has been Chicago’s 55th mayor since May 16, 2011. Before that, he was The White House Chief Of Staff under President Barack Obama; early in his career he served was a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton.

Amy Merritt Rule was born on June 30, 1957, in New London, Conn., and is two years and five months older than her hubby Emanuel, who was born on Nov. 29, 1959.
She graduated with a master’s in medieval art history from the University of Chicago and an art history degree from Tufts University.
Amy and Rahm met on a blind date in 1990. According to Amy, the date was set up by a mutual friend, Antonia Contro, at the time Amy was working at the Art Institute, she subsequently worked with work for then-MayorRichard M. Daley.
Rahm and Amy were married in 1994. David Axelrod signed the ketubah at Amy and Rahm’s ceremony. Following their wedding, Amy Rule converted to Judaism.
They have three children; Zacharias Emanuel, Ilana Emanuel, Leah Emanuel
Amy is a housewife and has worked with disadvantaged youth at the Art Institute of Chicago and is involved with the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago.
The couple has a home built around three turn-of-the-century on the North Side of Chicago in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Amy likes to keep a low profile, but her works don’t go unnoticed.

“Whatever role she’ll play is one she’s going to be comfortable doing,” Emanuel said during a recent interview. “And I think you’ll see that not with a flip of the switch, but over time. Her big thing right now is volunteering in neighborhood groups and with kids. And that’s what she’s going to do. She’s not doing it for you or for the media.”

Furthermore, you can follow Amy Rule on Twitter here

George T. Conway III – 10 Facts about Kellyanne Conway’s Husband

March 20, 2019 by Miva Leave a Comment

George T. Conway III

George Conway III is the loving and caring husband of Kellyanne Conway. His wife as you may probably know by now the US Republican Party campaign manager, strategist, and counselor to President Donald Trump. Since you already know about her, there is no point telling you what we know, therefore we are going to tell you a thing or two about her husband.

He was born George T. Conway III on September 2, 1963.
In 1984, received his A.B. magna cum laude in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1987 from Yale Law School,
He started his career at the editor of the Yale Law Journal.
A year later was clerk to Circuit Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Conway represented the National Football League in trademark and antitrust litigation against the Dallas Cowboys in NFL Properties v. Dallas Cowboys Football Club.
He joined Watchell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Law Firn in New York in September 1988.
Became a partner in the Litigation Department of his firm in January 1994.
He holds experience in securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions litigation, contract litigation, antitrust litigation, and other litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels.
He married the Kellyanne formerly known as Kellyanne Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 2001.
They have four children and live in Alpine, New Jersey.

Find him on Twitter here

5 facts About Michael Wolff’s Girlfriend Victoria Floethe

January 3, 2018 by Miva Leave a Comment

Victoria Floethe

This young lady is Victoria Floethe; the girlfriend of journalist Michael Wolff, who made headlines in 2014, when he filed for divorce from his wife Cold Spring lawyer Alison Anthoine, without even informing her about his plans. Wolff and Anthoine (mother of his three grown children) separated in 2009; some sources said Wolff decided to finalized his divorce in order to pursue a romantic relationship with a young intern at Vanity Fair later identified as Victoria Floethe.

37-year-old Victoria KW Floethe was born on July 25, 1980; she is the daughter of Ronald and Linda Floethe, ages 70 and 75 respectively. Note that her dad is just 6 years older than her boyfriend.
Victoria has one younger brother Alexander, 33.
Ms. Victoria Floethe graduated in 1998, from the Westminster School and in 2002, from Vassar College.
In 2006, she worked as a researcher for Vanity Fair; in 2011, became the director and producer of The Desire Project; a year later became the senior producer at Bedrocket Media Ventures. Nowadays, Victoria works as a freelance writer; she was a contributor for DNAinfo.
Wolff and Floethe started dating in 2009; they announced they were expecting their first child together in February 2015; they live in New York with their daughter Louise.

Elaine Hatch 5 Facts About Orrin Hatch’s Wife

January 2, 2018 by Miva Leave a Comment

Elaine Hatch

Meet Mrs. Elaine Hatch; wife of Orrin Hatch, Republican Senator for the State of Utah, who announced he won’t run for re-election in 2018. Some people think with Hatch out of the picture, Mitt Romney might likely run for the seat. But enough about that, let us tell you 5 facts about Sen Hatch’s wife Elaine.

Mrs. Hatch was born Elaine Hansen on September 27, 1933, in Newton, Utah.

She was a student at Brigham Young University when she met her husband at an astronomy class.

They tied the knot on August 28, 1957, and had six children, Alyssa, 48, Marcia, Kimberly, Scott, 55, Jesse and Brent, 59.

In addition to their six children, Elaine and Orrin are grandparents to 23 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Claritssa Sanchez 5 facts about Rep. Ruben Kihuen’s Girlfriend

December 16, 2017 by Miva Leave a Comment

Claritssa Sanchez

This lovely girl is Claritssa Sanchez; girlfriend of Latin politician Ruben Kihuen, the U.S. Representative for Nevada’s 4th congressional district; who has been accused of sexual harassment, not only by one, or two women, but by four, thus far.

Certainly, you are all quite familiar with Ruben Kilhuen and what he has done, he will not seek re-election following the sexual harassment allegation made by four women,

If these women are telling the truth, then it means that Rep. Kihuen did it while dating Claritsssa, the person about whom we are going to tell 5 interesting facts.

33-year-old Claritssa was born Claritssa Mejia Sanchez on November 22, 1984.
She is a 10th-grade social studies teacher at Canyon Springs High School.
Ms. Sanchez received a shootout from former President Barack Obama in 2012.
In addition to teaching, Claritssa serves as moderator of the Student Organization of Latinos.

She became the 2017 Nevada Teacher of the Year finalist, and was among the teachers who received an invitation to attend at a reception at the White House for Teachers Appreciation Day.

Wendy Petersen District Judge Nominee Matthew Petersen’s Wife

December 15, 2017 by Miva Leave a Comment

Wendy Petersen

This beautiful lady is Wendy Petersen; she is the wife of Matthew Spencer Petersen, Chairman of the United States Federal Election Commission and President Trump’s District Judge nominee for the District of Columbia.

Wendy’s husband was born onMarch 11, 1970, in Torrence, California. He is the son of Rodney C. Petersen and Marilyn Spencer Petersen, who passed away on August 30, 2004, from complications of lymphoma.

Mr. Spencer received an A.S. with high honors from Utah Valley State College; in 1996, received a B.A. in philosophy from Brigham Young University; and in 1999, received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Furthermore, President George W. Bush nominated him to the Federal Election Commission in June 2008; prior to his appointment, he served as Republican chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. He also served as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration.

As noted Matthew Petersen is married to his wife Wendy S. Petersen, born on September 24, 1971. It is unknown when they marry or how they met. They live in Vienna, Virginia with their son and daughter.

Archie Smith 5 Facts about Tina Smith’s Husband

December 13, 2017 by Miva Leave a Comment

Archie Smith

Meet Archie Smith; husband of Gov. Tina Smith, she has served as Lieutenant of Minnesota since 2015 and more recently she will replace Al Franken in the Senate.

Archie attended Bowdoin College and Amos Tuck School. He works at Truchas Capital Management.
Before that, he worked at Rothschild Capital Partners; he was managing director at SightLine Partners.
Mr. Smith also is the former managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray.
Archie refers to his lovely wife as Talk-a-lot–Tina.”

Tina and her husband, have been married for over 30 years. Together they have two sons Mason and Sam; both are now married to Julia and Emily.

Tom Ashbrook’s Wife Cathryn Ann Clüver

December 11, 2017 by Miva Leave a Comment

Cathryn Ann Clüver

This lovely lady is Cathryn Ann Clüver; she is the second wife of Tom Ashbrook, veteran NPR host as well as the radio host of WBUR’s two-hour call-in radio show On Point. NPR suspended Mr. Ashbrook while they investigate sexual misconduct allegations against him.

Yesterday, Boston University and WBUR received some allegations against Tom Ashbrook. Tom will be on leave from his duties at WBUR while an outside organization hired by Boston University examines these allegations. We will decide a course of action after getting the results of this investigation.

Danielle, Dylan, Ben & Lauren

Prior to marrying Cathryn this year; Mr. Ashbrook marries his first wife Danielle Guichard, mother of his three children; Benjamin, Dylan, and Lauren Ashbrook.

Benjamin lives in Boston with his wife Ervina Topalli; Dylan studied at Duke and Stanford, works at iTunes at Apple; Lauren a Yale graduate works as a senior communications lead at indigo.

Mrs. Guichard Ashbrook and Tom tied the knot for the first time in 1975; she was the associate dean for international students and director of MIT’s International Students Office. She was one of three daughters born to Parisian dad Robert Guichard, an engineer at General Electric; her mother Barbara Lauer, an elementary school teacher was born in Niederlahnstein, Germany.

Danielle was 60, when she passed away from breast cancer on November 6, 2014.

He met his second wife 41-year-old Cathryn Ann Clüver in March 2016; German stunner Cathryn is the founding Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School.

She graduated from Harvard Kennedy School with a Masters Degree in Public Administration; she also holds a Masters Degree in European Studies from the London School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in international relation and French Civilization from Brown University.

Mrs. Cluver also serves as an Executive Director of the India and South Asia Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at HKS. She and Tom Ashbrook tied the knot on June 17, 2017.