Deborah K. Ross

A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. , June 20, 1963. A. B. , Brown University, Providence, R. I. , 1985. J. D. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1990. Lawyer, private practice. State director, American Civil Liberties Union, 1994-2002. Member of the North Carolina state house of representatives, 2003-2013. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2016. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventeenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2021-present).