Ms. Tammy Duckworth

• Party: Democratic
• State: IL
• Chamber: Senate
• Term: 2025 – Present
• Phone: (202) 224-2854
• Office: 524 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
• Website: duckworth.senate.gov
• Biography:
  — Senator and a Representative from Illinois.
  — Born in Bangkok, Thailand, March 12, 1968.
  — Graduated from President William McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1985.
  — B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 1989.
  — M.A., The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1992.
  — Attended Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.
  — Helicopter pilot, U.S. Army Reserve, 1992-1996.
  — Illinois Army National Guard, 1996-2014, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.
  — Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
  — Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representatives in 2006.
  — Director, Ill. department of veterans' affairs, 2006-2009.
  — Assistant secretary, United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2009-2011.
  — Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 2012.
  — Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2017).
  — Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2016.
  — Reelected in 2022 for the term ending January 3, 2029.
  
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