Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the Senate in 1998;she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Alaska,having held that seat since 2002. Murkowski is the second-most senior Republican woman in the Senate,after Susan Collins of Maine. Like Collins,Murkowski is often described as one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate and a crucial swing vote.
Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. Mikulski is the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress and the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Maryland history.
Diane Edith Watson is a former US Representative for California's 33rd congressional district,serving from 2003 until 2011,after first being elected in the 32nd District in a 2001 special election. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and includes much of Central Los Angeles,as well as such wealthy neighborhoods as Los Feliz.
Linda Todd "Toddy" Puller is an American politician. A Democrat,she served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–1999 and was elected to the Senate of Virginia in November 1999. For sixteen years she represented the 36th district,made up of parts of Fairfax,Prince William and Stafford counties.
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.
Linda R. Greenstein is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New Jersey Senate from the 14th legislative district. She previously served in the General Assembly from 2000 to 2010.
Norma E. Burgos Andújar is a Puerto Rican politician. She has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2000. She also served as Lieutenant Governor and the 16th Secretary of State under Governor Pedro Rosselló(1995–1999).
Gale D. Candaras was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2006 to 2014,representing the First Hampden and Hampshire District. She is an attorney and a former five-term member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where she served as a Division Leader.
Debra Strobel Fischer is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska,a seat she has held since 2013. She was elected to the Senate in 2012 and reelected in 2018. Fischer previously served in the Nebraska Legislature,representing the 43rd legislative district for two terms from 2005 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party and the first woman elected to a full term as a U.S. senator from Nebraska.
Therese Murray is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray,a Democrat,was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She represented the Plymouth and Barnstable district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 to 2015.
Darlene Cook Fairley was a member of the Washington State Senate from 1995 to 2011 representing the 32nd District. In the Senate,she chaired the Government Operations and Elections Committee.
Pam Jochum is the Iowa State Senator from the 50th District and former President of the Iowa Senate. A Democrat,she was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1993 to 2009,when she became a member of the Iowa Senate.
James Bradley Eldridge is an American politician and lawyer. He serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District. Eldridge previously served three terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where he sat on the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business,the Joint Committee on Election Laws,and the Joint Committee on Public Service.
Gilda Z. Jacobs was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate,representing the 14th district from 2003 through 2010. The mostly suburban district is in southeastern Oakland County,and includes the cities of Farmington Hills,Huntington Woods,Southfield,and Oak Park. Jacobs was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002.
Karen Eileen Spilka is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district,which includes the towns of Ashland,Framingham,Franklin,Holliston,Hopkinton,Medway and Natick in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. She has served as the 95th President of the Massachusetts Senate since July 2018. Previously she served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015.
Dianne Wilkerson is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the 2nd Suffolk District from 1993 to 2008.
Katherine Marlea Clark is an American politician who has served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013 and as the assistant House Democratic leader since 2021,making her the fourth-highest-ranking House Democrat. Her district includes many of Boston's northern and western suburbs,such as Medford,Framingham,Woburn,Waltham,and Clark's hometown of Melrose. A member of the Democratic Party,Clark was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and of the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Ann-Margaret Ferrante is an American legislator in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 5th Essex district,which consists of Gloucester,Rockport,and Essex. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected in 2008 after defeating incumbent representative Anthony Verga in the Democratic primary. Currently,she is the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and sits on the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight,House Committee on Operations,Facilities and Building Security,and the House Committee on Steering,Policy and Scheduling. She is also co-chair of the Tech Hub Caucus,which focuses on fostering growth of Massachusetts’high-tech businesses and startups.
