1. Natalie E Tennant was born on December 25,1967 and is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2009 to 2017.
21 Facts About Natalie Tennant
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Natalie Tennant is a 1986 graduate of North Marion High School in Farmington, West Virginia.
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Natalie Tennant graduated from West Virginia University in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in journalism, and she obtained a master's degree in corporate and organizational communication from WVU in 2002.
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Natalie Tennant was subjected to harassment for being a female Mountaineer.
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At the selection ceremony where Natalie Tennant was named as the new mascot, some of the crowd booed her appointment.
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Natalie Tennant remained active in the WVU community, receiving the WVU Alumni Association's Margaret Buchanan Cole Young Alumni Award in 1997.
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In 2004, Natalie Tennant ran unsuccessfully for West Virginia Secretary of State, losing the Democratic primary to Ken Hechler by 1,108 votes.
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In 2020, Natalie Tennant ran to reclaim the Secretary of State's office.
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In 2024, Natalie Tennant was elected a commissioner seat in Kanawha County West Virginia.
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Natalie Tennant took office as the Secretary of State of West Virginia on January 19,2009.
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In 2010, Natalie Tennant initiated a pilot online voting program that allowed 179 deployed West Virginian service members to vote via the Internet.
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In 2013, Natalie Tennant returned $3 million in unused revenue to the state legislature after Natalie Tennant's department enacted cost-saving measures and settled two lawsuits for significantly less money than expected.
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On January 20,2011, Natalie Tennant announced she was running for the Democratic nomination for Governor of West Virginia in the 2011 special gubernatorial election.
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Natalie Tennant focused her campaign on openness and accountability, which she said had been a hallmark of her tenure as secretary of state.
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Public polling conducted in January 2011 showed Natalie Tennant to be a front runner in the Democratic primary, alongside acting governor Earl Ray Tomblin.
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Natalie Tennant lost the primary election to acting governor Earl Ray Tomblin, coming in third place behind state house speaker Rick Thompson.
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Natalie Tennant lost to Republican representative Shelley Moore Capito in the general election, losing every county in the state.
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Natalie Tennant entered the race after ten prominent Democrats declined to run.
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Natalie Tennant was endorsed by First Lady Michelle Obama, North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who hosted a fundraiser for Tennant.
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Natalie Tennant was an Obama delegate at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
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In 2017, Natalie Tennant joined the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law in a voting rights advocacy position.