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Jessica González-Rojas
Jessica González-Rojas


Jessica González-Rojas Represents New York State's 34th District in the New York State Assembly. She assumed office on January 1, 2021. González-Rojas earned her bachelor's degree in international relations from Boston University and a master's degree in public administration with a concentration in public and nonprofit management and public policy from NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She has also completed a certificate program in management at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. From 2002 to 2006, González-Rojas served on the New York State Democratic Committee for […]
Jennifer-Ruth Green
Jennifer-Ruth Green


Jennifer-Ruth Green ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana’s 1st congressional district in 2022, losing in the general election. Green has over twenty years of military service. She graduated from the USAF Academy in 2005, and then began her Air Force career in aviation. While enlisted in the Air Force, she earned a B.S. in Asian area studies from the Air Force Academy, an M.Min. from Golden State Baptist College, and a B.S. in aeronautics from Liberty University. She is currently enrolled in Air War College, studying […]
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley


Nimrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. Previously, Haley served as governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, the first non-European American and first female governor of South Carolina and the second Indian American governor to be elected in the United States. Haley was a Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 election, the first woman of color to be a major GOP presidential candidate and the first woman to win a state GOP presidential primary (D.C. and […]
Bethany Hall-Long
Bethany Hall-Long


Bethany Hall-Long assumed office as the lieutenant governor of Delaware on January 17, 2017. She is running for governor in the 2024 election. Hall-Long was born on November 12, 1963, in Sussex County, Delaware. She earned her Bachelor's of Science in nursing from Thomas Jefferson University, her Master of Science in nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina, and her doctorate in nursing and public policy from George Mason University. Prior to being elected lieutenant governor, Hall-Long served in the Delaware Senate from 2009 to 2017 representing District 10. […]
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 […]
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler


Vicky Hartzler served as United States representative for Missouri's 4th Congressional District from 2011-2023. Hartzler was a candidate in the 2022 U.S. Senate election, but lost in the primary. Hartzler was born October 13, 1960, in Cass County, Missouri, and was raised on a farm near Archie, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in education in 1983 and received her M.S. in education from Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) in 1992. Prior to serving in the U.S. House of […]
Yvette Herrell
Yvette Herrell


Yvette Herrell served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District from 2021-2023, losing her re-election bid in 2022. Herrell was the first Republican Native woman elected to Congress and the first Cherokee woman. Herrell was born in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and is a member of the Cherokee Nation. She earned a legal secretary diploma from ITT Technical Institute School of Business in Boise, Idaho. She has worked in the real estate industry since graduating. Herrell served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 2011-2019. For information […]
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson


Ashley Hinson assumed office as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 1st Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. After redistricting, she won re-election in 2022 to represent the 2nd District, which comprises much of the old 1st District. Hinson was born on June 27, 1983. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism. Prior to serving in elected office, Hinson was a reporter for KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hinson served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2017-2021, representing the 67th […]
Mazie K Hirono
Mazie K Hirono


Mazie K. Hirono assumed office in January 2013, representing Hawaii in the United States Senate. Hirono was born November 3, 1947, in Fukushima, Japan, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1970 and completed her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center 1978. After graduation, Hirono worked in the antitrust division of the Hawaii attorney general's office. In 1980, Hirono was elected to the Hawaii state House of Representatives, serving from 1980 to 1994. In 1994, she served two four-year terms as […]
Nancy Hollister
Nancy Hollister


Nancy Hollister served as governor of Ohio from December 1998 to January 1999, the first and only female governor of Ohio. Hollister was born on May 22, 1949, in Marietta, Ohio. She received a bachelor's degree from Kent State University. Hollister first entered served in public office as a member of the Marietta City Council in 1980, and was elected mayor in 1984, serving until 1991, when she was appointed as the director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia. She served as lieutenant governor from 1995-1998, then served briefly as […]