Wonder

James Wonder
House Minority Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office March 13, 2021
Preceded by	Sysadmin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Dixie
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2021
Preceded by	Jeb!
Constituency	4th District (133rd Congress-present)
Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office March 12, 2021
President	Christian Bo
Preceded by	Bruce Hill
Member of the Dixie General Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office December 8, 2020
Preceded by	Jess Reed
Constituency	5th District (16th Assembly-present)
Dixie Secretary of Education
In office November 22, 2020 – January 28, 2021
Preceded by	Soren Dillinger
Succeeded by	Bacon
Personal Details
Born	Nashville, Tennessee
Political party	Libertarian-Republican Party
Education	College of William and Mary

James Earl Wonder is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Dixie's 4th congressional District. A Libertarian-Republican, he also serves in the Dixie State Assembly, and as Deputy White House Chief of Staff in the Bo Administration.

Early Life

Wonder was born January 4th, 1973 in Nashville, Tennessee (Now Dixie) to Tiberius Wonder Jr., a Professor at Nashville State Community College, and Gloria Etemo-Wonder, a 5th Grade Elementary School Teacher in Nashville. Wonder spent much of his childhood studying and partaking in school debates. He attended the College of William and Mary where he got an undergraduate degree in Education. After being unable to find work he took a job teaching 1st graders from very rural areas with high poverty rates. He taught there for several years before working his way up to become Superintendent of the Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Political Career

Dixie State Cabinet

Wonder first became interested in politics when offered the position of Secretary of Education by Governor Drunk in which Wonder accepted. He was confirmed in a 7-0 vote by the Dixie General Assembly and got to work immediately on working with legislators to produce legislation on School issues, such as bus safety, wake-up times, and other things. These actions helped bring Wonder to the state spotlight and encouraged him to run for office.

Dixie General Assembly

Wonder ran for the Dixie General Assembly in the December Elections facing Representative Moonguy. The two debated heavily and campaigned very much. Pundits noticed the race was a very negative one with both candidates willing to get into the mud when debating. In the end, Wonder came in with a blowout winning over 80% of the vote. In his first term he immediately got to work and produced several pieces of legislation and worked bi-partisnaly across the aisle especially on education issues which he took deep into his heart. At the time he has elected the Libertarian-Republican Party held a supermajority in the Assembly which allowed Wonder to quickly move up the ranks and pass legislation very easily. However, as the term went on many members of the Libertarian-Republican Party left and they became the Minority in the Assembly.

When Wonder ran for re-election in the Dixie General Assembly the Libertarian-Republicans were facing statewide losses and a split party. He was easily renominated for his seat but faced a veteran politician Bruce Hill and many pundits put his race at a disadvantage for Wonder. Several news outlets in the coming weeks for the election had it at a complete tossup or a very close race. Wonder ran an aggressive campaign which focused on what he called the inaction of when Bruce Hill was in the Assembly. During the election the early results had him losing by a 10 point margin but as more and more results came in the gap dwindled and had Wonder winning re-election by 51.03%. In his second term with him as the only Libertarian-Republican, he became the Minority Leader of the Assembly and Speaker Pro Tempore. He was able to still pass lots of legislation bi-partisnaly and got much recognition for his intense questioning of Soren for his position of Associate Justice of the Dixie Supreme Court. On March 26th he announced his re-election bid for a 3rd term in the Assembly.

Congress

After his large victory in the Assembly, he attempted to run for Dixie’s 4th Congressional District being vacated by Jeb! who was running for Senate at the time. Wonder faced a political newcomer who had very little name recognition and even dropped out in the middle of the race leaving Wonder to be unopposed. The Libertarian-Republican Party was able to make several gains in the House of Representatives but ultimately lost the Senate which was critical for President Sandoval's agenda. In the beginning of the term he was quickly elected to the head of the Liberty Caucus and stayed that for the rest of the term. As several members left the Libertarian-Republican Party he became the sole member of that party to represent the House of Representatives. He was able to pass some modest reforms and decided to run for re-election after originally not wanting to.

He was easily re-elected after beating former Representative Kevin by a landslide victory which saw the Libertarian-Republican Party make several large gains. He was elected House Minority Leader by his caucus and was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff by President Bo. He faced some heavy opposition as members of opposition parties tried to produce a Constitutional Convention to get rid of the Electoral College which he along with the rest of the caucus opposed. The attempts were quickly defeated and came as a victory for the party.

Political Beliefs

Wonder is known as a moderate Libertarian-Republican who is more left-leaning on certain social issues. This has helped him with certain voters on the left which may have helped him win re-election in several of his close races.

Personal Life

Wonder is married to his wife Melvakia, and together they have five children. Ivana, James Jr, Erica, Tiffa, and Barron. Wonder has a private residence in Nashville, along with a home in Hilton Head, South Carolina where he resides during the Summer recess. He also had a distant uncle who worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Professor.

Electoral History

Dixie General Assembly

December 2020, DX-5 Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LP	Wonder		81.48	+81.48
	UL	Moonguy		17.04	+17.04
	Independent	Poliman		1.48	+1.48
	LP gain from UL