Elissa Slotkin

A Representative and a Senator from Michigan. Born in New York, New York County, N. Y. , July 10, 1976. Graduated from the Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. , 1994. A. B. , Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. , 1998. M. A. , Columbia University, New York, N. Y. , 2003. Staff, nonprofit organization. Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency, 2003-2005, 2006-2007. Staff, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2005-2006. Staff, National Security Council, 2007-2009. Staff, United States Department of State, 2009-2011. Staff, United States Department of Defense, 2011-2015. Acting assistant secretary of defense, 2015-2017. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2019-January 3, 2025). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.