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Jennifer Carroll
Jennifer Carroll


Jennifer Carroll, Florida's 18th lieutenant governor, served from January 2011 to March 2013. She is the state's first Black American and first woman elected as lieutenant governor, and the first Black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Carroll was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, on August 27, 1959. She immigrated to the United States when she was eight. Following her graduation from Uniondale High School in New York, she enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After 20 years of service, she retired as a lieutenant […]
Morgan Carroll
Morgan Carroll


Morgan Carroll served in the Colorado State Senate from 2009 to 2017, representing the 29th district. She was the 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado's 6th District, but lost in the general election. Carroll was born November 24, 1971, in Denver, Colorado. Her father, John Carroll, served as a Colorado State Representative from 1964 to 1974. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Colorado Denver in 1996 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado Law School in 2000. […]
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick


Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida's 20th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 18, 2022. Cherfilus-McCormick was born in Brooklyn. She spent a majority of her life growing up in Broward County, Florida. She has earned a B.S. in political science and government from Howard University in 2001 and a J.D. from St. Thomas University in 2010. She began advocating in Washington D.C, on Capitol Hill for healthcare reform, where she grew a passion for politics. She was a chief executive officer of a […]
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm


Shirley Chisholm served as a New York U.S. Representative from 1969 to 1982. She was the first African American woman to serve in the United States Congress, and the first African American candidate to seek a major party's nomination for president, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Chisholm was born November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. From age three to ten, Chisholm lived with her grandmother in Barbados, then returned to New York. Chisholm attended Brooklyn College, graduating in 1946 with a bachelor's […]
Katherine Clark
Katherine Clark


Katherine Clark represents the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts. She was first elected in a special election on December 10, 2013, to succeed Sen. Ed Markey, who resigned after being elected to fill John Kerry's seat following his nomination as U.S. secretary of state. She served as assistant speaker (assistant House Democratic leader) from 2021-2023, and currently serves as House minority whip. Clark was born July 17, 1963, in New Haven, Connecticut. She graduated from St. Lawrence University, Cornell Law School and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. […]
Barbara Comstock
Barbara Comstock


U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock was elected in November 2014 to serve Virginia's 10th district. She held the position until 2019. Comstock was born on June 30, 1959, in Springfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from Middlebury College and attended law school at Georgetown University. She began her congressional career as an intern for Sen. Ted Kennedy. Comstock has worked as a lawyer in private practice, as a staffer for former U.S. Congressman Frank Wolf (1991 to 1995), and as chief investigative counsel and senior counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee […]
Jasmine Crockett
Jasmine Crockett


Jasmine Crockett assumed office as the U.S. representative for Texas’ 30th District on Jan. 3, 2023. Crockett was born on March 29, 1981, in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Rhodes College in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration and from the University of Houston Law Center in 2006 with a Juris Doctor. Before being elected to the U.S. House, Crockett served one term in the Texas House of Representatives (2021-2023), representing the 100th district. Before entering public office, Crockett served as a public defender and a […]
Suzanne Crouch
Suzanne Crouch


Suzanne Crouch has served as Indiana's lieutenant governor since January 2017. She is running for governor in the 2024 election. Crouch was born February 27, 1952. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Purdue University. Prior to election to her first office, she served four years as chairman of the Vanderburgh County Republican Central Committee. Before becoming lieutenant governor, Crouch served as Indiana state auditor from 2014 to 2017 and as a state representative from 2005 to 2014. In the House, she served as the vice chairman of […]
Nancy Dahlstrom
Nancy Dahlstrom


Nancy Dahlstrom assumed office as lieutenant governor of Alaska on Dec. 5, 2022. Dahlstrom was born on August 13,1957, in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in Eagle River, Alaska. She attended Wayland Baptist University where she earned a degree in human services. She would go onto earning her master's degree from the University of LaVerne. Dahlstrom held many managerial positions and was a support specialist and sales representative before entering the political realm. Dahlstrom served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2003-2010. She was later appointed as senior military […]
Susan Davis
Susan Davis


Susan Davis served the United States House of Representatives from 2001-2021. Davis was born April 13, 1944, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of California, Berkley with a degree in sociology and received her master's degree in social work from the University of North Carolina. In 1983, Davis was elected to the San Diego Unified Board of Education, a position she held until 1992. From 1994 to 2000, Davis served in the California State Assembly, where she focused on education, health care, and consumer protection. For information on […]