A.G. Gancarski
Orlando’s Val Demings may have been rebuffed in her 2022 bid for the U.S. Senate, losing by 17 points in what was a Republican wave election.
But the former Police Chief and member of Congress is headed back to Washington, courtesy of the Joe Biden administration, as a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring Dec. 8, 2030.
“The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service is comparable to a board of directors of a publicly held corporation. The Board consists of up to nine Governors, the Deputy Postmaster General, and Postmaster General. Making a full Board composed of 11 members. The Governors are appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate,” the USPS says, explaining what the board does and affirming that Senate confirmation will be required to finalize her selection.
If confirmed by Rubio, his Republican counterpart Rick Scott, and the rest of the Senate, Demings will join a group of veteran Democratic politicians who have found appointed sinecures in Biden’s Washington.
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was picked in 2021 to be the administrator of NASA, and still is in that position.
Former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, who was a candidate for Governor in 2018, was selected that same year as the Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs.
José Javier Rodríguez, the Labor Department Employment and Training Administration’s Assistant Secretary, served in both the state House and Senate, before losing his election in 2020 by just 35 votes with a “ghost candidate” fooling some voters.
15 comments
tom palmer
July 25, 2024 at 5:52 pm
what does the position pay:? What qualifies her to serve? Asking for a friend.
Mary L McGuirk
July 26, 2024 at 9:57 am
https://politics.georgetown.edu/profile/val-demings/ SHE IS, AS USUAL, OVERQUALIFIED.
Nice work if you can get it
July 25, 2024 at 5:56 pm
Political welfare—granting tenured, high-paying, do-nothing positions to failed politicians. The federal bureaucracy is like a retirement pension for career politicians nobody wanted. Maybe our governor should be paying attention.
tom palmer
July 25, 2024 at 6:07 pm
yeah. if Trump wins he may need a job after his term expries.
Margaret
July 25, 2024 at 5:58 pm
It is my hope she will provide the concise thinking it requires to counter some of the current Postmaster General’s changes which have made delivery of services decline, deliveries delayed or mail lost, misdirected, or stolen.
Bill Pollard
July 25, 2024 at 8:06 pm
Val Demings would have been a wonderful senator. She will do well in this position.
Mickey
July 26, 2024 at 9:22 am
Nothing new here. All Presidents Republican and Democrat has doled out positions, appointments etc to their friends and loyal supporters .
Mary L McGuirk
July 26, 2024 at 9:59 am
UNTRUE. CIVIL SERVCE REQUIREMENTS HAVW ALL BUT ELIMINATED THE PATRONAGE SYSTEM of loyalty to a politician that tfg wants to bring back.
MH/Duuuval
July 26, 2024 at 12:34 pm
Precisely. The spoils system in which all government jobs were appointed by the winner ended when civil service created. However, the top-executive jobs remain appointed unless specified by law, such as the top job at USPS which has a set term.
JShepard
July 27, 2024 at 11:08 am
Just in time for the election……
How many postal buckets of ballots will go MIA?
Skeptical? You shouldn’t be….they found quite a bit AFTER the 2020 election and those ballots never got counted.
It was more like ‘Oh look! We didn’t know these ballots were stuffed in a room somewhere.’
MH/Duuuval
July 27, 2024 at 1:48 pm
Here’s a fact check from USA Today that refutes your accusation:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/24/fact-check-usps-investigation-disproved-claim-backdated-ballots/6806928002/
Flash Light
July 28, 2024 at 7:47 am
Q Anon, is that you? The position Ms. Demings is recommended for has nothing to do with election ballots. It is oversight for the USPS, like being on a corporate Board of directors. Sheesh.
F Zimmer
July 27, 2024 at 1:32 pm
We who remain sane thought the USPS had reached the very depths of incompetence. Apparently with Demmings, it will continue even further into the pits of incompetence hell.
Just the Facts
July 28, 2024 at 11:16 am
You do realize that at the present time the USPS is run by a majority of Republicans? And that DeJoy was appointed by Trump? And that he made changes that limited services?
MH/Duuuval
July 28, 2024 at 1:23 pm
FedEx and UPS have the upper hand in Congress because they can make campaign contributions, but USPS can’t.
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