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Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson


Ashley Hinson assumed office as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 1st Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. After redistricting, she won re-election in 2022 to represent the 2nd District, which comprises much of the old 1st District. Hinson was born on June 27, 1983. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism. Prior to serving in elected office, Hinson was a reporter for KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hinson served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2017-2021, representing the 67th […]
Mazie K Hirono
Mazie K Hirono


Mazie K. Hirono assumed office in January 2013, representing Hawaii in the United States Senate. Hirono was born November 3, 1947, in Fukushima, Japan, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1970 and completed her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center 1978. After graduation, Hirono worked in the antitrust division of the Hawaii attorney general's office. In 1980, Hirono was elected to the Hawaii state House of Representatives, serving from 1980 to 1994. In 1994, she served two four-year terms as […]
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul


Kathy Hochul has served as governor of New York since 2021, assuming office following the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In 2022, Hochul won election to the seat in the general election. Hochul is the first female governor of New York. Hochul was born August 27, 1958, in Buffalo, New York. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from Syracuse University and completed her law degree at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. After graduating from law school, Hochul worked for a Washington D.C. law firm, then on Capitol […]
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 […]
Kendra Horn
Kendra Horn


Kendra Horn served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District from 2019-2021, losing her re-election bid in 2020. In 2022, Horn was the Democratic nominee in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat of Sen. Jim Inhofe, who resigned at the end of the 117th Congress. Horn was born on June 9, 1976, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Tulsa in 1998 and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2001. […]
Christina “Chrissy” Houlahan
Christina "Chrissy" Houlahan


Christina "Chrissy" Houlahan assumed office as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. Houlahan was born June 5, 1967, at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, and spent her childhood on various U.S. naval bases in the U.S. because of her father's career as a naval aviator. She earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Stanford University in 1989 and a Master of Science in technology and policy from the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. After graduating from Stanford, Houlahan […]
Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs


Sara Jacobs assumed office as the U.S. representative for California's 53rd congressional district on Jan. 3, 2021. Following redistricting, she was elected to serve the 51st District in 2022. Jacobs was born on February 1, 1989, in Encinitas, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and government from Columbia University and her Master of Arts in international relations and affairs from Columbia University. In 2011 she became a Peacekeeping/Development employee for the United Nations and then an Innovation Unit employee for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency […]
Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapal


Pramila Jayapal assumed office in the U.S. House of Representatives for Washington's 7th congressional district in January 2017. She is the first woman elected to Washington's 7th Congressional District, the first person of color elected to the Washington State Democratic delegation, and the first Indian American woman in Congress. Jayapal was born on September 21, 1965 in Chennai, India and raised in Indonesia and Singapore. She came to the United States in 1982 to attend college, earning a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from Northwestern University. She […]
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 […]
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 […]