Biography:
— Senator and a Representative from New York.
— Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 9, 1966.
— A.B., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1988.
— J.D., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., 1991.
— Lawyer, private practice.
— Special counsel, United States Housing and Urban Development.
— Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress, and served from January 3, 2007, to January 26, 2009, when she resigned to become a U.S. Senator.
— Appointed January 23, 2009, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hillary Clinton.
— Appointment took effect upon her resignation from the House of Representatives on January 26, 2009.
— Took the oath of office on January 27, 2009.
— Elected in 2010 in a special election for the term ending January 3, 2013.
— Reelected in 2012, 2018, and again in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.
— Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2025-).
— Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.