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|district=8th
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|terms=January 3, 2007 - Present
|terms=January 3, 2007 - January 25, 2012
|preceded=Jim Kolbe
|preceded=Jim Kolbe
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|former=y
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|succeeded=Ron Barber
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'''Gabrielle Giffords''' (born June 8, 1970 in Tucson, Arizona) currently serves as the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Arizona]]'s 8th congressional district, having been first elected in 2006. She is a member of the Armed Services Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee.
'''Gabrielle Giffords''' (born June 8, 1970 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Arizona]]'s 8th congressional district, serving from 2006 to 2012. Giffords was the main target of the 2011 Tucson Shootings and was wounded in the attack. She resigned from the House of Representatives in January 2012 to focus on her recovery.
==Backround==
Giffords attended Cornell University and Scripps College in California. She was elected to the Arizona State House in 2000, and two years later became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona Senate. Giffords is married to astronaut [[Mark E. Kelly]], who has piloted space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. The two met in China in 2003 while they were serving on a committee there, and were married in January 2007. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40978517/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/] Giffords was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 and was a [[Blue Dog Democrat]]. She is pro-choice, a supporter of solar energy, and voted in favor of [[ObamaCare]]. She was a member of the Armed Services Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee.
==2011 Tucson Shooting==
On January 8, 2011, she was shot along with at least 17 others by a gunman while holding a public event outside of a grocery store in Tucson. [http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/gabrielle-giffords-Congresswoman-Shot/2011/01/08/id/382236] U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona will survive being shot in the head by a man who opened fire at her community meeting in Tucson, killing six people including a federal judge. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-08/arizona-congresswoman-giffords-others-shot-at-event-in-tucson-arizona.html] [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/] Reports are confirming that an aide to the congresswoman and a federal judge, John Roll were killed in the attack. [http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2011/01/arizona_congresswoman_shot_npr.html]
On January 8, 2011, she was shot along with at least 17 others by a gunman while holding a public event outside of a grocery store in Tucson. [http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/gabrielle-giffords-Congresswoman-Shot/2011/01/08/id/382236] U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona will survive being shot in the head by a man who opened fire at her community meeting in Tucson, killing six people including a federal judge. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-08/arizona-congresswoman-giffords-others-shot-at-event-in-tucson-arizona.html] [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/] Reports are confirming that an aide to the congresswoman and a federal judge, John Roll were killed in the attack. [http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2011/01/arizona_congresswoman_shot_npr.html]
[[File:Obama and wife with Daniel Hernandez and Gliffords husband.jpg|thumb|280px|center|Daniel Hernandez, President Obama and wife and Mark Kelly at Tucson.]]
[[File:Obama and wife with Daniel Hernandez and Gliffords husband.jpg|thumb|280px|center|Daniel Hernandez, President Obama and wife and Mark Kelly at Tucson.]]
[[File:Kelly Giffords.jpg|240px]]
[[File:Kelly Giffords.jpg|240px]]
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