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Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick


Ann Kirkpatrick served as U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District from 2019-2023. Previously, she represented Arizona's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2009-2011 and from 2013-2017. She retired from the House in 2023. Kirkpatrick was born near McNary, Arizona, on March 24, 1950. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and continued to the University of Arizona College of Law to complete her law degree. In 1980, Kirkpatrick became Coconino County's first female deputy county attorney. She went on to serve […]
Suzanne Kosmas
Suzanne M Kosmas


Suzanne Kosmas represented Florida's 24th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. Prior to serving as a U.S. Representative, Kosmas served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1996 to 2004. Kosmas was born in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 1944. She attended Pennsylvania State University (1961 to 1963) and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia (1971 to 1973), and graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. As a state representative, Kosmas fought for children's issues, […]
Madeleine Kunin
Madeleine Kunin


Madeleine Kunin served as governor of Vermont from 1985-1991, the first and only woman to have served as governor of Vermont and the first Jewish governor of Vermont. Kunin was born on September 28, 1933, in Zurich, Switzerland, and moved to the United States as a child in 1940. She holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Science from the Columbia School of Journalism. Before seeking elective office, she worked as a journalist and a college professor. Prior to serving as governor, […]
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu


Mary Landrieu served as a U.S. senator for Louisiana from 1997-2015, the first woman elected the U.S. Senate from that state. (Elaine Edwards had been appointed to the Senate in 1972 by her husband, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, following the death of Allen Ellender and served from August 1, 1972 to November 13, 1972.) Landrieu was born on Nov. 23, 1995, in Arlington, Virginia, and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was Moon Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans and secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban […]
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt


Karoline Leavitt ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District in 2022, losing in the general election. Leavitt was born on August 24, 1998, in New Hampshire. Coming from a business-orientated family, Leavitt began working at her family’s small business at a young age. This would be the stepping stone into her positionality within politics. Leavitt graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2019, earning a degree in politics and communication. She spent time volunteering at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics while she was […]
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee


Barbara Lee assumed office in April 1998 through a special election, representing California's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives. Following redistricting, Lee was elected to represent District 13 in 2012 and then District 12 in 2022. On Feb. 21, 2023, Lee announced that she was running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein, who was to retire at the end of her term but subsequently passed away before the term ended. Lee came in fourth in California's top-two open primary system, behind fellow Democrats and […]
Debra “Debbie” Lesko
Debra "Debbie" Lesko


Debra "Debbie" Lesko assumed office as U.S. representative for Arizona's 8th Congressional District on May 7, 2018, after winning a special election to replace Trent Franks, who resigned on Feb. 27, 2018. She won re-election to the seat in the 2018 midterm elections. Lesko was born on Nov. 14, 1958, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She received a Bachelor of Arts in business from the University of Wisconsin. She moved to Arizona in the 1980s and owned a construction sales business. Lesko previously served as a member of the Arizona Senate from […]
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia M Lummis


Cynthia Lummis was elected U.S. senator for Wyoming on November 3, 2020. Previously, she represented Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017. Lummis was born September 10, 1954, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received bachelor degrees in animal science and biology from the University of Wyoming. In 1979, Lummis became the youngest woman ever elected to Wyoming Legislature, serving in the Wyoming House of Representatives until 1983. Lummis then returned to the University of Wyoming and completed her law degree in 1985. Following, she clerked at […]
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn B Maloney


Carolyn B. Maloney represented New York's 14th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1993-2013 and New York's 12th District from 2013-2023. Maloney was the first woman to represent New York's 14th Congressional District, the first woman to chair the Joint Economic Committee and the first woman to chair the Oversight and Reform Committee. She ran for reelection in 2022 but lost the primary to 10th District incumbent Jerry Nadler after redistricting put them in the same district. Maloney was born February 19, 1946, in Greensboro, North Carolina […]
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill


Claire McCaskill served as a U.S. senator for Missouri from 2007-2019, the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri. McCaskill was born July 24, 1953, in Rolla, Missouri. Her father, Bill McCaskill, served as Missouri state insurance commissioner and her mother, Betty Anne McCaskill, served on the Columbia City Council. McCaskill attended the University of Missouri, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1975 and Juris Doctorate in 1978. Following college, worked as a prosecutor. In 1982, she assumed office as a […]