Deborah K. Ross
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 34th district |
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In office January 9, 2013 – June 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Grier Martin |
| Succeeded by | Grier Martin |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 38th district |
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In office January 29, 2003 – January 9, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Hensley |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Lewis Holley |
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June 20, 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Wrinn |
| Alma mater |
Brown University (BA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD) |
Deborah Koff Ross (born June 20, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Ross was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's thirty-eighth and then thirty-fourth House district, including Wake County, North Carolina. An attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina, Ross served five full terms and one partial term in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Ross was the Democratic nominee in the 2016 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina. She lost to incumbent Republican Richard Burr in the general election.
Ross was born in Philadelphia on June 20, 1963 and grew up in Connecticut. She is the daughter of Barbara A. (Klein) and Marvin S. Koff. Her father served as a physician in the Air Force during the Vietnam era and her mother taught preschool.
Ross earned her B.A. from Brown University in 1985 and her J.D. from UNC Chapel Hill law school in 1990.
Following her graduation from law school, Ross worked for Raleigh-based Hunton and Williams as a tax litigator and municipal bond lawyer. Ross practiced law in North Carolina for 25 years, including civil rights law, constitutional law, infrastructure law, and renewable energy law. She also taught at Duke Law School as a senior lecturing fellow.
Ross was hired as state director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina in 1994. She worked on First Amendment and juvenile justice issues. Alongside Governor Jim Hunt and then State Senator Roy Cooper, she overhauled North Carolina's system for dealing with youth offenders. In response to racial profiling reports, she also successfully encouraged state police agencies to collect race-based statistics for traffic stops. Ross stepped down from her position at the ACLU in 2002 when she launched her state House campaign.
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