[71][70] Her comments led some WNBA players to call for her removal from ownership. They sold about$56,693 in Lululemon and $27,580 in the company that owns T.J. Maxx. [14] In 2002, she joined Intercontinental Exchange, a commodity and financial service provider, in investor relations. Now they're campaigning for her Senate opponent", "GOP Sen. 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[57] Between January 24 and February 14, the couple sold between $1.275 and $3.1 million worth of stock in 27 companies, while buying stocks worth between $450,000 and $1 million, including in Citrix, which develops remote collaboration software. [13] They have four additional homes and a condo. Attack her policies, not her appearance, one critic of Fidels tweet wrote. Ninety-seven percent of these donations went to Republicans, and three percent to Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Debbie Stabenow,[23] and Georgia Congressman David Scott (GA13), who received $10,200. Showing Editorial results for kelly loeffler. Sprecher worked as a salesman for Trane, an industrial company. [25][26], Loeffler considered seeking the Republican nomination in the 2014 United States Senate election in Georgia but ultimately passed on the race because of Intercontinental Exchange's pending acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange. Loeffler aligned with President Donald Trump, touting her "100 percent Trump voting record" during the campaign.[3][4]. Jeffrey Sprecher is married to Kelly Loeffler, the businesswoman and WNBA team co-owner who represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate after Gov. In a December 6, 2020, debate she repeatedly accused her opponent of being a "radical liberal" and refused to admit Joe Biden was the winner of the 2020 United States presidential election. [38] She voted in line with President Trump's stated position 80% of the time. [15] They live in Tuxedo Park, Atlanta,[95] in a $10.5million, 15,000-square-foot (1,400m2) estate, bought in 2013 in what was then the most expensive residential real estate transaction ever recorded in Atlanta. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and the Rev. "The Left, The Swamp, and career politicians will use my success to attack me in the same way they've attacked our President and his family because we reject socialism, champion freedom, and unapologetically support the free enterprise system that made this country great," Loeffler said in May. Story tips can be sent tobrian.flood@fox.comand on Twitter: @briansflood. @GreaterGeorgia @CitizensGA Kelly Loeffler no longer a WNBA team owner as NBA approves sale of Atlanta Dream. She has pledged to use $20 million of her own money on the campaign. Former U.S. Baker. During a basketball season like no . REPUBLICAN senator Kelly Loeffler tested positive for coronavirus on November 21, but a second test has shown her results were inconclusive. Because Kelly Loeffler is from Illinois. After the November 2020 election, Loeffler and fellow Georgia senator David Perdue claimed without evidence that there had been unspecified failures in the election, and called for the resignation of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who rejected the accusations. He met Loeffler, 16 years his junior, when she joined Intercontinental Exchanged in 2002 and they married in 2004, with his wife becoming the firm's head of investor and media relations. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Loeffler mainly self-funded her Senate campaign. She is a producer, known for WNBA on ESPN (1997), PBS NewsHour (1975) and America's Newsroom (2007). [35][37] During her tenure in the Senate, Loeffler sponsored 57 bills and cosponsored 210. After the November election, Loeffler and the other U.S. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. 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Loeffler introduces bill seeking to bar transgender girls from girls' sports", "How damning are Richard Burr's and Kelly Loeffler's coronavirus stock trades? Kelly Loeffler speaks at a campaign rally as then-President Donald Trump looks on. She also co-owns Atlanta Dream, a womens basketball team in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). Loeffler has claimed that she was not made aware of these . At the time it was reported to be the most expensive home sale on record in the city. Raphael Warnock.Viewers noticed . To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. One year ago, the Daily Beast published a report claiming Republican then-Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia "dumped millions in stock" following her attendance at a private Jan. 24 Senate Health . KELLY LOEFFLER AND RAPHAEL WARNOCK GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF DEBATE: TOP 5 MOMENTS. When Loeffler left ICE, she reportedly took with her $9 million in shares and stock options that she was set to forfeit when leaving the company. By Manuel Roig-Franzia. Fidel was criticized by people on both sides of the aisle. Lawmakers are prohibited from using information gleaned on Capitol Hill for their financial benefit due to the STOCK Act. Jeffrey Sprecher has an estimated net worth of about $496 million, according to the finance and investing website WallMine. The couple reportedly live in a 15,000-square-foot estate in Atlanta. She is the richest person in congress, according to Prospect. [44][45][42] Loeffler donated portions of her Senate salary to anti-abortion pregnancy centers and an anti-LGBTQ adoption agency. The appointment is short; Ms. Loeffler has to defend her seat in a special election on Nov. 3. [58][59], The government watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Senate Ethics Committee, alleging possible violations of the STOCK Act and insider trading laws in the matter of stock sales by Loeffler and three other senators, Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, and Dianne Feinstein. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Kelly Loeffler is the richest person on Capitol Hill, Loeffler married Jeffrey Sprecher in 2004, She has controversially denounced BLM protests against police brutality and racism, The senator is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). [29] Kemp traveled to Washington to explain why he wanted to appoint Loeffler instead of Trump's choice, Representative Doug Collins, who helped lead the House opposition to Trump's impeachment. Georgia Republican senator Kelly Loeffler, who faces a critical runoff election on January 5, is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on Friday, though a second test on Saturday was . Loeffler was born in Bloomington, Illinois, to Don and Lynda (ne Munsell) Loeffler, and raised on her family's corn and soybean farm in Stanford, Illinois. Actor and political cartoonist Jim Carrey has put pencil to paper once more, and this time, the target of his rage is Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler.In a cartoon shared Tuesday, Carrey drew Loeffler with an inflated head covered in coronavirus spores, making her face look like the nucleus of the spiky virus' cells. Knock it off. [89] With Democrats in the race calling for $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus payments if they won and Donald Trump backing the policy, she announced she would back the payments. [97][20], Loeffler used a Bombardier Challenger 300 private jet for her Senate work and political campaigning. CNN reported the Justice Department is already examining stock trades made by senators this year. Loeffler and her husband's overall trades didn't pay off, however. [18], In 2010, Loeffler bought a minority stake in the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Loeffler's federal financial disclosures put the value in the range of $5 million to $25 million, and indicate that the plane is jointly owned by Loeffler and her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, chair of the New York Stock Exchange. The Wall Street Journal reported Loeffler and Sprecher have each donated $100,000 to President Trumps re-election campaign as well. Are Crypto Credit Cards Next? Republican Kelly Loeffler is leaning on one of her greatest assets and most glaring liabilities to turn around her campaign: her money. [51], In February 2020, Loeffler said that "Democrats have dangerously and intentionally misled the American people on #Coronavirus readiness". She wassworn into the U.S. Senate in January 2020afterGeorgia Governor Brian Kempappointed herto fill the seat of U.S. Since then she has used her private plane to campaign around the state and commute to Washington D.C. She now faces a Republican primary to retain the party's nomination, with Trump ultra-loyalist congressman Doug Collins running against her - and the winner faces an energized Democratic party which came within 50,000 votes of winning the gubernatorial election in 2018. She had intermittently worn a mask while campaigning. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) was slammed this weekend for posing beside a former KKK leader. Totally off topic, but I've started watching Tucker Carlson because he's actually starting to actually report news instead of just spreading propaganda, and he's interviewing Kelly Loeffler about her stock sales Does she have a glass eye? Business Insider editor Manny Fidel was widely condemned on Sunday for mocking the physical appearance of Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.,with many critics pointing out that a conservative would be absolutely vilified for judging a liberal politician in the same way. She too is from the midwest - in her case Illinois - and worked for Citibank among others before meeting Sprecher. Sen. Jim Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, made a number of transactions on the stock market in January and February, but said he has no involvement in his investment decisions. "[55], On March 19, 2020, the release of federal financial disclosure documents showed that Loeffler and her husband Jeffrey Sprecher, chairman and CEO of the Intercontinental Exchange (a corporation that owns the New York Stock Exchange), had sold stock in companies vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic with an aggregate value of several million dollars. When you heard someone mutter that "so-and-so needs to go back where he came from . [52] She criticized Democrats, writing that they "continue to play politics with" COVID-19. [86], Throughout the campaign she sought to win the support of pro-Trump voters. In 2019, he donated $2,800 to the campaign of Lynne Homrich, who is running to represent Georgias 7th congressional district. Their stock sales totaled $1.4 million in March, according to the Wall Street Journal. To start paying for it, College Park, Georgia, took $9 . In the same election, her fellow Georgia senator, David Perdue, also lost. Sprecher also purchased more than $200,000 of stock in in chemical company DuPont de Nemours, which makes protective gear for medical professionals, although the company has been hit overall in the downturn. She is shown above joining President Donald Trump at a rally in support of Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and . 'Understanding the assumption many could make in hindsight however, I spoke this morning with the chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and asked him to open a complete review of the matter with full transparency.'. Loeffler was chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of commodity and financial service provider Intercontinental Exchange, of which her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, is CEO. - The New York Times. Otherwise, look for a phone number on that website to call her office if you have a question. The politician stands at 5feet 9inches tall.. [12][13] In 1999, Loeffler graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in international finance and marketing from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. (AP) By Tom Kertscher December 9, 2020 All rights reserved. If . According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sprecher and Loeffler had donated more than $3 million to political candidates as of December 2019. She has been married to Jeffrey Sprecher since April 3, 2004. Updated: 10/20/2022 03:43 PM EDT. [41][42][43] The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List initially opposed Loeffler's appointment, but endorsed her in the 2020 election. [7][30][31][32], On January 6, 2020, Loeffler was sworn into the Senate. She described herself as being the more conservative member of the relationship. If Republicans were doing this name calling and mocking of a woman that the Democrats on this thread are doing, it would be national news. [50] The bill stated "sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth". UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 3: Signs for Sens. Kelly Loeffler was born on November 27, 1970 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. Appointed Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler's loss at the hands of Rev. 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