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'''Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin''' (born February 11, 1962)<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/about/biography.shtml|title=Biography|accessdate=August 28, 2012}}</ref> is the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district]]. She was first elected in 1998. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. Baldwin is the Democratic nominee to succeed retiring Senator [[Herb Kohl]]. Baldwin was the first woman elected to [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] from the state of [[Wisconsin]]. She was also the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to the House of Representatives.
Baldwin traces one branch of her family tree back to 1866 in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Her mother and maternal grandparents raised her jointly in Madison, Wisconsin. Tammy graduated first in her class of 510 students at Madison West High School in 1980. She earned an A.B. degree from [[Smith College]] in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1984 with majors in government and mathematics. In 1989, while an active member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors, Tammy earned her J.D. from the [[University of Wisconsin Law School]]. She practiced law from 1989-1992.<ref name=bio/> Baldwin served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1993 to 1999.
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==External links==
*[http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/ Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin] ''official U.S. House site''
*[http://www.tammybaldwin.com/ Tammy Baldwin for Congress] ''official campaign site''
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