Abby Brocklin

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Abigail Christine (Brocklin) Morey
Senator from the Great Lakes
In Office: 2020 - Present Serving alongside: Washington
Preceded by	Bryan Jennings
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Senate Democratic Whip
In Office: 2021 - 2024 Served alongside: Democratic Leader Adams
Preceded by	Jordan Vanleer
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Matthews
26th House Minority Whip
In Office: 2019 - 2020 Served alongside: Minority Leader Bingham
Preceded by	Jennifer Vandenberg
Succeeded by	Spencer Callaway
Born	April 20, 1988 Cleveland, Ohio
Political Party	Democrat
Spouse	Kathryn Spencer (2021-2023), Marriage Voided Daniel Morey (2024 - )
Religion	Roman Catholic

Abby Brocklin Morey is the Senior Senator from the Great Lakes, currently a candidate for Democratic Party nomination in the 2028 presidential election.

Being 30 year old when becoming part of the Democratic Leadership team, Brocklin is the youngest whip of U.S. history, and also the longest serving Congressional Whip in U.S. history since the creation of regions, having served for 6 years (2018 to 2020 in the House, 2020 to 2024 in the Senate). Before being appointed to the Senate she served as Congresswoman for Michigan, 15th District (2017 to 2020) and in the Michigan State Senate (2012 to 2017)

Family Background

Her father, Andrew Brocklin was born in Alabama, but moved to Ohio in 1978. He was trained in Columbus and served as detective for the Richmond Police Department from 1985. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1990 and to Police Commissioner in 1994. He's currently the 58th Chief of the Shenandoah Valley Police Department.

Elizabeth Brocklin, her mother, was born in London during her parents' holidays. She lived for all her childhood in Virginia, but moved to Ohio in 1980 for a job opportunity. It was there where she met Andrew. She's currently working as Richmond's Deputy District Attorney.

The Brocklin family descends from a Confederate soldier. While most of Abigail's antecessors were Republicans, her grandfather, Jake Brocklin, was the first one to leave the party. He ran (and lost) as Independent for Virginia's Senate Seat. Her parents, Andrew & Elizabeth, are both Democrats. Today, most of the Brocklins have strong liberal ideologies.

Early Life

Abby Brocklin, the youngest of the family, was born in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Andrew & Elizabeth Brocklin. They left Ohio in 1993 to move to Richmond, Virginia.

Coming from a family of police officers and lawyers, she was educated in a public school of Richmond. After leaving high-school in 2006, Abby enrolled in American University (D.C.) and went on to medical school. After just one year she decided to leave Medicine and began instead the career of Political Science. During her five years at University, she was elected Chairwoman of the Students Council four times and was praised my teachers and fellow collegue members for her leadership. In 2011, after graduating, she decided to move to Michigan to work for the Dingell for Congress Campaign instead of returning to Virginia.

Michigan State Senator

During her first year at Michigan, Brocklin worked as Campaign Advisor for Congressman John Dingell.

In early 2011, Republican Frank Watson announced his interest of running for Representative, which meant his State Senate Seat would be open in 2012. Many Republicans began a race to win the nomination, while Democrats waited for a prominent figure to enter the race.

During the 2011 Christmas Holidays, Abigail Brocklin was urged to run by her sister, Hillary, and her friend & boss, Rep. Dingell. She finally announced her candidancy the first day of 2012. While the conservative brothers Damper, moderate Harry Gaint & "Rockefeller Republican" Jake Trummer sought the Republican nomination, Abby began touring around Michigan. Pundits predicted a win for Brocklin due to the big disagreements between Republicans which started the month before the Michigan Republican Convention, when Gaint, winner of the primaries, died of a heart attack. The remaining candidates had already dropped out, though Gaint's name hadn't been yet placed on the ballot so Kent Damper decided to bring back his candidancy, being nominated by the party without opposition. This gained a lot of opposition from Trummer supporters and his own brother, Marcus, who joined the Libertarian Party.

Pundits labeled the race as a "likely Democratic gain". During the campaign, Brocklin was endorsed by Senator Brockmeier and Trummer, who switched parties. K. Damper began losing his supporters to Marcus due to the Republicans disappointment with Damper's actions.

The results confirmed what was expected, and Abby Brocklin was elected to the Michigan Senate in a landslide election, with 63.52% of the total count.

House of Representatives (2017 - 2020)

In 2018, Frank Watson faced his 4th election. Although he had easily won the support of voters from both parties during his 6 years of work, Abby Brocklin was seen a powerful rival.

Coming from a seat Watson had once held, Brocklin used her liberal record as the base of her campaign, while Watson used his experience.

First polls showed Brocklin taking an early lead, with Watson's approval raitings going down. The final results confirmed Brocklin as the winner in a landslide election.

Abby was elected by her collegues from the DNC as Minority Whip, defeating Rep. Zachary Flint and former Deputy Whip William Pierce. She named Delmon Mercier of Louisiana and MacKenzie Kincaid of Pennsylvania as Deputy Whip and begun working, taking office on January 4, 2019.

Senator of the Great Lakes

First Term (2020)

Great Lakes Senatorial Election (2020)

Second Term (2021 - 2023)

Great Lakes Senatorial Election (2022)

Third Term (2023 - 2025)

Fourth Term (2025 - Present)

Abby was appointed Senator in late 2020 to replace Bryan Jennings. Her first days were quite busy, sponsoring and co-sponsoring 15 bills. She won re-election in 2020 and in 2022 and has been serving since then.

Presidential Campaign

Main article: United States presidential election, 2028

Personal Life

Abby's was thought to be heterosexual until 2020, when it was discovered she was bisexual. She briefly dated Secretary of Defence Chris Bridges, but soon broke up. In a Energy Convention in Pennsylvania, she met Kathryn Spencer, who she married in 2021.

In 2022, however, Spencer disappeared and their marriage was voided. She briefly dated Rosebud Green, daughter of former Governor of the Mississippi Valley Johnny Green, who would later date her sister, Rachel.

She began dating Republican Senator Daniel Morey in 2023 and married him in Holland, Michigan, in 2024. She's rumored to be pregnant with Daniel's child.

Election Results