Precious McKesson

Precious McKesson is an American political official and political activist. As of March 2022 she is the Executive Director of the Nebraska Democratic Party. She was formerly the Biden Administration's appointee to the Office of Communications and Outreach in the U.S. Department of Education. She is the former Finance Director for the Nebraska Democratic Party and former political director for the 2020 presidential campaign of Joe Biden in the 2nd District of Nebraska during the 2020 United States presidential election. She is the first woman of color in Nebraska to cast an Electoral College ballot, and the first woman in Nebraska to cast an Electoral College ballot for a Democrat.

Career McKesson began her political career with work as a volunteer for the 1997 campaign of Brenda Council, a member of the Omaha City Council running for mayor against the then-mayor, Hal Daub. At the time, McKesson served as the first Constituency Director for the Nebraska Democratic Party.

McKesson has served as the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party's Black caucus since 2020. She was politically active in the Omaha, Nebraska area, organizing events, distributing signs, and registering voters. As a result of this work, McKesson was elected by Democratic Party voters in Nebraska's 2nd District to cast the district's electoral college vote, according to the Nebraska State party chair, Jane Kleeb. but also because she was able to cast her vote for Kamala Harris. She was also involved in organizing and hosting the first People of Color Political Convention, held in March 2021, to help improve voter turnout in municipal elections in Omaha. McKesson is also the President of the North Omaha Neighborhood Alliance.

On October 4, 2021, McKesson was appointed to the position of Special Assistant in the Office of Communications and Outreach in the U.S. Department of Education.

As executive director, McKesson supported the nomination of Kamala Harris following then-President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 United States presidential election. McKesson believed that Harris could win more support from youth voters, but Harris lost ground among youth voters in November.

Personal life McKesson has one daughter. She is also the caretaker for her younger brother since he was paralyzed from gunshot wounds in 2009.