Jay Nixon (We Can Do Better)

Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American politician who is the Vice President-elect of the United States and currently serving as the 55th and current Governor of Missouri. A member of the, Nixon was first elected Governor in 2008 and reelected in 2012. Prior to his governorship, he served the Senator from the state from 1989 to 2009 and spent 2 years in the State Senate prior to that.

A lifelong resident of Missouri, his mother was a teacher and president of the local school board, and his father, Jeremiah "Jerry" Nixon, served as the city's mayor. Nixon was elected to the state Senate in 1986 before defeating incumbent Senator John Danforth in the 1988 Missouri Senate election. Nixon served in the Senate for 20 years and resigned after winning the 2008 gubernatorial race. After resigning from the Senate and becoming governor, Nixon was immediately considered a frontrunner for the 2016 presidential election, polling even with Senator Hillary Clinton but still trailing Governor John F. Kennedy of New York. In 2016, Nixon did not run for president and was an early supporter of Governor Kennedy. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Nixon was announced as Kennedy's running mate and was nominated by acclamation. On November 8, Kennedy and Nixon defeated Republican candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

Missouri State Senate (1987-1993)
In 1986, after a period of private practice in his hometown, Jay Nixon was elected to the Missouri Senate from a district in Jefferson County, serving for two terms from 1987 to 1993.

1988 Senate election
Nixon was one of the so-called Kennedy Four, four Democratic Senate candidates that former President Kennedy campaigned for extensively in order to expand the Democratic majority in the Senate. The other three were Buddy MacKay in Florida, Chuck Robb in Virginia, and Mike Lowry in Washington. Nixon and Robb were the only ones who won.