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Judith Biros Robson is a retired American nurse,nursing instructor,and Democratic politician from Beloit,Wisconsin. She served 12 years in the Wisconsin Senate and 12 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Rock County. She was the first female Democratic Senate majority leader in Wisconsin history.
Sean T. Kean is an American Republican Party politician,who has represented the 30th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since being sworn into office on January 10,2012. Prior to redistricting,Kean served in the New Jersey Senate from 2008 to 2012,representing the 11th legislative district. He had previously represented the 11th district in the General Assembly from 2002 to 2008.
Mattie Hunter is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 3rd district since 2003. She is the Senate secretary for the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and the Senate majority caucus whip. Hunter is also the 20th Ward Democratic Committeewoman.
Jacqueline Y. Collins was born December 10,1949 in McComb,Mississippi and grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. She is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate. She represented the 16th district from 2003 until 2023. Was elected to the Illinois Senate in 2003 and highlights her work on extending limitations for civil and criminal prosecution of sex crimes against children. Legislations allowing more Illinois senior citizens to qualify for the Homestead Exemption and a resolution in creating a commission to study and document racial and gender discrimination in hiring or contracting on state public construction projects
Mike Fasano is the Tax Collector of Pasco County,Florida. Previously he was a member of the Florida House,representing the 36th District since 2012,a member of the Florida Senate from 2002 through 2012 and a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 through 2002. He is a Republican.
LeAnna M. Washington is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 4th district from 2005 to 2014. She served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,District 200 from 1993 to 2005. She resigned in 2014 after being charged with a felony for using campaign staff and state resources to plan her birthday party fundraiser.
Sandra L. "Sandy" Pappas is an American politician who has been serving in the Minnesota Senate since 1991. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 65,which includes parts of Saint Paul in Ramsey County. Pappas served as President of the Minnesota Senate from 2013 to 2019.
Janis K. Lee was the chief hearing officer for the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals from 2011 until 2013. She was a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing the 36th district from 1989 until 2011. She was Assistant Minority (Democratic) Leader of the Kansas Senate from 1997 until her appointment as a hearing officer. She was also the vice-president of the Unified School District 238 Board of Education.
Julianne E. Ortman is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represented District 47,which included portions of Carver County in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. She was a candidate in the 2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota until she was eliminated at the state convention.
Kathleen J. "Kathy" Sheran is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 19,which included portions of Blue Earth,Le Sueur,and Nicollet counties in the south central part of the state.
Kathy L. Saltzman is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 56,which includes portions of Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A moderate Democrat,she was first elected to the Senate in 2006,but was unseated by Republican Ted Lillie in her 2010 re-election bid. She was a majority whip.
Virgil Peck Jr. is state legislator in Kansas. A Republican,he served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 to 2016,representing the 11th (2005–2013) and 12th district (2013–2017). He currently represents Kansas State Senate district 15. He is the former chairman of the Kansas House Transportation and Public Safety Budget Committees,and the former Republican Majority Caucus Chairman.
Kelly Kultala is a Democratic former member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 5th district from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the 5th District Commissioner for the government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City from 2001 to 2005. She has served on the Piper School Board and is a current member of the Wyandotte County Library Board. She is married with three children. She is a practicing Roman Catholic.
Dwayne D. Umbarger is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 14th district from 1997 until 2013. He has been the Assistant Majority Whip since 2003. In 1995 and 1996,he was on the ANW Special Education Board in Humbolt,Kansas. He was also a School Board member for the Consolidated Unified School District #101 in Erie from 1994 to 1996.
Karla Bigham is an American politician and current Washington County Commissioner,representing District 4. She is a former member of the Cottage Grove City Council,the Minnesota House of Representatives,and the Minnesota Senate.
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.
Andrew Swire Billig is an American politician of the Democratic Party and co-owner of the Spokane Indians minor league baseball team. On November 6,2012,Billig was elected to the Washington State Senate,representing the 3rd Legislative District. He currently serves as the Senate Majority Leader.
Anna M. Rivers is an American politician and educator serving as a Republican member of the Washington State Senate from when she was appointed to represent the 18th district in 2012,upon the resignation of Joe Zarelli. Prior to this she was a member of the Washington House of Representatives. In her first full term,a Majority Coalition Caucus was formed,taking control away from the Democrats in the state senate. Rivers was appointed to be majority whip for the session,a rare appointment for a freshman senator. She won re-election for another four-year term in 2012,with 67% of the vote against 32% for her opponent,Ralph Schmidt.
Claire E. Wilson is an American educator and politician from the state of Washington. She is a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate,representing Washington's 30th legislative district,an area that includes Federal Way,Algona,Auburn,Pacific,Milton,and Des Moines.
Emily Elissa Randall is an American politician and activist who is a U.S. representative-elect for Washington's 6th congressional district and a member of the Washington State Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,she will succeed Derek Kilmer in the U.S. House of Representatives.
