James Bryant

James Bryant is a Cantonian politician elected the President of Cantonia in 2258.

Bryant began his political career in the 2220's working for Parliamentary campaigns in the battleground state of Norte Grande. After managing Ron Deron's campaign in 2226, he became a staffer of his, and eventually an Assistant Member of Parliament in 2228 for two years. When Deron became sick in 2229, Bryant stepped up and ran for his seat, winning in a close election and holding that seat until 2242 as a top Member of Parliament for the NDP. Though he was never a Minister, he was considered for high office on multiple occasions, once nearly becoming the Minister of Welfare for Cantonia, though he lost to James Leston.

In 2242 he ran for Governor of Norte Grande and won 55%-45% over the Moderate candidate in a hotly contested election. Winning re-election in 2248 with 62% of the vote, and in 2252 with 66% of the vote, he remained a popular governor of the state. He won his fourth term in 2256 with 59% of the vote, slipping from his last elections, but remaining popular overall and becoming the longest serving Governor of the state.

In 2257 he began his campaign for President of Cantonia and 32.4% of the vote in the first round of the primary, coming in second by less than 3,000 votes. He went on to win the run-off election and become the New Democratic nominee for President on February 19th, 2258, just four months before the election.

Bryant won with 50.70% of the vote on May 5th, 2258 in the 2258 Presidential Election to become the 7th President of Cantonia.

In the 2264 Presidential Election, Bryant faced Governor Bob Cadin of New Ecuador. Bryant went on to easily win his party's nomination with 78% of the vote and win re-election to the Presidency, falling just short of 60% of the national popular vote, beating out Cadin. Bryant began his second term two weeks later, which would last till 2270 on May 15th.