Tammy Baldwin | |
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Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus | |
Assumed office January 3, 2017 | |
Deputy | Brian Schatz (since 2023) |
Leader | Chuck Schumer |
Preceded by | Patty Murray |
United States Senator from Wisconsin | |
Assumed office January 3, 2013 Serving with Ron Johnson | |
Preceded by | Herb Kohl |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd district | |
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Scott Klug |
Succeeded by | Mark Pocan |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 78th district | |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | |
Preceded by | David Clarenbach |
Succeeded by | Mark Pocan |
Personal details | |
Born | Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin February 11, 1962 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
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Website | Senate website |
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962)[1] is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the Wisconsin state assemblywoman from Wisconsin's 78th Assembly district from 1993 to 1999, and seven terms as the United States congresswoman from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district from 1999 to 2013. She was elected a United States senator from Wisconsin in 2012 and reelected in a landslide in 2018.
As an openly lesbian woman, Baldwin has made history several times through her electoral success. In 1998, she became the first openly lesbian woman elected to the United States Congress, the first openly LGBT person elected to the United States Congress as a non-incumbent, and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Wisconsin.[2] In 2012, she became the first openly lesbian woman and first openly LGBT person elected to the United States Senate as well as the first woman elected to the United States Senate from Wisconsin.[3][4]