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Revision as of 22:40, January 8, 2011
| Gabrielle Giffords | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Arizona's 8th Congressional District From: January 3, 2007 - Present | |||
| Predecessor | Mark E. Kelly | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Jim Kolbe | ||
| Religion | Jewish | ||
Gabrielle Giffords (born June 8, 1970 in Tucson, Arizona) served as the Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona's 8th congressional district, having been first elected in 2006. On January 8, 2011, she was shot along with 12 others by a gunman while holding a public event outside of a grocery store in Tucson.[1] Initial reports reported her as dead but these were premature and mistaken.[2] 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.
On January 8, 2011, Giffords and 19 people were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event, including three members of the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. Five have died, including one of Giffords' aides and a 9-year-old girl. Several others are in critical condition at the University of Arizona Medical Center. [3]