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• Democrat Jennifer Granholm is the current Governor of Michigan. She appeared on television behind President-Elect Barack Obama during his first post-election press conference on November 7, 2008.

  In May 2009, Granholm's name appeared on a list of candidates being considered by President Obama to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Other candidates reported to be under consideration include California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Appeals Court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Pamela Wood.Detroit Free Press: Granholm reported among 6 considered... (May 13, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Jennifer Mulhern Granholm
  2. Born: February 5, 1959
  3. Birth place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  4. Attended: University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University
  5. Spouse: Daniel Granholm Mulhern
  6. Michigan's first female governor
  7. Once appeared as a contestant on The Dating GameGreg Siskind's Blog: Jennifer Granholm - Immigrant of the Day (October 31, 2007)

• 2009 Gridiron Dinner

  Granholm was in attendance at the Gridiron Dinner on March 21, 2009, and while giving a speech said about Sarah Palin that she "really set back the cause of hot governors." Adding, "You know where I'm coming from, Ed Rendell." When asked by a reporter if she was going to apologize to the former VP candidate, she responded, "no."CNN.com: Granholm not apologizing for Palin joke (March 24, 2009)

• Career

  1. 1990-1994: Federal Prosecutor for the United States Attorney's Office in Detroit
  2. 1994-1998: Wayne County Corporation Counsel
  3. 1998: Elected Michigan's first female attorney general
  4. 2002: Elected Governor of Michigan
  5. 2006: Re-elected Governor of Michigan
  6. Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association
  7. Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee of the National Governors AssociationNational Governor's Association: Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm

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