Linda Chavez Bio | Wiki
Linda Chavez is an American Living Legend radio talk show host, commentator, and author. She serves as Fox News political commentator and also a syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. Linda was the first woman nominated to the United States Cabinet during the time George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor.
She is the president of Becoming American Institute since January 2013. Moreover, she is the director of ABM Industries and also Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity. Additionally, she ran for a Senate seat in Maryland after leaving her job at Ronald Reagan’s White House in 1986. Linda ran as a Republican against Democrat Barbara Mikulski but he was defeated with 61% of the vote.
Linda Chavez Age
She was born June 17, 1947, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States of America. Linda is 75 years old.
Linda Chavez Height
She is a woman of average stature. Linda stands at the height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx 1.71 m).
Linda Chavez Family
She was born to her hardworking father and mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Linda is the daughter of Rudolfo Enrique Chavez who worked as a Tail gunner during World war II and Velma Lucy. Her father’s descendants were immigrants from Spain to New Spain. She holds an American nationality and is of Neomexicana descent.
Linda Chavez Husband
She is happily married to her handsome husband Christopher Gersten. Christopher is a former Bush Administration official and a co-chairman of the Coalition for Divorce Reform. Linda and Christopher have three all-grown sons Pablo, Rudy, and David, and are also grandparents to their nine grandchildren.
Linda Chavez Education
She joined the University of Colorado after attaining her high school diploma. Linda pursued her bachelor’s degree in English Literature graduating in 1970. She later enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles where she graduated with her degree.
Linda Chavez Republican administrations
In 1985 she had several appointed positions in the White House as director of Public Liaison. Linda was also Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights working from 1983 to 1985. Moreover from 1984 to 1986, she served as a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States under President Reagan.
Linda served four four-year terms as U.S. Expert to the U.N. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in 1992. Further, she reported regularly at sub-commissions meetings after she was asked to study systematic rape, sexual slavery, and slavery-like practices during wartime. In addition, she withdrew from the project in May 1997 and was succeeded by Gay McDougall on June 22, 1998.
Linda Chavez Books
She has published several books apart from her journalism career. They include:
- An Unlikely Conservative in 2002 with ISBN 0-4650-8903-8
- Barbarians at the Gate in 2015
- Political Folly & Madness
- Betrayal in 2004 with ISBN 1-4000-5259-9
Linda Chavez Fox News
Linda and Bonnie Erbé opened a column syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate on July 1, 1990. Where they served as columnists addressing topics of current interest and also whether surrogate motherhood should be banned. Bonnie, Linda, and the “Our Turn” column were moved to by Creators Syndicate in 1991.
Further, she left PBS’s To the Contrary after a May 12, 2000, incident with Bonnie when he said that Linda at her age was more likely to be hit by lightning than raped. However, on January 18, 2008, she returned to the program and is listed as a panelist on its website. As of now, she serves as a Fox News political commentator and also a syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate.
She has been a regular panelist at Eye on Washington, The McLaughlin Group, and Crossfire. In addition, she is a frequent guest at Hannity and Colmes, Fox and Friends, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Good Morning America, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and The O’Reilly Factor. Linda was a guest host at To the Contrary, sitting in for Bonnie and Hannity and Colmes, and also sitting in for Sean Hannity.
Linda Chavez Salary
She receives decent pay serving as Fox News political commentator. Linda’s salary is $84,200 annually.
Linda Chavez Net Worth
She has served at the white house for over a decade, and worked as a columnist and also author. Through her hard work and success, she had attained a decent fortune. Linda’s estimated net worth is $3 Million.
How Tall Is Linda Chavez
Linda is a woman of average stature and is 5 ft 6 in.
Who Is Linda Chavez
Linda is an American Living Legend radio talk show host, commentator, and author. She serves as Fox News political commentator and also a syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. Linda was the first woman nominated to the United States Cabinet during the time George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor.