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  | caption              = Official portrait, 2022
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  | office                = 34th [[Vice President of Arabi]]
  | office                = [[Speaker of the Arabin House of Representatives]]
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  | term_start            = {{start date|2017|01|08}}
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  | term_end              = {{end date|2023|01|05}}
| president            = [[Robert Stephens (Arabi)|Robert Stephens]]
  | predecessor          = Joshua Paxton March
  | predecessor          = Robert Stephens
  | successor            = James Young
  | successor            =  


  | office2              = [[Speaker of the Arabin House of Representatives]]
  | office2              = House Majority Leader
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  | term_start2          = {{start date|2015|01|08}}
  | term_end2            = {{end date|2022|08|22}}
  | term_end2            = {{end date|2017|01|08}}
  | predecessor2          = Joshua Paxton March
  | 3blankname2          = Speaker
| 3namedata2            = Joshua Paxton March
| predecessor2          = Colleen Gilmore
  | successor2            = Steven Turner
  | successor2            = Steven Turner


  | office3               = House Majority Leader
  | office3              = Member of the [[Arabin House of Representatives]] from [[New Cambridge (Arabi)|New Cambridge]]'s 11th district
| term_start3          = {{start date|2015|01|08}}
  | term_start3           = {{start date|2005|01|08}}
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  | term_end3             = {{end date|2023|01|05}}
| 3blankname3          = Speaker
  | predecessor3         = Brad Schroeder
| 3namedata3            = Joshua Paxton March
  | successor3           = Harriett Snider
| predecessor3          = Colleen Gilmore
| successor3            = Steven Turner
 
| office4               = Member of the [[Arabin House of Representatives]] from [[New Cambridge (Arabi)|New Cambridge]]'s 11th district
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  | term_end4             = {{end date|2022|08|22}}
  | predecessor4         = Brad Schroeder
  | successor4           = Harriett Snider
   
   
  | birth_name      = Chelsea Marie Nixon
  | birth_name      = Chelsea Marie Nixon
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'''Chelsea Marie Pickering''' ({{wp|Birth name|née '''Nixon'''}}; born March 11, 1973) is an Arabinian politician serving as the 34th [[Vice President of Arabi]] since 2022. Previously she served as [[Speaker of the Arabin House of Representatives]] from 2017 to 2022 and served as an Arabin Representative from 2005 to 2022. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (Arabi)|Democratic Party]]. Pickering is the fifth woman to serve as House Speaker.
'''Chelsea Marie Pickering''' ({{wp|Birth name|née|}} '''Nixon'''; born March 11, 1973) is an Arabinian politician who served as the [[Speaker of the Arabin House of Representatives]] from 2017 to 2023 and served as an Arabin Representative from 2005 to 2023. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (Arabi)|Democratic Party]]. Pickering is the fifth woman to serve as House Speaker.


Pickering is the first cousin twice removed to former {{wp|President of the United States|U.S. President}} {{wp|Richard Nixon}}.
Pickering is the first cousin twice removed to former {{wp|President of the United States|U.S. President}} {{wp|Richard Nixon}}.
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== Career ==
== Career ==
=== House of Representatives (2005−2022) ===
=== House of Representatives (2005−2022) ===
Im 2021, Pickering announced she would not seek a 10th term but would run in the [[2022 Arabin presidential election]]. Ultimately she lost the primaries to [[Robert Stephens (Arabi)|Robert Stephens]].


==== House Majority Leader (2015−2017) ====
==== House Majority Leader (2015−2017) ====
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Pickering married Jeff Hamilton in  November 1994. They divorced in August 1995 after nine months of marriage due to {{wp|domestic violence}}. She said three weeks after marrying Hamilton, he started hitting her and verbally abusing her. On June 13, 1995, Hamilton became inebriated and started hitting and punching Pickering, after attempting self-defense against him, he grabbed a kitchen knife and non-fatally stabbed her three times. She was able to call the police and they arrested Hamilton and charged him with attempted murder. Pickering was taken to the hospital where she was treated for three weeks. The day after being released from the hospital she filed for divorce. In 1997, Hamilton was found guilty of attempted murder and was sentenced to 18 years in a state penitentiary, he was released in April 2015.
Pickering married Jeff Hamilton in  November 1994. They divorced in August 1995 after nine months of marriage due to {{wp|domestic violence}}. Three weeks after marrying Hamilton, he started physically and verbally abusing her. On June 13, 1995, Hamilton became inebriated and started hitting and punching Pickering, after attempting self-defense against him, he grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed her three times. She was able to call the police and they arrested and charged him with attempted murder. Pickering was taken to the hospital where she was treated for three weeks. The day after being released from the hospital she filed for divorce. In 1997, Hamilton was found guilty of attempted murder and was sentenced to 18 years in a state penitentiary, he was released in April 2015.
 
She met Tony Pickering in 1997 and subsequently married him after a year of dating. They have four children together; Martin (2000), Christina (2002), Marley (2004), and Daniel (2006). Pickering stated she hadn't planned on remarrying due to the {{wp|Post-traumatic stress disorder|trauma}} she endured during her first marriage but that Tony was "kind and gentle giant who always put her needs before his own."


== Vice President ==
She met Tony Pickering in 1997 and subsequently married him after a year of dating. They have four children together; Martin (2000), Christina (2002), Marley (2004), and Daniel (2006). Pickering said she hadn't planned on remarrying due to the {{wp|Post-traumatic stress disorder|trauma}} she endured during her first marriage.
Pickering became the 34th [[Vice President of Arabi]] on August 22, 2022. [[Robert Stephens (Arabi)|Robert Stephens]] nominated her on August 1, 2022, just hours after he was sworn in as [[President of Arabi|President]]. Her nomination was confirmed by the [[Arabin Senate|Senate]] on August 22, 2022 and she was sworn in an hour later.

Latest revision as of 02:59, 19 August 2023

Chelsea Pickering
Chelsea Pickering 2022 - Arabi.jpg
Official portrait, 2021
Speaker of the Arabin House of Representatives
In office
January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08) – January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)
Preceded byJoshua Paxton March
Succeeded byJames Young
House Majority Leader
In office
January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08) – January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)
SpeakerJoshua Paxton March
Preceded byColleen Gilmore
Succeeded bySteven Turner
Member of the Arabin House of Representatives from New Cambridge's 11th district
In office
January 8, 2005 (2005-01-08) – January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)
Preceded byBrad Schroeder
Succeeded byHarriett Snider
Personal details
Born
Chelsea Marie Nixon

(1973-03-11) March 11, 1973 (age 51)
Columbia Bridge, Welwald
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		LSP (before 2020)
Spouse(s)
Jeff Hamilton
(m. 1994; div. 1995)

Tony Pickering (m. 1998)
Children4

Chelsea Marie Pickering (née Nixon; born March 11, 1973) is an Arabinian politician who served as the Speaker of the Arabin House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023 and served as an Arabin Representative from 2005 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Pickering is the fifth woman to serve as House Speaker.

Pickering is the first cousin twice removed to former U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Early life

Pickering was born to John Nixon (1943) and Marianne Conley Nixon (1944). John immigrated to Arabi from the United States in July 1969 when he was 26. Roughly two months later he met Marianne Conley. The two wed in February of 1970. They have three children, Greg (1971-1974), Chelsea (1973), and Fred (1975).

When Pickering was one year old, her brother Greg died due to Leukemia.

Career

House of Representatives (2005−2022)

Im 2021, Pickering announced she would not seek a 10th term but would run in the 2022 Arabin presidential election. Ultimately she lost the primaries to Robert Stephens.

House Majority Leader (2015−2017)

House Speaker (2017−2022)

Personal life

Pickering married Jeff Hamilton in November 1994. They divorced in August 1995 after nine months of marriage due to domestic violence. Three weeks after marrying Hamilton, he started physically and verbally abusing her. On June 13, 1995, Hamilton became inebriated and started hitting and punching Pickering, after attempting self-defense against him, he grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed her three times. She was able to call the police and they arrested and charged him with attempted murder. Pickering was taken to the hospital where she was treated for three weeks. The day after being released from the hospital she filed for divorce. In 1997, Hamilton was found guilty of attempted murder and was sentenced to 18 years in a state penitentiary, he was released in April 2015.

She met Tony Pickering in 1997 and subsequently married him after a year of dating. They have four children together; Martin (2000), Christina (2002), Marley (2004), and Daniel (2006). Pickering said she hadn't planned on remarrying due to the trauma she endured during her first marriage.

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