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Darlene K Hooley
Darlene K Hooley


Darlene K. Hooley represented Oregon in the United State House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009. Hooley was born April 4, 1939, in Williston, North Dakota. When she was 8 years old, Hooley's family moved to Salem, Oregon. In 1961, Hooley completed a Bachelor of Arts in education at Oregon State University. Following college, she pursued post-graduate work at Oregon State University and Portland State University from 1963 to 1965. She also taught reading, music and physical education in Oregon. In 1976, Hooley became the first woman elected to West […]
Jenny Horne
Jenny Horne


Jenny Anderson Horne has served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2008 - 2016, representing District 94. Horne was born on October 12, 1972 in Summerville, South Carolina. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she earned a bachelor's in English and a law degree. On June 17, 2015, nine Black members of a Bible study at a Charleston church, including the senior pastor, state Senator Clementa Pinckney, were shoot to death. After the discovery of a website belonging to the […]
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull


Jane Dee Hull served as governor of Arizona from 1997-2003, the first woman to be elected governor of that state and the second to hold the office. Born on August 8, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri, Hull earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Kansas and a J.D. from Arizona State University. She worked as an elementary school teacher before entering politics. Hull served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1979-1993, serving as the speaker of the House from 1989-1992. She served as secretary of […]
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison


Kathryn Ann (Kay) Bailey Hutchison served in the United States Senate for Texas from 1993 to 2013, making her the first—and, to date, the only—woman elected to represent the state in the Senate. Hutchison was born born in Galveston, Texas, on July 22, 1943. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962 and the University of Texas School of Law in 1967. Because law firms hired few women at that time, she began her professional career as a Houston television reporter covering state politics. In 1972, Hutchison […]
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins


Lynn Jenkins represented the 2nd District of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. Jenkins was born June 10, 1963, in Holton, Kansas. She completed a degree in accounting, with a minor in economics, from Kansas State University and Weber State College. Jenkins served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000, the Kansas State Senate from 2000 to 2002, and served as the 37th Kansas state treasurer from 2003 to 2008. For information on Jenkin's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored […]
Pam Jochum
Pam Jochum


Pam Jochum is among the top ranking senators currently serving in the Iowa state Legislature. She is a member of the Democratic Party and represents the people of Dubuque. Jochum was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 2008 and was re-elected to her second term in 2012 after serving in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1993-2009. Before serving as a state legislator, Jochum earned her associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in speech communication from Loras College in Dubuque. Prior to being elected, she worked at Loras College in a […]
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson


Eddie Bernice Johnson represented the 30th congressional district of Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 until her retirement from the House in 2023. In 2021, Johnson became the first African American and first female ranking member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. She was also the first nurse elected to Congress. Johnson was born December 3, 1935, in Waco, Texas. She received a nursing certificate from St. Mary's College at the University of Notre Dame, her bachelor's degree in nursing at Texas Christian […]
Gloria Johnson
Gloria Johnson


Gloria Johnson is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 90. She first assumed office on Jan. 8, 2013, representing District 13, lost her 2014 re-election and a 2016 run, and then won the seat again in 2018 and 2020. Following redistricting, she moved to District 90 in 2022 and won her election there. Johnson announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in September 2023, losing in the 2024 general election. Johnson was born on May 25, 1962, in Denver, Colorado. She earned a bachelor's degree in […]
Paulette Jordan
Paulette Jordan


Paulette Jordan ran unsuccessfully for governor of Idaho in 2018 and for the U.S. Senate in 2020. Jordan was born in Idaho on December 7, 1979, as a member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from University of Washington, working with the Seattle City Council throughout college. After college, Jordan moved back to Idaho and became the youngest person to be elected to the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council. She has worked as a business development strategist, and serves as a senior executive board representative, […]
Robin Kelly
Robin Kelly


Robin L. Kelly has served Illinois's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since April 11, 2013. Born in New York on April 30, 1956, Kelly moved to Illinois after high school to attend Bradley University in Peoria, where she earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees. She received a Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University. Kelly was the director of the Crisis Nursery at Crittenton Care and Counseling Center from 1984 to 1987, associate director of The Youth Shelter from 1987 to 1990, and minority student services director at […]