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.
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 Poole 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.
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,New Jersey,United States,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.
Lida E. Harkins is a Massachusetts retired politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1989-2011.
Lisa Heddens is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019.
Carmine Boal is an American former politician. She served as a representative in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 70th District from 1999 to 2008.
Mary J. Mascher is an American politician who has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1995. She received her BA and MA from the University of Iowa.
Elesha Gayman is a former Iowa State Representative from the 84th District. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Gayman serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Agriculture committee;the Appropriations committee;the Education committee;and the Public Safety committee. She is 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 State 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.
Marti Anderson is an American politician. A Democrat,she has served in as the representative from the 36th District in the Iowa House of Representatives 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.
Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks is an American physician and politician serving as a U.S. representative since 2021. She has represented Iowa's 1st congressional district since 2023 and represented the 2nd district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Miller-Meeks served as Iowa state senator for the 41st district from 2019 to 2021. Her district includes most of Iowa's southeastern quadrant,including Davenport,Bettendorf,Burlington,Iowa City,and Miller-Meeks's hometown of Ottumwa.
Dorothy F. Carpenter was an American politician. She was a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.
