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|state=Arizona
|state=Arizona
|district=8th
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 2007 - Present
|terms=January 3, 2007 - January 8, 2011
|preceded=Mark E. Kelly
|preceded=Mark E. Kelly
|former=n
|former=n
}}
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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 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) served as the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Arizona]]'s 8th congressional district, having been first elected in 2006. On January 8, 2011, she was assassinated by a gunman while holding a public event outside of a grocery store in Tucson. Six other people were killed and twelve people, including members of her staff, were injured.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136783-rep-giffords-shot-as-gunman-opens-fire-at-public-event</ref><ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2011/01/gabrielle_giffords.html</ref>She was a member of the Armed Services Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee.
Giffords attended Cornell University and Scripps College in California. She was elected to the State House in 2000, and two years later became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona Senate.
Giffords attended Cornell University and Scripps College in California. She was elected to the State House in 2000, and two years later became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona Senate.
*[http://giffords.house.gov/ House website]
*[http://giffords.house.gov/ House website]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Gabby_Giffords.htm On the Issues]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Gabby_Giffords.htm On the Issues]
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