Mary Mulhern
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Mary Mulhern is the Councilwoman of the City Council
Tampa City Council
The Tampa City Council is the legislative body of the municipal government of the U.S. city of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida. The City Council consists of seven members, each representing one of seven corresponding districts from which they were elected...

 in Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, serving District 2. An artist by training, Mulhern is serving her first term on the City Council.

Mulhern received her BFA from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 in 1982. From 1985-1998 Mary was the Art Administrator for the Art Institute of Chicago. She was a business owner of Mulhern Fine Arts Management 1998-2002. She also owned Mary Mulhern and Associates a graphic design and copyrighting business.

2006 Mulhern ran for City Commission District 1 seat and lost to Rose Ferlita.

Outspent by a ratio of 5:1, Mary Mulhern defeated Republican incumbent Shawn Harrison on 6 March 2007 to win a seat on the Tampa City Council. Officially the seat is non-partisan.

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...

 is married to Mary's brother Daniel Mulhern. Mary held an event called the "Art of Politics" where David Audet Theo Wujcik and Mort Richter, husband of Tampa Museum of Art board member Sara Richter, displayed works at the fundraiser. Among those that were at the event were; Art Keeble, executive director of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County; Chuck Levin, co-founder of the Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts; and Inkwood Books store owner Carla Jimenez.

Mary Mulhern will be running for either Hillsborough County Commissioner District 5 or Mayor of Tampa in November 2010. As of 28 May 2009 Mulhern was undecided on whether she would put her name in the mayoral race or in the county commission race against Ken Hagen to take the seat previously held by Jim Norman.

Her husband is Cameron Dilley, one of the founders of WMNF
WMNF
WMNF is a non-commercial, community radio station operating in the city of Tampa in the U.S. state of Florida that broadcasts at the FM frequency of 88.5 MHz and streaming live...

88.5FM Community Radio.

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