Lyndon Garland

Lyndon Alistair Garland
Senator for the Northern State
Incumbent
Assumed office August 3, 2019
Preceded by	John Boehner
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office November 8, 2019 – January 11, 2020
Preceded by	John Smith
Succeeded by	Matthew Hale
Secretary of the Treasury
In office October 10, 2019 – October 20, 2019
President	Patty
Preceded by	Rincewind
Succeeded by	Computerguy15
In office December 12, 2019 – January 1, 2020
President	MichiganLefty Barch
Preceded by	Computerguy15
Succeeded by	TBA
Member of the House of Delegates
In office October 12, 2019 – Janaury 2, 2020
Preceded by	Rufflez
Succeeded by	LOTR
Secretary of Defense
In office August 23, 2019 – October 20, 2019
President	LOTR Patty
Preceded by	LOTR
Succeeded by	Rincewind
United States Representative for NS-05
In office July 12, 2019 – August 3, 2019
Preceded by	John Boehner
Succeeded by	Rufflez
Personal Details
Born	July 3, 1978 New York, New York
Political party	Independent Labor (Until 2020)
Spouse(s)	Stephanie Chaves Garland
Children	3
Education	Brandeis University (BS) (MS)

Lyndon Garland is an American businessman and Educator who serves as United States Senator representing the Northern State and served as Chairman of the Labor Party. Garland served as Secretary of Defense under President LOTR and Secretary of Treasury under President Patty. Garland has been in elected office since July of 2019 and is widely considered a moderate or centrist.

Early life and Education

Garland was born in New York, New York, the son of Cory Garland, an Electrical Engineer and Maria Garland, a Teacher. In 1985, the Garlands moved from New York to Boston, Massachusetts, where Lyndon attended elementary school at St. Francis Day School and highschool at Cambridge Preparatory Academy. In 1996 Garland graduated high school and enrolled in Brandeis University majoring in Public Accounting and minoring in Behavioral Economics. In 2001 Garland graduated from Brandeis University upon receiving his Masters of Business Administration.

Business Career

In the winter of 2001, Garland joined PayPal in the financial services department in San Jose prior to the company's IPO. By 2005, Garland had founded Brandeis LLC, a digital media platform based primarily on the upper east side of Manhattan. Garland was the President and CEO of Brandeis from 2005 to 2019, when it was sold to Chinese investors. Based on public information, Garland holds a considerable net worth of $150 million based in large part to his time at Brandeis. In December 2019, Brandeis LLC founded the Northerner newspaper, when Garland writes a weekly column related to issues in the Northern State

House of Representatives

Garland was elected to the House of Representatives to represent the 6th Congressional district in the Northern State. He faced Mr. Generalis in the general election winning 63% of the vote in his first race. The campaign was marked by an intense debate over monetary policy, paying down the national debt, and differing investment in higher education and healthcare by the two candidates. Garland refused to endorse single-payer healthcare and took a moderate approach to endorse tuition-free college calling for prioritization of STEM and balance in funding. Garland also went on to endorse a version of the Green New Deal that included funding for nuclear energy.

Pundits have noted a contrast in policy in rhetoric by Garland and other freshmen Labor Congressmen elected during the July midterm election dubbing them “New Labor”. Commentators have characterized these politicians as “Moderate” approaching policy from a pragmatic perspective and willing to compromise and common ground across the aisle. During his time in the House, Garland was involved in bipartisan Immigration reform, advocating for protections for undocumented immigrants and reformation of the Visa System, he sponsored the Atomic Energy Scholarship Act, Safe Nuclear Transition Act, and the Financial Statistics Consolidation Act.

Garland was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Matthew Hale following the sudden resignation of Senator John Boehner.

U.S. Senator from the Northern State

Garland was sworn into the Senate on August 3, 2019. Immediately Garland began drafting a series of policies aimed at reforming American institutions both at home and abroad and focused on tackling inequalities, consumer protection and greater protections for unions and collective bargaining. Garland introduced two acts aimed at reforming the foreign policy of the United States. The Prohibition of Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia was sponsored in reaction to the ongoing Saudi involvement in the Yemeni Civil War and the usage of American weapons and expertise to facilitate human rights abuses in the conflict. The act prohibited the United States government from providing arms, mechanic pieces or schematics used in the development of arms, or training Saudi personnel to use American arms. The act was signed into law by President MichiganLefty. Garland also introduced the Solidarity with Latin America Act, which successfully closed down the former School of the Americas, responsible for training militias, death squads and paramilitary groups aligned with the United States during the Dirty Wars across Latin America, the act was successfully signed into law by President MichiganLefty.

Garland supported in the Senate, majority sign-up for unionization, stronger protections against wildfires, the devolution of the Department of Education to states, healthcare reform and formally devolving Medicaid to the states, and the carbon tax.

2019 Presidential Campaign

On January 14, 2020, Garland declared his candidacy for Governor of the Northern State with a theme of improving the health and humanity of the state. His campaign based in Boston received bipartisan support as Garland emerged as the front runner in the race. The Garland campaign campaigned on decentralization and education investments, lower taxes and cutting regulations and protecting the environment and social services.