Biography
A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , March 2, 1957. Attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H. Attended Detroit public schools. Attended Governor's Academy, Byfield, Mass. B. F. A. , Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. , 1984. J. D. , Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. , 1987. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, United States Representative John Conyers of Michigan, 1989-1990. Member of the Michigan state house of representatives, 1991, 1999-2003. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Michigan state house of representatives in 1992. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Detroit, Mich. , city council in 2001. Unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Detroit, Mich. , in 2005. Member of the Michigan state senate, 2003-2010. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2013). Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.