Talk:Tom Perez

What are his politics?

What are his politics? ---Dagme (talk) 01:11, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Endorsements

• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
• United Farmworkers.
• International Association of Firefighters
• The United Brotherhood of Carpenters
• The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry
• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
• Disability Leader Arl Ne’eman.
• Bilingual media company Univision
• BOLD PAC, the political arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
• Kevin Levy Executive Editor The American Moderate

Governors

• Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
• Connecticut Governor and Chair of Democratic Governors Association Dan Malloy
• Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
• Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf.
• Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo
• Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe

Prior to serving as Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe had been a fundraiser for the Democratic Party and served as Chair of the DNC from 2001 to 2005.

• Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick

Legislators

• U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (Maryland)
• U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer (Maryland)
• U.S. Representative Filemon Vela (Texas)
• Texas State Senator Jose Rodriguez (El Paso)
• Texas State Representative Celina Vasquez (Austin)
• Wisconsin State Senator Janet Bewley (Ashland).
• Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis

Mayors

• Current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
• Current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
• Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
• Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
• Former Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer
• Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker

Party Officials

• Former Vice President Joe Biden
• Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
• Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
• Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
• Kansas Democratic Party Chair Lee Kinch
• Kansas Democratic Party Vice Chair Kathryn Focke
• Maryland Democratic Party Chair Bruce D. Poole.
• Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper
• Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Marcel Groen
• Tennessee DNC Member Will Cheek
• Tennessee DNC Member John Litz
• Tennessee DNC Member Bill Owen
• Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa
• DNC Member and former Obama Administration Official Rick C. Wade

Colleagues

• Roy L. Austin, Jr., Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
• William J. Baer, Former Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
• Samuel Bagenstos, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
• Donald J. Cazayoux, Former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Louisiana
• Tristram J. Coffin, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Vermont
• Matthew Colangelo, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
• James M. Cole, Former Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Stuart F. Delery, Former Acting Associate Attorney General U.S Department of Justice, Former Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division
• Steven M. Dettlebach, Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio
• Laura Duffy, Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California
• William Conner Eldridge, Jr., Former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Arkansas
• Robert Booth Goodwin II, Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia
• Jamie Gorelick,Former Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Barry R. Grissom, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas
• Javier M. Guzman, Former Deputy Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Melinda Haag, Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of California
• Kerry B. Harvey, Former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky
• Timothy J. Heaphy, Former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Virginia
• David J. Hickton, Former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania
• Dwight Holton, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Oregon
• William J. Ihlenfeld, II, Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia
• Brendan Johnson, Former U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota
• William C. Killian, Former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee
• Loretta King, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Iowa
• James A. Lewis, Former U.S. Attorney, Central District of Illinois
• Emily Loeb, Former Associate Counsel, Office of the White House Counsel
• Ronald C. Machen, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia
• Pamela C. Marsh, Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Florida
• Jerry E. Martin, Former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee
• Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Former U.S. Attorney, Central District of California
• Bernard Melekian, Former Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Community Oriented Policing Services
• Zane Memeger, Former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Matthew Miller, Former Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs
• Michael Moore, Former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia
• Bill Nettles, Former U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina
• David W. Ogden, Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
• Matthew G. Olsen, Former Associate Deputy Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
• Carmen M. Ortiz, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts
• Timothy Q. Purdon, Former U.S. Attorney, District of North Dakota
• Ripley Rand, Former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of North Carolina
• Leon Rodriguez, Former Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
• Jocelyn Samuels, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
• Tracy Schmaler, Former Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs
• Victoria Schultz, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Anne M. Tompkins, Former U.S. Attorney, Western District of North Carolina
• Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Alabama
• Benjamin B. Wagner, Former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of California
• John Walsh, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado
• Ronald Weich, Former Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice
• Stephen R. Wigginton, Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Illinois
• Stephanie Yonekura, Former Acting U.S. Attorney, Central District of California
  • • Carptrash (talk) 17:38, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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suggest removal of endorsements

I added endorsements to the Keith Ellison page today because I saw endorsements here on the Tom Perez page. They removed with the justification that his endorsements were also accessible on the |Democratic National Committee Chairmanship Election, 2017 page.

If the endorsements should not be on the Ellison page, they should not be on the Tom Perez page either, since his endorsements are also listed on the |Democratic National Committee Chairmanship Election, 2017 page.

Frankly, I think that it is not obvious to visitors to the pages that the endorsements are available on the |Democratic National Committee Chairmanship Election, 2017 page. And endorsements should be included on all the pages of candidates. But if that is not consistent with wikipedia policy, then the removal of endorsements should apply to all DNC chair candidate pages.

I'm a novice at wikipedia and do not know how to reverse or remove the endorsements from this page. I request that a more experienced wikipedian respond to my suggestion and take action accordingly. I'd appreciate a point in the right direction to where I can learn more about the policy underlying these decisions and how to undo postings. thanks Robkall (talk) 01:16, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

I don't think this has any place in the article, a giant endorsement lists for something so simple as a party chair? This entire article reads more like a campaign brochure anyways, this is just heaping it on top. Also, I tried to use a collapse top and bottom template I'd seen used elsewhere but it didn't tuck in the references list into it as well so it looked odd. Not sure if that can be done somehow. ValarianB (talk) 16:43, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

This seems settled, but I thought I would add my voice to this debate. Endorsements do not belong here, on Ellison's page, etc. I think there's a place for it on wikipedia (e.g. so-and-so is strongly supported by the gun lobby or by organized labor, etc.), but a roll-call of endorsements makes no encyclopedic sense. Seems to me that the person or persons who relentlessly add back those endorsements need to justify that here. Smilo Don (talk) 19:35, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Equity

I added endorsements to the Keith Ellison page today because I saw endorsements here on the Tom Perez page. This is fair. It is a national news story because of the number of candidates running. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:b226:60c9:8192:f99a:28b3:409f (talk)

The list of endorsements was removed from the Keith Ellison article, as they were removed from here. All current candidates have their endorsement lists at Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2017#Endorsements, in nice, clean collapsible lists. Stop adding it to this article, as multiple editors have opposed this you run the risk of having your account blocked for warring. ValarianB (talk) 17:36, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

And the larger DNC article doesn't immediately pull up when people google...etc the names of candidates in the news...we all know this.

If the larger DNC article does not pull up first when people search individual candidates names--it is difficult to find the information.

You have been opposed by multiple editors on this. Endorsements for candidates for actual elected office borders on the trivial as it is; endorsements for the head of a political party is beyond pointless. Be thankful the info is allowed to stay where it is. ValarianB (talk) 13:41, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Washington Heights

DNC acceptance, Perez said he grew up in Washington Heights. Who is correct you (Buffalo) or Perz/71.178.57.72 (talk) 21:18, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Can you please provide a reliable source with Perez's quote about where he grew up? We should evaluate sources to see if we can come up with the most accurate description for where Perez was raised. It maybe that he spent part of his childhood in Buffalo and part of it in Washington Heights. Knope7 (talk) 21:46, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

This says Perez's parents settled in Washington Heights but does not say Perez grew up there. I do not see a reliable source saying Perez grew up in Washington Heights. Knope7 (talk) 23:59, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Good grief. Fix the language.

...forcing he and his family to remain in the United States > him

...after the districts school board voted > district's or simply district

Perez promised not to take money from federal lobbyists, foreign nationals, or current Labor Department employees on his webpage. -- ...promised on his webpage not to take money from...?

...after the Justice Department alleged South Carolina of failing to prove that the law wouldn't have a disproportionate effect on minority voters > ...alleged that South Carolina had failed.. or accused South Carolina of failing...

C'mon, people. 96.42.57.164 (talk) 04:46, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done (partially) – thank you. I believe you could have fixed this yourself as the page is not protected. Politrukki (talk) 20:27, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

I would have fixed it, but the page was locked to me.96.42.57.164 (talk) 15:37, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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Section about Iowa must be created.

Everyone is calling for his registration, everyone. AHC300 (talk) 13:57, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I think you mean resignation and I doubt you'll find a reliable source verifying that EVERYONE is calling for his resignation. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:30, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

AHC300, the Iowa Democratic Party runs the Iowa Democratic caucus, not Tom Perez. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:03, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Gonna have to agree with AHC300 on this one, there needs to be a section , just report the facts like we are suppose to. It happened and it was a pretty big deal in my opinion. I'm not here to be a critic of Tom Perez, just to relay what happened in Iowa is something of note on his record. good or bad Eruditess (talk) 00:15, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

I am very concerned that the needs of special needS children has not been included in the convention topics. Down syndrome children, Autistic children, children with many and various congenital needs have been excluded. Not even a photo of these children has been offered. I know Joe Biden cares about these special children and yet their plights have gone without mention. trump even ridiculed their attempts for inclusion. PLEASE find the way to include them in this election. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9001:3B05:706C:918E:9F58:7:65FD (talk) 12:31, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Perez's legacy as DNC Chair

Quote from Edward-Isaac Dover's book on the 2020 election:

"Amid all this, Perez succeeded in doing what no one thought anyone could achieve when he reluctantly took over the DNC: it was now flush with cash, had won four years of retrenchment election cycles in a row, oversaw taking back both chambers of Congress and the White House, and for the first time in decades (if not ever) was an actually functional institution."

Obviously that's a bit of chest-thumping and definitely too laudatory for the actual article, but it is worth mentioning the party's success on his tenure; he was undeniably an above-average party chair. Maybe even just a sentence or two summarizing their electoral results from the 2017 - 2021 period? 209.226.179.217 (talk) 06:41, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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