Difference between revisions of "Gabrielle Giffords"
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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. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/] | 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. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/] | ||
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| + | 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/] | ||
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Revision as of 23:05, 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] Reports are confirming that an aide to the congresswoman and a federal judge, John Roll were killed in the attack. [3] 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. [4]
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. [5]