Debbie Stabenow | |
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United States Senator from Michigan | |
Assumed office January 3, 2001 Serving with Gary Peters | |
Preceded by | Spencer Abraham |
Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | |
Assumed office January 3, 2017 | |
Leader | Chuck Schumer |
Vice Chair | Joe Manchin Cory Booker |
Preceded by | Chuck Schumer |
Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee | |
Assumed office February 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Pat Roberts |
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Blanche Lincoln |
Succeeded by | Pat Roberts |
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee | |
In office January 3, 2015 – February 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Thad Cochran |
Succeeded by | John Boozman |
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus | |
In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |
Leader | Harry Reid |
Preceded by | Barbara Mikulski |
Succeeded by | Patty Murray |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 8th district | |
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Dick Chrysler |
Succeeded by | Mike Rogers |
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 24th district | |
In office January 12, 1991 – January 14, 1994 | |
Preceded by | William A. Sederburg |
Succeeded by | Joe Schwarz |
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 58th district | |
In office January 6, 1979 – January 12, 1991 | |
Preceded by | Thomas M. Holcomb |
Succeeded by | Dianne Byrum |
Chair of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners | |
In office January 1977 – January 1979 | |
Preceded by | Ken Hope |
Succeeded by | Bill Sweet |
Member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners from the 13th District | |
In office January 1975 – January 1979 | |
Preceded by | Gordon Swix |
Succeeded by | Dennis L. Willard |
Personal details | |
Born | Deborah Ann Greer April 29, 1950 Gladwin, Michigan, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Education | Michigan State University (BA, MSW) |
Signature | |
Website | Senate website |
Deborah Ann Stabenow (/ˈstæbənaʊ/ 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]