Barbara A. Buono is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2014,where she represented the 18th Legislative District. She served from 2010 to 2012 as the Majority Leader in the Senate,succeeding Stephen Sweeney,and was succeeded by Loretta Weinberg. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in the 2013 general election,which she lost to Republican incumbent Chris Christie.
Barringer Academy of the Arts &Humanities,is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Newark,in Essex County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. Some consider it to be the third oldest public high school in the United States. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1981.
Barbara Flynn Currie is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019. She served as the Majority Leader from 1997 to 2019. Flynn Currie's forty years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly is the longest tenure of any woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.
Patty Jean Judge is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for reelection as lieutenant governor in 2010 after being elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as governor.
Bonnie M. Watson Coleman is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 to 2015 for the 15th legislative district. She is the first African-American woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sara Feigenholtz is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate who has represented the 6th District since 2020. The District includes the lakefront neighborhoods of Lake View,Lincoln Park,Buena Park and the Near North Side in the city of Chicago.
Mary Adelaide Lundby was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2009,serving as Minority Leader from 2006 to 2007 and as Co-Majority Leader in 2006. She also served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995,serving as Speaker pro Tempore from 1992 to 1994. Prior to her election to the Iowa House,Lundby had served as the co-chair of the Linn County Republican party,as a member of the Linn County Republican Central Committee,and as staff assistant to then-senator Roger Jepsen. She graduated from Upper Iowa University,majoring in Political Science and History.
Malcolm X Shabazz High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Newark in Essex County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,as part of the Newark Public Schools. Founded as South Side High School in 1912,the school was renamed in 1972 in memory of Malcolm X. The school is a candidate for accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Mary J. Mascher is an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1995 to 2023. She received her BA and MA from the University of Iowa.
Elesha L. Gayman is a former Iowa State Representative from the 84th District. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Gayman served on several committees in the Iowa House - the Agriculture committee;the Appropriations committee;the Education committee;and the Public Safety committee. She was vice-chair of the Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee.
Maria Teresa Ruiz is an American Democratic Party politician,who has represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since taking office on January 8,2008. She has served as the Senate Majority Leader since 2022,becoming the first Latina to lead either the Assembly or Senate,after succeeding Loretta Weinberg upon her retirement from the Senate.
Laura Brod is an entrepreneur and former politician having been an elected at-large member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents,and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 25A,which includes portions of Le Sueur,Scott and Sibley counties in the south central part of the state.
Jeff Smith is the Iowa State Representative from the 1st District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2011. Smith was born in Plover,Iowa. He has a bachelor's degree in public service and administration from Iowa State University.
Jay Hottinger is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate for the 31st district. A longtime member of the Ohio General Assembly,Hottinger has served in both the Ohio House of Representatives and the Senate since 1995. His current district includes Coshocton,New Lexington,New Philadelphia,and Newark. Hottinger serves as the President pro tempore of the Ohio Senate.
Megan Jones is an American politician from Iowa. Jones is a Republican member of Iowa House of Representatives from District 6 and has been a Representative since 2013.
Eliana Pintor Marin is an American Democratic Party politician,who has represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly,having been named to the seat on September 11,2013,to fill the vacant seat of Alberto Coutinho following his resignation. Pintor Marin has served as the Assembly Budget Chair since 2018.
Timi Brown-Powers is an American therapist and politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing District 61. She was first elected to the House in 2014.
Amy Nielsen is a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives. She has represented the 85th district,which encompasses the cities of North Liberty,Tiffin,Oxford,Swisher,Shueyville,and Lone Tree as well as rural areas surrounding Iowa City to the west and south,since January 2017. Prior to her election to the House,she was Mayor of North Liberty from November 2014 to December 2016.
Dorothy F. Carpenter was an American politician. She was a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.
