Marcus Cavalier
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Marcus Cavalier is the 52nd Vice President of the United States. In the past, he has been a senator, served two terms in Congress as well as a partial term as House Majority Leader and a whole term as the Ranking Member of the House BELI Committee.
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| 52nd Vice President of the United States President: Brockmeier | ||||
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| In Office: January - October 2033Resigned | ||||
| Preceded by | Robert Hudson | |||
| Succeeded by | Office Empty (Teddy Williams was appointed later) | |||
| United States Senator: Southwest | ||||
| In Office: 2021 - 2033 | ||||
| Preceded by | Akeem Mellis | |||
| Succeeded by | Luke McDonald | |||
| United States House Representative: Arizona's 4th | ||||
| In Office: 2017-2020 | ||||
| Preceded by | Ed Pastor | |||
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos | |||
| Secretary of Homeland Security | ||||
| In Office: 2041-Current | ||||
| Preceded by | Samuel George | |||
| Succeeded by | Incumbent | |||
| Born | January 10th, 1988 (age 45) Denver, Colorado; United States | |||
| Political Party | Democratic | |||
| Spouse | Alexis De Medici-Cavalier | |||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||
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Early Life
Marcus Cavalier was born in Denver, Colorado on January 10th, 1988. He lived with his parents in a lower-middle class neighborhood in the main city until he turned 10, when his parents followed their jobs with Exxon-Mobil to Phoenix, Arizona, where the family settled down permanently. In 2007, when Cavalier was almost 18, his parents were laid off from their jobs. Unable to leave his family in good faith, Cavalier gave up his college trust fund and worked two jobs to help support them. He continued to work at a fast food restaurant by day and a local bar by night for 6 years.
One night at his night job playing at a local bar owned by Cavalier's former Chief of Staff Juan Carlos, a rep from a local record label was driving through Phoenix and broke down outside the bar. Going inside to use a phone, the rep heard Cavalier playing and immediately dragged him back to the local office to sign a record deal with he and his band. The record sold decently, topping out at number 5 on various charts. The album made Cavalier enough money to return to college. Cavalier has yet to produce another album at this point, and most of his former bandmates are employed by his Congressional office.
In 2011, Cavalier was able to return to college at the University of Arizona - Phoenix, where he studied in Bio-Engineering and Energy Sciences. It was in his Senior year that the gas cap crisis of 2015 hit the Sunbelt. Disgusted with the lack of action on the part of local and state governments in dealing with this problem, as well as others, Cavalier decided to take a course in Political Science and one in American Government the summer after he graduated.
Early Congressional Career
Election 2016
In 2016, Marcus Cavalier declared his intent to run for the Democratic nomination for the 4th Congressional seat in Arizona, a district which covers most of the southeastern section of the Phoenix metropolitan area including Glendale, with the impending resignation of long-time incumbent Ed Pastor. His primary opponent was Hidalgo Riviera, a notable liberal activist in the district who had been practically nipping at the heels of Pastor in anticipation of his resignation. In what turned into a brutal primary, Cavalier managed to edge out his opponent by less than a percent, going on to face Republican James Montana. In a race that should have easily gone to the Democrat, the proposal of the hated gas caps by Democrats in the legislature hurt Cavalier and made the seat far more competitive than usual. After a campaign run within the margin of error, Cavalier got his break when a letter praising the gas caps came out and was revealed to have been written by Montana. Cavalier won election by 8 points and joined the Congress of 2016.
First Term and House Majority Leader
Upon election, Marcus Cavalier was immediately appointed to the House Budget, Economy, Labor, and Infrastructure and Science, Health, Education, and Energy Committees. However, complications with both other Democrats and the Mason Administration's agenda led him to be removed from BELI and reassigned to the House Judiciary Committee, where he served until the latter part of his term.
In early 2017, following the resignation of then-current House Majority Leader Lynn Darcy of Massachusetts, Marcus Cavalier was surprisingly elected as House Majority Leader by the Democratic Caucus, edging out Oklahoma Congressman Damien Austin by one vote, a position which he filled for the remainder of his term. Marcus Cavalier is best known for his defense of the President's federal budget, where he rallied Democrats to defeat a host of amendments to it and personally defended its merits in the wake of Republican attacks on it. In addition, as House Majority Leader, Cavalier ensured that bills to lower taxes, expand gun rights, and promote civil liberties reached the House Floor and were, generally, passed by the House. At the end of the term, Cavalier stepped down from the position and announced that he would not seek the position in the following term.
Election 2018
With an approval rating of over 60%, Marcus Cavalier was expected to easily win re-election in Arizona's 4th District. He faced a primary challenge against his former opponent, Hidalgo Riviera, who claimed that Cavalier had betrayed his party as House Majority Leader and called on the "people of the left" to defeat him once and for all. Despite these claims, Cavalier won the primary with 81% of the vote and easily achieved re-election over Republican Sam Adrian with 68% of the vote.
Second Term
Cavalier's second term was shaped by his position as Ranking Member of BELI and his introduction of the bill that would launch a declaration of war on Venezuela. Cavalier was an early supporter of the war, taking to the floor often to defend it against both Republicans and Democrats in opposition. Another defining point of the session was his vehement defense of the President's VISION Plan, which was fought viciously by Republicans in the House BELI Committee and largely eliminated before finally reaching a compromise on the House Floor. The most notable part of his term, however, was likely the announcement of his run for the Southwest Senate Seat being vacated by Akeem Mellis in 2020.
