Biography
A Representative from Missouri. Born in St. Louis, Mo. , July 27, 1956. Graduated from Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, Md. , 1974. B. A. , University of Maryland, College Park, Md. , 1983. Member of the Missouri state house of representatives, 1983-1991. Member of the Missouri state senate, 1991-2001. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2021). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.