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Marcia L Fudge
Marcia L Fudge


Marcia L. Fudge served as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development from March 10, 2021-March 22, 2024. Previously, she represented Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives from 2008-2021. Fudge was born October 29, 1952. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at The Ohio State University in 1975, and in 1983, she received her law degree from Cleveland State University. From 2000-2008, Fudge served as the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, becoming the city's first female and first African American elected as […]
Kristin Gaspar
Kristin Gaspar


Kristin Gaspar was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 election for California’s 49th congressional district, losing in the general election. A native of San Diego, Gaspar graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. In 2002, she and her husband started a family healthcare practice. Prior to running for the U.S. House, Gaspar served on the Encinitas (Calif.) City Council from 2010-2016, as mayor of Encinitas from 2014-2016 and on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors from 2017-2021.
Kay Granger
Kay Granger


Kay Granger assumed office in January 1997, representing the 12th District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives. Granger was born January 18, 1943, in Greenville, Texas, but grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended Texas Wesleyan University. In 1989, she was elected to the Fort Worth City Council, and in 1991, she assumed the position of mayor, a position she held until 1995. For information on Granger's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on […]
Diane Harkey
Diane Harkey


Diane Harkey was the 2018 Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 49th District, but lost in the general election. Harkey was born June 20, 1951, in Joliet, Illinois. She has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California, Irvine. She has had a 30-year career in corporate banking and finance. Harkey was elected to the Dana Point (California) City Council in 2004, and served as its mayor in 2007. In 2008, she was elected to the California State Assembly. Term-limited in the State […]
Pam Iorio
Pam Iorio


Pam Iorio served as mayor of Tampa, Florida, from 2003 to 2011, only the second woman to hold that office. Iorio was born April 27, 1959, in Waterville, Maine. She graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor of Science in political science. She also earned a master's degree in history from the University of South Florida in Tampa in 2001. Iorio began her political career at age 26, when she became the youngest person ever elected to the Hillsborough County Commission (1985 to 1992). A year later, […]
Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones


Gina Ortiz Jones was elected as mayor of San Antonio, Texas, on June 7, 2025. An American Iraq War veteran and intelligence officer, she previously served as under secretary of the Air Force (2021-2024) under the Biden administration. Ortiz Jones was born on Feb. 1, 1981, and grew up in San Antonio. Attending college on an ROTC scholarship, Ortiz Jones earned a joint bachelor's degree in East Asian studies and economics and master's degree in economics from Boston College in 2003. She later earned a master's degree in global and […]
Brenda Lawrence
Brenda Lawrence


Brenda Lawrence served as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 14th district from 2015 until her retirement from the House in 2023. Lawrence was born on October 18, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree in public administration from Central Michigan University. Lawrence worked for the United States Postal Service for 30 years, starting as a letter carrier and later working in human resources management. She retired in 2008. In the early 1990s, Lawrence was elected to the Southfield (Michigan) Public Schools Board of Education, and served as president, […]
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot


Lori Elaine Lightfoot assumed office as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, on May 20, 2019. She was the first openly gay and the first African American woman to be mayor of Chicago. She lost her re-election bid in 2023. Lightfoot was born on August 4, 1962, in Massillon, Ohio. She attended the University of Michigan where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1984. Lightfoot then attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1989. Afterward, she practiced law at a […]
Linda Lingle
Linda Lingle


Linda Lingle was Hawaii's first female governor, serving from 2002-2010. Lingle was born on June 4, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri. When she was 12 years old, her family moved to Southern California. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge in 1975. After college, Lingle followed her father to Hawaii where she worked as a public information officer for Hawaii Teamsters and Hotel Workers Union in Honolulu, then moved to Molokai and founded Molokai Free Press, a community newspaper. Lingle served on the Maui County […]
Mia Love
Mia Love


Mia Love served Utah's 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. She was the first Haitian American and the first Black female Republican in Congress, and the first Black person to be elected to Congress from Utah. She lost her 2018 re-election bid. Love was born on Dec. 6, 1975, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in fine arts. In 2003, Love was elected to the Saratoga Springs (Utah) City Council. After serving two terms, she was elected mayor. She retained this […]