Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow
Official portrait, 2019
United States Senator
from Michigan
Assumed office
January 3, 2001
Serving with Gary Peters
Preceded bySpencer Abraham
Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
LeaderChuck Schumer
Vice ChairJoe Manchin
Cory Booker
Preceded byChuck Schumer
Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee
Assumed office
February 3, 2021
Preceded byPat Roberts
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byBlanche Lincoln
Succeeded byPat Roberts
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – February 3, 2021
Preceded byThad Cochran
Succeeded byJohn Boozman
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
LeaderHarry Reid
Preceded byBarbara Mikulski
Succeeded byPatty Murray
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byDick Chrysler
Succeeded byMike Rogers
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 12, 1991 – January 14, 1994
Preceded byWilliam A. Sederburg
Succeeded byJoe Schwarz
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 58th district
In office
January 6, 1979 – January 12, 1991
Preceded byThomas M. Holcomb
Succeeded byDianne Byrum
Chair of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners
In office
January 1977 – January 1979
Preceded byKen Hope
Succeeded byBill Sweet
Member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners from the 13th District
In office
January 1975 – January 1979
Preceded byGordon Swix
Succeeded byDennis L. Willard
Personal details
Born
Deborah Ann Greer

(1950-04-29) April 29, 1950 (age 74)
Gladwin, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Dennis Stabenow
(m. 1971; div. 1989)
(m. 2003; div. 2010)
Children2
EducationMichigan State University (BA, MSW)
Signature
WebsiteSenate website

Deborah Ann Stabenow (/ˈstæbən/ STAB-ə-now; née Greer; born April 29, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat she has held since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she became the state's first female U.S. senator after winning the 2000 election.

Before her election to the Senate, Stabenow was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001. Previously, she served on the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and in the Michigan State Legislature.

Stabenow was reelected to Senate in 2006, 2012, and 2018. She became the state's senior U.S. senator upon Carl Levin's retirement in 2015. Stabenow chaired the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2011 to 2015 and again since 2021. She became chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee in 2017. At the start of the 118th Congress, Stabenow became the dean of the Michigan congressional delegation, upon the retirement of Representative Fred Upton. In January 2023, she announced that she would not seek reelection in 2024.[1][2]

  1. ^ Burke, Melissa Nann (January 5, 2023). "Michigan's U.S. Sen. Stabenow won't seek reelection in 2024". Detroit News. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sen. Stabenow will not seek re-election in 2024". Upper Michigans Source. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.