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Jacklyn "Jacky" Rosen
Jacklyn "Jacky" Rosen


Jacklyn "Jacky" Rosen assumed office in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 3, 2019. She was reelected to the position in 2024. Previously, Rosen served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. Rosen was born on August 2, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in psychology in 1979. She also received an associate’s degree in computing and information technology in 1985 from Clark County Community College (now the College of Southern Nevada). Before beginning her […]
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross


Deborah Ross assumed office as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. She previously served in the North Carolina General Assembly from 2003-2013. Ross was born June 20, 1963. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in 1985 and law degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990. She is an attorney, business ethics consultant and senior lecturing fellow. She managed the ACLU of North Carolina for more than seven years. During her tenure in the North Carolina […]
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Lucille Roybal-Allard


Lucille Roybal-Allard served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993-2023. Roybal-Allard was the first Mexican American woman elected to Congress. She represented California's 33rd district from 1993-2003, the 34th district from 2003-2013, and the 40th district from 2013-2023. Roybal-Allard was born in Boyle Heights, California, on June 12, 1941. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from California State University in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. Prior to serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, Roybal-Allard was a public relations officer, fundraising executive, and member of the California […]
Maria Elvira Salazar
Maria Elvira Salazar


Maria Elvira Salazar has served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th Congressional District since 2021. Salazar was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She received a Bachelor of Arts in communications from the University of Miami and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Salazar has been a news anchor for MEGA TV, Telemundo and CNN español, host of the television show Maria Elvira Live, a senior political correspondent for Telemundo, the Central American bureau chief for Univision, and a White House […]
Linda Sanchez
Linda Sánchez


Linda Sánchez assumed office in 2003, representing California's 39th District in the United States House of Representatives. After redistricting, she was elected to serve the 38th District in 2012. Sánchez is the first Latina to serve on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Her sister Loretta also served in the House of Representatives as the congresswoman from the 47th District of California. They were the first sisters and the first women of any relation to serve together in Congress. Sánchez was born in Orange, California, […]
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sánchez


Loretta Sánchez represented California's 46th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003 and the 47th District from 2003 to 2017. Her sister Linda serves in the House of Representatives as the congresswoman from the 38th District of California. They were the first sisters and the first women of any relation to ever serve together in Congress. Sánchez was born January 7, 1960, in Lynwood, California. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from Chapman University in Orange, California, in 1982 and received her Master of Business […]
Stephanie Sandlin
Stephanie H Sandlin


Stephanie Herseth Sandlin represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. She was the first woman elected to serve as a U.S. representative from South Dakota. Sandlin was born on December 3, 1970, near Houghton, South Dakota. She graduated from Groton High School in Groton, South Dakota, and then completed a Bachelor of Arts at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1993. In 1997, Sandlin completed her Juris Doctorate at Georgetown University Law School. Following college graduation, Sandlin worked as a law clerk to Judge Charles B. Kornmann, […]
Mary Gay Scanlon
Mary Gay Scanlon


Mary Gay Scanlon assumed office as U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, previously the 7th District, on Jan. 3, 2019. She was sworn in as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 7th District on November 13, 2018. She was elected to both positions on Nov. 6, 2018, in a special election to fill the vacancy in the 7th District created by the resignation of Representative Pat Meehan and in the regular election for the 5th district. Scanlon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University in 1980 and a […]
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky


Janice (Jan) Schakowsky assumed office January 1999, representing Illinois 9th District in the United States House of Representatives. Schakowsky was born May 26, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Science in elementary education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1965. Prior to serving in Congress, Schakowsky was program director of Illinois Public Action, Illinois' largest public interest group, from 1976 to 1985, and served as director of the Illinois State Council of Senior Citizens from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to 1998, Schakowsky served as a […]
Jean Schmidt
Jean M Schmidt


Jean M. Schmidt has been a member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing District 65 since January 1, 2021. Previously, Schmidt served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Ohio's 2nd District from August 2005 to January 2013. Schmidt was born November 29, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Cincinnati in 1974. Prior to her political career, she was employed as a bank branch manager, a fitness instructor and a schoolteacher. She was a delegate to the Republican […]