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Molly Kelly
Molly Kelly


Molly Kelly is an attorney and former state legislator in New Hampshire. She ran unsuccessfully for governor of New Hampshire in 2018. Kelly was born on September 15, 1949, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She earned her Associate of Arts in mental health technology from Purdue University, her Bachelor of Arts from Keene State College in 1983, and her Juris Doctor from The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1985. Kelly served in the New Hampshire Senate from 2006 to 2016. In addition to her service in the […]
Mary E Kramer
Mary E Kramer


Mary E. Kramer served as U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2004 to 2006. Prior to serving as ambassador, Kramer served in the Iowa state Senate from 1990 to 2003. She was elected president of the Senate in 1997, becoming the first independently elected woman to fill the post. Kramer was born June 14, 1935, in Burlington, Iowa, and grew up in Iowa City. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in piano performance and a Master of Arts in education, both from the University of Iowa. For […]
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 […]
Lourdes “Lou” Leon Guerrero
Lourdes "Lou" Leon Guerrero


Lourdes "Lou" Leon Guerrero assumed office as governor of Guam on Jan. 7, 2019, Guam's first female governor and the first Pacific Islander woman to serve as a state or territorial governor in the United States. Leon Guerrero was born in Guam. She earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from California State University, Los Angeles in 1973 and a Master of Public Health from UCLA in 1979. Prior to her political career, Leon Guerrero worked in healthcare as a nurse, nursing director and director of operations, and then served […]
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 M 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 […]
Liz Mathis
Liz Mathis


Liz Mathis has served as an Iowa state senator since 2011. In 2022, she was the Democratic nominee for Iowa's 1st congressional district, losing in the general election to incumbent Ashley Hinson. Mathis grew up on a farm in Eastern Iowa. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in journalism. Early on in her journalism career, Mathis was a broadcaster for a local radio station. She would later become a professor and taught at Wartburg College. Liz Mathis for Congress. Liz Mathis. (2022, July 28). Retrieved September […]
Gloria Negrete McLeod
Gloria Negrete McLeod


Gloria Negrete McLeod is a representative of California's Area 5 on the Chaffey Community College District Governing Board. Formerly she served as the U.S. Representative for California's 35th Congressional District from 2013 to 2015. Negrete McLeod was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 6, 1941. She received her associate's degree from Chaffey Community College. Before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she served as the president of the Chaffey Community College Board and was a board member for five years before being elected to the State Legislature. […]
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks


Mariannette Miller-Meeks assumed office as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd District on Jan. 3, 2021. Following redistricting in 2021, most of District 2 was renamed District 1 and Miller-Meeks won re-election in the district. Miller-Meeks enlisted in the United States Army at age 18 and retired honorably from the reserves as a Lt. Colonel. During those 24 years, active duty and reserve, she served as a private, nurse, and physician. She completed her undergraduate degree in nursing at Texas Christian University, a Master of Science in education from University […]
Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink


Patsy Mink served as a United States representative for Hawaii from 1965 to 1977, and then again from 1989 to 2003. Mink was the first woman of color to serve in Congress. In 1972, she ran as an anti-war candidate in the 1972 Oregon Democratic presidential primary. Mink was born on December 6, 1927, in Pai, Hawaii Territory. She received a with a Bachelor of Arts in zoology and chemistry from the University of Hawaii in 1948 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School in 1951. […]