Difference between revisions of "Gabrielle Giffords"
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| − | On January 8, 2011, Giffords and at least 17 people, 6 of whom are reported dead, were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?_r=1&hp], including three members of the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. She was shot by 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner. | + | On January 8, 2011, Giffords and at least 17 people, 6 of whom are reported dead, were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?_r=1&hp], including three members of the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. She was shot by 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner. Six 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. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/] Giffords' [[rabbi]] was en route to Tucson from Flagstaff, AZ, earlier Saturday. [http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13807790] |
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Revision as of 01:43, January 10, 2011
| Gabrielle Giffords | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Arizona's 8th Congressional District From: January 3, 2007 - Present | |||
| Predecessor | Jim Kolbe | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Mark E. Kelly | ||
| Religion | Jewish | ||
Gabrielle Giffords (born June 8, 1970 in Tucson, Arizona) currently serves as the Democratic 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.
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. [1] 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. [2] [3] Reports are confirming that an aide to the congresswoman and a federal judge, John Roll were killed in the attack. [4]
On January 8, 2011, Giffords and at least 17 people, 6 of whom are reported dead, were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event[5], including three members of the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. She was shot by 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner. Six 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. [6] Giffords' rabbi was en route to Tucson from Flagstaff, AZ, earlier Saturday. [7]
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 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. [8]