{{Infobox officeholder | name = Jean Milko | image = | office = Chairperson of the<br>Allegheny County Democratic Party | term_start = March 31, 2005 | term_end = June 11, 2006<ref name=CountyChairElect>{{cite news|last=Wereschagin|first=Mike|title=Burn named new chairman of Allegheny County Democrats|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06163/697606-85.stm|accessdate=December 29, 2011|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=June 12, 2006}}</ref> | predecessor = Tom Flaherty | successor = Jim Burn | birth_date = 1934 | birth_place = Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic Party | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = }}
'''Jean Ann Milko''' is an American politician who has served as vice chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/96521832 How Pennsylvania's superdelegates line up]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', February 7, 2008, p. A9 (subscription required).</ref>
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Biography== Jean A. Milko was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1934.<ref>Rechcigl Jr., Miloslav. ''Notable American Women with Czechoslovak Roots: A Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies, Historiography and Genealogy''. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, September 2019.</ref>
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
Between 1974 and 2000, she was the only jury commissioner in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania who was a member of the Democratic Party.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/89800546 Not Milko's fault]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', January 20, 2000, p. A18 (subscription required).</ref> In May 2001, she defeated Stephen Bokor to win the Democratic primary election for the Allegheny County jury commissioner's seat.<ref>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).</ref> She then ran unopposed in the November general election that year.<ref>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).</ref>
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