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Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema


Kyrsten Sinema assumed office in the U.S. Senate for Arizona on Jan. 3, 2019. Previously, she served as the U.S. representative from Arizona's 9th Congressional District. On March 5, 2024, Sinema announced that she was not running for re-election to the Senate. Sinema was born on July 12, 1976, in Tucson, Arizona. She earned her B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1995, her Master of Social Work from Arizona State University in 1999, a J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law in 2004 and a Ph.D. in justice studies […]
Louise Slaughter
Louise M Slaughter


Louise M. Slaughter served New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 until her death on March 16, 2018. Slaughter was the first woman to serve as chairwoman of the House Committee on Rules and one of the longest-serving Democrats in Congress. Slaughter was born in Harlan County, Kentucky, August 14, 1929. In 1951, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology; and in 1953, she received her Master of Science in public health, both from the University of Kentucky. After graduate school, Slaughter worked for Procter […]
Olympia Snowe
Olympia J Snowe


Olympia Snowe served as a U.S. senator for Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe was born February 21, 1947, in Augusta, Maine. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Maine in 1969 and married state representative Peter Snowe the same year. In the early 1970s, she worked at the Auburn Board of Voter Registration, then as an office manager for U.S. Representative (and future secretary of defense) William S. Cohen. In 1973, Snowe was elected to the seat in the Maine House of Representatives […]
Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis


Hilda Solis assumed office as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in December 2014. Solis previously served as the United States secretary of labor from 2009-2013, the first Latina to serve in the U.S. Cabinet. Solis was born October 20, 1957, in Los Angeles, California. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science from California State Polytechnic University in 1979 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California in 1981. Solis worked with the White House Office of Hispanic Affairs […]
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier


Jackie Speier served in the U.S. House of Representatives for California from 2008 until her retirement in 2023. Speier was born May 14, 1950, in San Francisco, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California-Davis in 1972 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of California Hastings School of Law in 1976. From 1973 to 1978, Speier worked as a staff member for California Representative Leo Joseph Ryan. In 1978, she was part of Ryan's fact-finding mission investigating allegations of human rights abuses by Jim Jones […]
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie A Stabenow


Debbie Stabenow assumed office as a Michigan United States senator in January 2001, the first woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate. On Jan. 5, 2023, Stabenow announced that she would not seek reelection in 2024. Stabenow was born April 29, 1950, in Gladwin, Michigan. She completed her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Work degrees from Michigan State University in 1972 and 1975, respectively. Before entering politics, Stabenow worked with youth in the public schools. Stabenow served as Ingham County commissioner from 1975-1978. She served in […]
Betty Sutton
Betty S Sutton


Betty S. Sutton is a judge of the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals and assumed office on February 9, 2021. Her term ends on February 8, 2027. Formerly she represented Ohio's 13th District in the House of Representatives from 2007 - 2013. Sutton was born July 31, 1963, in Barberton, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Kent State University in 1985 and her Juris Doctorate at the University of Akron in 1990. Prior to serving in Congress, Sutton served on the Barberton City Council from 1991 to […]
Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes


Emilia Sykes assumed office as a U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district on Jan. 3, 2023. Sykes was born in Akron, Ohio, on Jan. 4, 1986. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kent State University and a law degree and master’s degree in public health from the University of Florida. Before serving in political office, Sykes worked as an administrative staff advisor at the Summit County Fiscal Office and as a law clerk to the chief justice of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of […]
Kathy Szeliga
Kathy Szeliga


Kathy Szeliga has served as in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2011. She was the 2016 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maryland to replace retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski. Szeliga was born October 10, 1961, in Baltimore, Maryland. She was raised in a military family, her father a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. After working a series of blue-collar jobs, she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education from Towson University in 1994. She began working as a teacher in Baltimore […]
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor


Mary Taylor was Ohio's 65th lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019. As lieutenant governor, Taylor was named to lead CSI Ohio—the "Common Sense Initiative"—to reform Ohio's regulatory policies, as well as to serve as the director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. She resigned as Insurance Director on March 31, 2017. An Ohio native, Taylor received a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in taxation from the University of Akron. In 1990, she began her career at Deloitte and Touche, an accounting firm. In 1994, she joined the […]