Category: State Treasurer/CFO

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison


Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected to the United States Senate for Texas in 1993 in a special election, making her the first—and, to date, the only—woman elected to represent the state in the Senate. Hutchison retired in 2013. Hutchison was born and raised in La Marque, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas and UT Law School. She was twice elected to the Texas House of Representatives. In 1990, she was elected Texas State treasurer. After the special election, she was re-elected to a full six-year term as senator […]
Kay Ivey
Kay Ivey


Kay Ivey has served as the governor of Alabama since 2017. She previously served at Alabama's lieutenant governor, and assumed office as governor following the resignation of her predecessor. She won a full term as governor in the 2018 election. Ivey was born October 15, 1944, in Camden, Alabama. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University. Following college, she married and moved to California, where she worked as a high school teacher. After that marriage ended, she returned to Alabama and worked at Merchants National Bank, where she […]
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins


Lynn Jenkins assumed office in January 2009, representing the 2nd District of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives. 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 […]
Cary Kennedy
Cary Kennedy


Cary Kennedy was a Democratic candidate for governor of Colorado in 2018. A native of Colorado, Kennedy spent her early years in Evergreen and Denver. She received a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University, a master's degree from Columbia University, and a law degree from the University of Denver. Kennedy started her career as a staff member of the governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting. She continued to hold different positions in public service for the next 20 years, including fiscal analyst of the Colorado Department of Health Care […]
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu


Mary Landrieu was elected in 1996 to the U.S. Senate for Louisiana after winning a close and controversial runoff election. Landrieu narrowly won re-election in the 2002 mid-term election. Some experts and pundits had considered Landrieu as a possible running mate for presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election before Kerry's selection of then-Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. With the departure of John Breaux from the Senate in December 2004, Landrieu became Louisiana's senior senator. Landrieu lost her bid for re-election in 2014. Landrieu was born in Arlington, […]
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia M Lummis


Cynthia Lummis 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 the Wyoming Supreme Court and practiced law in Cheyenne. From 1993 to […]
Kay A. Orr
Kay A. Orr


Kay A. Orr served as governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991. Orr was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 2, 1939. Both her parents were active in local politics, with her father serving on the Burlington City Council. She attended the University of Iowa from 1956 to 1957. She started her political career as a volunteer for the Republican Party soon after a move to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1963 and was named “Outstanding Young Republican Woman." In 1981, she was appointed Nebraska state treasurer to fill a midterm vacancy […]
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo


Gina Raimondo assumed office as governor of Rhode Island on January 6, 2015. She is the first woman to serve as Rhode Island's governor. Previously, Raimondo served as Rhode Island's general treasurer from 2011 to 2015, only the second woman to serve in that role in Rhode Island. Raimondo was born May 17, 1971, in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She graduated from La Salle Academy, one of the first girls to attend the school and valedictorian of her graduating class. She graduated with a B.A. magna cum laude in economics from […]
Ann Richards
Ann Richards


Ann Willis Richards served as governor of Texas from January 15, 1991, until January 17, 1995. Born Dorothy Ann Willis, Richards was born on September 1, 1933, in Lakeview, Texas. She received a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a teaching certificate from the University of Texas. She taught social studies and history at Fulmore Junior High School in Austin before raising her family. Richards spent much of her time volunteering for political campaigns and causes, especially those focusing on civil rights and economic justice. She entered politics in 1976, […]