Jean Milko
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|term_start = March 31, 2005
|predecessor = Tom Flaherty
|successor = Jim Burn
|birth_date = 1934
|birth_place = Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States
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|party = Democratic Party
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Jean Ann Milko is an American politician who has served as vice chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.padems.com/About/StateCommittee/ |title=State Committee Information |accessdate=2010-03-03 |date=2010-03-03 |work=Pennsylvania Democratic Party official web site |publisher=Pennsylvania Democratic Party |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209033922/http://www.padems.com/About/StateCommittee/ |archivedate=2010-02-09 }}"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/96521832 How Pennsylvania's superdelegates line up]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 7, 2008, p. A9 (subscription required).
A member of the Democratic National Committee from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2004, she previously served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Democratic National Convention in 1972 and 2000. She then continued her service as a delegate in 2004 and 2008.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html|title=Index to Politicians: Miles-lagrange to Millentree |accessdate=2010-03-03 |last=Kestenbaum |first=Lawrence |work=The Political Graveyard |publisher= Lawrence Kestenbaum }}
Biography
Jean A. Milko was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1934.Rechcigl Jr., Miloslav. Notable American Women with Czechoslovak Roots: A Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies, Historiography and Genealogy. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, September 2019.
Milko was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania in 1972, 2000, 2004, and 2008, and a member of the Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html|title=Index to Politicians: Miles-lagrange to Millentree |accessdate=2010-03-03 |last=Kestenbaum |first=Lawrence |work=The Political Graveyard |publisher= Lawrence Kestenbaum }}
Between 1974 and 2000, she was the only jury commissioner in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania who was a member of the Democratic Party."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/89800546 Not Milko's fault]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 2000, p. A18 (subscription required). In May 2001, she defeated Stephen Bokor to win the Democratic primary election for the Allegheny County jury commissioner's seat.Belko, Mark. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/90303042 Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Row Offices]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 16, 2001, p. B2 (subscription required). She then ran unopposed in the November general election that year.Cohan, Jeffrey. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/91048693 Democrats expected to keep iron grip on row offices]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, October 30, 2001, p. C4 (subscription required).