Eliza LeBlanc Wolf

Elisabeth Amelia LeBlanc Wolf was born on July 14, 1965, to David and Emilie LeBlanc in Lewiston, Maine. He was a WWII vet, and she was his faithful housewife, both of whom came from families with histories in the military. They were very Catholic and very French-American/French-Canadian-American, although there's some Italian, Irish, Cajun, Creole, and Islenos heritage in there too. The LeBlanc's were a big family, have a total of 9 kids born between 1941 and 1976. The family would move from Lewiston to Portland in the summer of 1977 due to a local economic downturn in Lewiston. In the new city, Eliza's parents would found a Ma and Pa Shop, at which Eliza would work nearly every summer. It was shortly after the family moved to Portland when Eliza would start getting involved in pageantry after it a new friend suggested it. Eliza found in enjoyable and was even good at it, so she continued doing it throughout high school.

Thanks to several scholarships, Eliza was able to attend Colby College. It was a time of discovery and exploration. She joined clubs, went to parties, dived in academically, had both male and female lovers, and of course, meet her Husband for the first time. During the summer of 1984, she worked as an Intern for the Maine Republicans, who paired her with Arnold Wolf's campaign. He was just a married, Congressional candidate at the time. Officially, nothing ever happened between the two, but they were much closer than your average candidate and intern.

After the summer was over and Eliza returned to college, she set herself a goal; it was time to become Miss America. By the time the Summer of 1985 was starting up, Eliza had won the title of Miss Maine and was back in contact with Rep. Wolf, a newly divorced man. The two would quickly start a relationship. Eliza didn't win the title of Miss America, although she did come in the Top 10, and a few months after that, she and Arnold became engaged, and a few months after that, married.

During the first year and a half of their marriage, Eliza mainly stayed in Waterville, finishing up her education as she is not one to wed into wealth and then spend the rest of her life as a trophy wife. She got her BA in Government and Global Studies with a minor in Theater and Dance in May 1987. She would barely have any time to move into the Wolf Homestead before Arnold announced his Presidential Run.

Eliza proved to be an active member of the campaign, taking on the role of a campaign spouse and giving it her own spin, ditching the helmet hair and pearl necklaces in favor of flowing hair and actual fashion. So also actively stumping for her Husband, even early on in the campaign. Of course, he would go on to lose the primary, but it was amazingly fun while it lasted. Once back in Maine, Eliza quickly found a job working in Gov. not-McKernan's staff. Besides a brief period where she served on his campaign staff in 1990, she would work for the Governor until 1993, at which point she resigned, ready to launch her own political career.

As Arnold was running for Governor, Eliza would be running for the very seat her Husband once held in Congress. While he would win his primary, Eliza would lose hers by 3% points, largely blaming it on the fact that the Party back in Washington was not in the mood for a Rockefeller Republican. Regardless of that, she would still campaign to become First Lady of Maine during the general. Of course, that election would also result in a loss for the couple. On the bright side, about a month after the election Eliza discovered she was pregnant.

She would say out of the working world during her pregnancy and for a couple of months after her son's birth. After Eliza got her fill with being a stay at home mom, she announced her run for a seat in the State Senate, specifically the one the represented Standish. She would win the primary and general easily. Once in the State Senate, she would prove to be a very moderate Republican, if not to the left of some of her moderate Democratic colleagues. During her first term, she would find a job outside of the State Senate as a paralegal at the Portland-based law firm, as well as coming into contact with a damn good investment firm she would quickly become a client of.

As a result of the 2000 elections in Maine, the State Senate was tied. This, in turn, resulted in a power-sharing agreement where the two most moderate members of each caucus would serve as the President of the Senate, Not-Mike Michaud for the 2000-2001 term, and Eliza for the 2001-2002 term. The two Senate Presidents would face off in 2002, as they were both running to replace a retiring Representative in Maine's 2nd district. The race would attract some national attention given that it featured a liberal Republican vs a conservative Democrat. In the end, Eliza would lose by little more than a point and even called for a recount that showed that she did in fact, lose.

After 2002, she decided to take a bit of a break from politics, although if she saw an opportunity to run again, she intended to take it and it should be noted that she continued to lobby for many an issue in Maine politics she cared about over the years. In May of 2003, she was appointed to L.L.Bean's Board of Directors as an Independent Director, thanks in part to her connections to Maine's government and having interests that aligned with the CEO at the time. She would soon find herself appointed to two other boards, Colby College's and the American Red Cross in Maine's throughout 2005.

2003 to 2008 was a rather successful time for Eliza. She helped to take L.L.Bean International under the direction of the CEO, she helped to bring Colby College up in both ranking and applications, and helped to set up a better Red Cross infrastructure in North and Eastern Maine. She did eye a gubernatorial run in 2006, although decided against it. It was a happy time for Eliza's professional career. Then her Husband started Birtherism. She was practically forced off of Colby's board, faced an early retirement from L.L.Bean's, and had to take a massive step back in her official duties on the Red Cross's. Eliza can deal with a lot and she had up to that point in her marriage. The affairs Arnold hid much worst than he thought he did, the jealousy and lack of support for her career after he left politics, his general lack of paternal skills, etc, etc. If it wasn't for their son, 13 years old at this point, she would've handed her Husband divorce papers right then and there, but she didn't want to make their son go through that, so she didn't.

2009, was a strange year for Eliza. For the first time in a while, she wasn't sure what she wanted to do, at least from a professional standpoint. After a vacation or two or the Caribbean without her Husband, Eliza decided to buy up some property in Florida and Puerto Rico, taking the first steps that would result in the mini real estate empire she now owns and rents out. Shortly after that, she got involved in philanthropy, donating and fundraising for various charities, non-profits, and NGOs that focused mainly on conservation, woman's rights, and veteran's healthcare.

Doing all of this out of Maine, it wasn't the most efficient model. So when her Husband's show went from radio to Fox, she moved along to Washington, DC, which definitely served as a better base of operations for Eliza. Although she would regret the move somewhat come 2012, seeing as Not-Snowe's retirement would have been the perfect opportunity to finally take a seat in Congress, although she was pleased in Not-King's win given the positive relationship the two had while he was Governor and she was Senate President. After getting used to life in the City, as well as establishing several connections with the wives of Arnold's associates and other various socialites, Eliza decided to take her philanthropy to the next level, founding the Eliza Foundation in 2013. Although it was an overall small fry when compared to other philanthropic organizations founded by rich people, given that Eliza's wealth and overall name recognition were much lower than most people that do this kind thing, the Eliza Foundation was still able to do good work in the fields Eliza was already active in, being conservation, woman's rights, and veteran healthcare.

Eliza was hardly given a notice about her Husband's third Presidential run and she wasn't the most active in it either, at least in the primary. In the general, she did campaign for her Husband, although it was a lot more personality-based, with almost no policy thrown in the mix, which seems strange when compared to her campaigning in 1988, which was a mix of both. She excepted him to win the primary, it didn't take an idiot to figure out the general mood among the party's base. But she was shocked when he won the general, fully excepting her teenage fever dream of becoming the first female President to die that night.

Since moving into the White House she has given her own spin to the role of First Lady, giving the office a fair number of firsts. First to hold down a job while serving in the office (Although it should be noted a large number of her duties at the Foundation have been delegated to others for the time being), first Republican to sit in on Cabinet meetings, first to be elected to public office before serving as First Lady, and first to be fluent in 5 different languages. While Eliza has been a fairly active First Lady, she has willing allowed the media to speculate about a lot of things, such as why she has attended and even performed a few jokes at the White House Correspondent Dinners in 2018 and to why she wore a White Pantsuit to the State of the Union in 2019. Eliza has no plans at present to give out the actual answers to these questions.

As First Lady she has had her own pet projects of course, going under the general cover of Humanitarianism, helping to improve the general human condition. It allows her to have a wide swath of things she can do but the freedom to only do things when she wants to do them. When she does do things she generally has supported the same things she does in her philanthropy.

When her Husband told her about the tumor, she was in shock but didn't really know how to respond, this was a man she didn't love at this point after all. Although, as she had more time to process it all, she could see signs of it over the last several years. If anything, it's made her feel guilty for how their marriage turned out, especially every time Arnold has shown fear/sadness about his mortality.

Other Info: Bisexual, although not out to the general public. Estimated Net Worth, around $35 to $45 Million. Three of her brothers and one of her Sisters are/were Veterans. Dual American and Canadian Citizenship. Native Speaker of French and English, has learned Russian, German, and Spanish over the years.