Brenda L. Lawrence

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , October 18, 1954. Graduated from Pershing High School, Detroit, Mich. , 1971. Attended University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Mich. B. A. , Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. , 2005. Manager, United States Postal Service. Member of the Southfield, Mich. , board of education, 1992-1996. Member of the Southfield, Mich. , city council, 1997-2001. Mayor of Southfield, Mich. , 2001-2014. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2023) was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.