Mary Cheney
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Cheney at her father's second inauguration, January 20, 2005
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| Born |
Mary Claire Cheney March 14, 1969 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Residence | Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Poe (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Dick Cheney Lynne Cheney |
| Relatives | Liz Cheney (sister) |
Mary Claire Cheney (born March 14, 1969) is the second daughter of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, and his wife, Lynne Cheney. She is politically conservative and is involved with a number of political action groups.
In 2013, she was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.
Cheney attended McLean High School in McLean, Virginia, graduating in the class of 1987. Following that, she attended Colorado College, her mother's alma mater, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and graduated in 1991. She earned a graduate business degree from the University of Denver in 2002.
In 1993, she became one of the first employees of the Colorado Rockies baseball team, working in promotions when the team began playing in Denver. Thereafter, she was a public relations manager for the Coors Brewing Company, and worked as a gay & lesbian outreach coordinator, helping to end a national gay boycott of Coors.
She has been one of her father's top campaign aides and closest confidantes. In July 2003, she became the Director of Vice Presidential Operations for the Bush-Cheney 2004 Presidential re-election campaign.
Cheney is a vice president for consumer advocacy at AOL.
Mary Cheney has been with her partner, Heather Poe, since 1992.
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