Ann Kirkpatrick
| Ann Kirkpatrick | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Gosar |
| Succeeded by | Tom O'Halleran |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rick Renzi |
| Succeeded by | Paul Gosar |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 2nd district |
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In office January 2005 – July 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvia Laughter |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Deschene |
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March 24, 1950 McNary, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Arizona (BA, JD) |
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House website Campaign website |
Ann Kirkpatrick (born March 24, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who was the United States Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2017; she also represented the same district from 2009 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She earlier served in the Arizona House of Representatives. She was defeated by Republican Paul Gosar in the 2010 election. In 2012, she was again the Democratic nominee, and went on to win the general election to regain her old seat in a close race. She retained her seat by winning in 2014.
Kirkpatrick lost her Senate bid to Republican incumbent John McCain in the 2016 election.
Kirkpatrick was born and raised on an Apache Indian reservation near McNary, Arizona. Her parents are European Americans who lived and worked on the reservation: her mother was a teacher and her father a general store owner. When Kirkpatrick was in second grade, her family moved off the reservation to Pinetop-Lakeside. Her maternal uncle, William Bourdon, was elected as a member of the State House.
Kirkpatrick graduated from Blue Ridge High School as the valedictorian. In 1972, she completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona, where she majored in Asian studies and learned to speak Mandarin Chinese. After a brief experience as a teacher, Kirkpatrick decided to go to law school. In 1979, she earned a juris doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law.
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