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Olympia Snowe
Olympia J Snowe


Olympia Snowe served as a U.S. senator for Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe was born February 21, 1947, in Augusta, Maine. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Maine in 1969 and married state representative Peter Snowe the same year. In the early 1970s, she worked at the Auburn Board of Voter Registration, then as an office manager for U.S. Representative (and future secretary of defense) William S. Cohen. In 1973, Snowe was elected to the seat in the Maine House of Representatives […]
Victoria Spartz
Victoria Spartz


Victoria Spartz assumed office as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. She previously served in the Indiana Senate, after being appointed in October of 2017 following the resignation of her predecessor. Spartz was born on October 6, 1978, in Ukraine and immigrated to the Unites States in 2000. She received a Bachelor of Science in international economics and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Economics in Ukraine, and a master's degree in professional accountancy from Indiana University's Kelley School of […]
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier


Jackie Speier served in the U.S. House of Representatives for California from 2008 until her retirement in 2023. Speier was born May 14, 1950, in San Francisco, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California-Davis in 1972 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of California Hastings School of Law in 1976. From 1973 to 1978, Speier worked as a staff member for California Representative Leo Joseph Ryan. In 1978, she was part of Ryan's fact-finding mission investigating allegations of human rights abuses by Jim Jones […]
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie A Stabenow


Debbie Stabenow served as a Michigan United States senator from 2001-2025, the first woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate. Stabenow was born April 29, 1950, in Gladwin, Michigan. She completed her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Work degrees from Michigan State University in 1972 and 1975, respectively. Before entering politics, Stabenow worked with youth in the public schools. Stabenow served as Ingham County commissioner from 1975-1978. She served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1979-90 and in the state Senate from 1991-94. In 1995, […]
Jane Swift
Jane Swift


Jane Swift was the acting governor of Massachusetts from 2001-2003, while also serving as lieutenant governor. She was the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history. Swift was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, on February 24, 1965. In 1987, she graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with a bachelor's degree in American studies. Swift began her political career at age 25 when she was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, serving from 1991-1997. In 1996, she was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts' 1st congressional district […]
Dina Titus
Dina Titus


Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus served Nevada's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. In 2012, she was elected as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st District. Titus was born May 23, 1950, in Thomasville, Georgia. She received her bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary, a master's degree from the University of Georgia, and a doctorate from Florida State University. Following graduation from Florida State University, Titus taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1979 until her retirement with […]
Norma Torres
Norma Torres


Norma J. Torres assumed office in the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 35th District in January 2015. Torres was born April 4, 1965, in Guatemala and immigrated to the United States when she was five years old. She received her bachelor's degree in labor studies from the National Labor College in Silver Springs, Maryland. Torres worked as a 911 dispatcher from 1990 to 2008. In 1994 she led a campaign to require the hiring of bilingual 911 operators. She was an active member of AFSCME and Local #3090's of […]
Kelly Tshibaka
Kelly Tshibaka


Kelly Tshibaka ran for election to the U.S. Senate for the state of Alaska in 2022, losing in the general election. She was born in Alaska and grew up in Wasilla and Anchorage Alaska. She earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M and would go on to study and graduate with a law degree from Harvard University. She has served as commissioner of the Department of Administration of the state of Alaska, Special Assistant to the Department of Justice’s Inspector general, The assistant inspector general and chief data officer at […]
Caryn Tyson
Caryn Tyson


Caryn Tyson is a member of the Kansas State Senate. In 2018, she was a candidate to represent Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, losing in the primary. Tyson was born in Parker, Kansas, on February 15, 1963. She earned two Bachelor of Science degrees (mathematics and computer science) from Kansas State University before completing a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Kansas. Before her time in the public sphere, she worked in the IT field for over 24 years, including space […]
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir


Leah Vukmir served in the Wisconsin Senate from 2011 to 2019 and in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2002 to 2011. Vukmir was the Republican nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin, running unsuccessfully against incumbent Senator Tammy Baldwin. Vukmir was born on April 26, 1958, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Marquette University and a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before entering politics, she was a pediatric nurse practitioner.