Erica Lee Carter

A Representative from Texas. Born on February 2, 1980. Graduated from Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Tex. , 1998. B. A. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 2002. M. P. P. , Duke University, Durham, N. C. , 2006. Teacher. Policy analyst. Nonprofit executive. Member of the Harris County, Tex. , department of education, 2013-2019. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (November 5, 2024-January 3, 2025). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in 2024.