1. Gabriel Felix Kofi Amo is an American politician serving as the US representative for.
23 Facts About Gabe Amo
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Gabe Amo has worked in the Obama administration, on several Democratic political campaigns, and in Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo's administration.
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Gabe Amo's mother is a nurse and his father owns a liquor store.
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Gabe Amo graduated from the Moses Brown college preparatory school in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was part of the student senate and received the Rhode Island Secretary of State's Civic Leadership Award.
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Gabe Amo was selected to participate in the United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, DC.
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Gabe Amo was a member of the student government association.
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In college, Gabe Amo volunteered on Sheldon Whitehouse's 2006 US Senate campaign and then on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
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Gabe Amo worked in the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama administration, serving as a liaison to governors and other state officials.
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Gabe Amo was a national political coordinator for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
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Gabe Amo served as Governor Gina Raimondo's principal advisor on outreach to Rhode Island's local government, business, and faith communities, and worked as a senior advisor on her 2018 re-election campaign.
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Gabe Amo returned to national politics as a strategist and program advisor on Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign and later served on his transition team.
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Gabe Amo left his White House job to run in the 2023 special election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district, after incumbent representative David Cicilline announced his resignation from Congress to run the non-profit Rhode Island Foundation.
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Gabe Amo's campaign focused on protecting Social Security, Medicare, and abortion rights, while tackling gun violence and climate change.
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Gabe Amo received endorsements from the Congressional Black Caucus, former Rhode Island representative Patrick J Kennedy, and former White House chief of staff Ron Klain.
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Gabe Amo was supported by outside spending from Democrats Serve PAC and Collective PAC.
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Gabe Amo was criticized for accepting over $20,000 from federal lobbyists representing major corporations, including Fox Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Philip Morris USA, Marathon Petroleum, and others.
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Gabe Amo's receipts included more than $8,000 from lobbyists for Wall Street firms and banks, such as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, and Bitcoin.
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In September 2023, in an upset, Gabe Amo won the Democratic primary to become the party's nominee for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district.
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Gabe Amo won the election, becoming the first person of color elected to represent Rhode Island in Congress.
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Gabe Amo was officially sworn into Congress on November 13,2023.
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On November 5th 2024, Gabe Amo won re-election to his house seat against Republican Allen Waters by a vote of 139,352 to 70,742 [1].
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Gabe Amo voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats.
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In 2017, Gabe Amo received Higher Ground International's Clan Chief Award.