Matt Brown (American politician)
Matt Brown | |
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Secretary of State of Rhode Island | |
In office January 7, 2003 – January 1, 2007 | |
Governor | Donald Carcieri |
Preceded by | Edward Inman |
Succeeded by | Ralph Mollis |
Personal details | |
Born | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | November 15, 1969
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Education | Columbia University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Matthew A. Brown (born November 15, 1969) is an American attorney, activist, and politician who served as secretary of state of Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007. Brown was a Democratic candidate for governor of Rhode Island in the 2018 election.
Alongside Bruce G. Blair, Brown co-founded Global Zero, a non-profit international initiative for the phased, verified elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide. He previously served as executive director of the Rhode Island branch of City Year.
Early life and education
Brown was born in Bethesda, Maryland, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence and from Columbia University in 1993. He received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2001.
Career
In 1993, Brown helped to start City Year in Rhode Island, the first expansion site of the model national service program that brings together diverse young adults ages 17–24 for a year of full-time community service and leadership development. From 1995-1998, Brown served as Executive Director of City Year Rhode Island.
Secretary of state of Rhode Island
At age 32, in his first campaign for public office, Brown defeated the incumbent Secretary of State in the Democratic primary, and went on to win the general election with 68.7% of the vote.
Brown served as secretary of State of Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007. He developed Rhode Island’s first Central Voter Registration System, a computerized voter registration system ensuring accurate voter lists and he launched Motor Voter e-Registration, a first-in-the-nation electronic voter registration system. He established new lobby regulations increasing public disclosure of the links between lobbyists and elected officials and created Lobbytracker, a web-based tool making lobbyist monthly financial reports available to the public online.[1]
2006 U.S. Senate campaign
In 2005, Brown declared his intention to run for the United States Senate in 2006, challenging incumbent Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee, but withdrew from the race and endorsed another Democratic candidate, Sheldon Whitehouse, who went on to win the general election.
Global Zero
Brown is Co-Founder, with
Gubernatorial candidacies
Brown declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of Rhode Island in early-2018, challenging incumbent Democrat
Brown has announced his intention to run for governor in the 2022 gubernatorial election.[5]
References
- ^ "Matt A. Brown". Archived from the original on 2002-05-27.
- ^ "Group Offers Plan to Eliminate Nukes by 2030" (PDF). The New York Times. June 29, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2011.
- ^ Corera, Gordon (December 10, 2008). "Group seeks nuclear weapons ban". BBC.
- ^ Clift, Eleanor. "A Good Start: 'Global Zero' reminds us that eradicating nuclear weapons should still be our ultimate goal". Newsweek.
- ^ Anderson, Patrick. "Matt Brown enters Democratic race for RI governor speaking of 'revolution'". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
External links
- Matt Brown at Global Zero
- Matt Brown at Huffington Post
- BBC: Group seeks nuclear weapons ban
- The Times: Scrapping nuclear arms is now realpolitik
- The New York Times: Group Offers Plan to Eliminate Nukes by 2030
- Newsweek: A Good Start: 'Global Zero' reminds us that eradicating nuclear weapons should still be our ultimate goal.