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Christy Smith
Christy Smith


Christy Smith ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 27th Congressional District in 2022, losing in the general election. In 2020, Smith ran against Republican Congressmember Mike Garcia and earned 36,000 more votes than any other Democrat in the district's history. Smith was born on May 15, 1969, in Wurzburg, Germany. She left Germany with her family at a young age and grew up in Santa Clarita, California. She attended College of the Canyons and graduated with honors from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in political science. […]
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith


Margaret Chase Smith served as a U.S. representative from Maine from 1940-1949 and a U.S. senator from 1949-1973. Smith was the first woman to serve in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the first woman in Maine to serve in Congress. Smith was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for president by a major party. Smith was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897. After graduating from high school, she worked as a teacher, telephone operator, office manager for a woolen […]
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 […]
Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis


Hilda Solis assumed office as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in December 2014. Solis previously served as the United States secretary of labor from 2009-2013, the first Latina to serve in the U.S. Cabinet. Solis was born October 20, 1957, in Los Angeles, California. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science from California State Polytechnic University in 1979 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California in 1981. Solis worked with the White House Office of Hispanic Affairs […]
Abigail Davis Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger


Abigail Davis Spanberger assumed office as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. She a 2024 candidate for governor of Virginia. Spanberger served as a Senate page for U.S. Senator Chuck Robb (D-VA). She graduated from the University of Virginia, then earned her M.B.A. from a dual-degree program between GISMA Business School in Germany and Purdue University. She began her career as a federal law enforcement officer with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, later joining the CIA as an operations officer. In 2014, she began […]
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 assumed office as a Michigan United States senator in January 2001, the first woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate. On Jan. 5, 2023, Stabenow announced that she would not seek reelection in 2024. 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 […]
Michelle Steel
Michelle Steel


Michelle Steel has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021, representing California's 48th congressional district from 2021-2023 and the 45th district since 2023. Steel, Marilyn Strickland of Washington and Young Kim of California are the first Korean American women to serve in the United States Congress. Steel was born on June 21, 1955, in Seoul, South Korea, and came to the United States as a young adult with her mother and younger sisters. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Pepperdine University and an MBA […]
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik


U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik was elected in November 2014 to serve New York's 21st district. She was the youngest woman elected to Congress, at the age of 30, until the election of 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. Stefanik was born on July 2, 1984, in Albany, New York. She graduated from Harvard University and has held several positions since, including director of communications for the Foreign Policy Initiative and policy director for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign. Stefanik also worked in the West Wing during President George W. […]