Previous designated survivors have included Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona in 2024, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh in 2023 and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in 2022.
The practice of tapping a "survivor" from the presidential line of succession is believed to date back to the Cold War.
Doug Collins, a politician from Georgia and the U.S. Cabinet VA Secretary served as the designated survivor for the State of the Union.
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