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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 M 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, […]
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster


Ann McLane Kuster assumed office in January 2013 as the U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd District. On March 27, 2024, she announced that she would be retiring at the end of her term. Kuster was born and raised in Concord, New Hampshire. Her parents were community leaders. Her mother, Susan McLane, was a state senator and pioneer for women in New Hampshire politics, and her father, Malcolm, was a prominent attorney who served as mayor of Concord, on the Executive Council, and ran for governor as an Independent in […]
Brenda Lawrence
Brenda Lawrence


Brenda Lawrence served as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 14th district from 2015 until her retirement from the House in 2023. Lawrence was born on October 18, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree in public administration from Central Michigan University. Lawrence worked for the United States Postal Service for 30 years, starting as a letter carrier and later working in human resources management. She retired in 2008. In the early 1990s, Lawrence was elected to the Southfield (Michigan) Public Schools Board of Education, and served as president, […]
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 […]
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee


Sheila Jackson Lee assumed office in January 1995, representing the 18th District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives, serving until her death on July 19, 2024. Jackson Lee was born January 12, 1950, and graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Yale University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia Law School. Prior to entering Congress, Jackson Lee served two terms as one of the first African American woman at-large members of the Houston City […]
Susie Lee
Susie Lee


Susie Lee assumed office as U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. Lee was born in Canton, Ohio. She received a master's degree in public management from Carnegie Mellon University. After college, she worked at an environmental and economic consulting firm in Massachusetts specializing in water resource issues. After moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1993, Lee became the founding director of the Las Vegas chapter of After-School All-Stars. She was also founding director of a homeless crisis intervention center and a founding member of a […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
Blanche Lambert Lincoln


Blanche Lambert Lincoln served as a U.S. senator for Arkansas from 1999-2011. Lincoln became the second woman from Arkansas and the youngest woman to ever be elected to the United States Senate. She was the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.Lincoln was born September 30, 1960, in Helena, Arkansas. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1982. After college, Lincoln served as a staff assistant […]
Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren


Zoe Lofgren assumed office in January 1995, representing California's 16th District in the United States House of Representatives. After the 2011 redistricting, she was elected to represent the 19th District in 2012, and after the 2021 redistricting she now represents the 18th District. Lofgren was born December 21, 1947, in San Moteo, California. She graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1970 and received her Juris Doctorate, graduating cum laude, from the University of Santa Clara School of Law in 1975. Prior to serving […]
Mia Love
Mia Love


Mia Love served Utah's 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. She was the first Haitian American and the first Black female Republican in Congress, and the first Black person to be elected to Congress from Utah. She lost her 2018 re-election bid. Love was born on Dec. 6, 1975, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in fine arts. In 2003, Love was elected to the Saratoga Springs (Utah) City Council. After serving two terms, she was elected mayor. She retained this […]