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Deborah Ross

Deborah Ross

  • North Carolina
  • Democratic
Career

U.S. House of Representatives, 2021-present
North Carolina General Assembly, 2003-2013

Education

B.A., Brown University
J.D., Univeristy of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Details

Born: Jun 20, 1963

State Representative U.S. Representative

Biography

Deborah Ross assumed office as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. She previously served in the North Carolina General Assembly from 2003-2013.

Ross was born June 20, 1963. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in 1985 and law degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990. She is an attorney, business ethics consultant and senior lecturing fellow. She managed the ACLU of North Carolina for more than seven years.

During her tenure in the North Carolina General Assembly, Ross served as a majority whip and state house deputy minority whip. She was the 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate for North Carolina, but lost to incumbent Sen. Richard Burr.

For information on Ross' policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

Source:

Ballotpedia (n.d.). Deborah Ross. Retrieved on Nov. 18, 2020, from https://ballotpedia.org/Deborah_Ross.

Vote Smart. (n.d.). Deborah Ross' biography. Retrieved on Nov. 18, 2020, from https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/41560/deborah-ross.

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