President Joe Biden nominated former U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., to the United States Postal Service Board of Governors on Thursday.
The nomination has been sent to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
Demings, who previously served as Orlando’s police chief, was first elected to Congress in 2016 and was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022. However, she lost to incumbent Republican Marco Rubio.
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According to the White House, Demings’ term on the postal service board would expire in December 2030.
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