Jackie Speier
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Anna Eshoo |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 12th district |
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In office April 8, 2008 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Lantos |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Pelosi |
| Member of the California Senate from the 8th district |
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In office 1998–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Quentin L. Kopp |
| Succeeded by | Leland Yee |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 19th district |
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In office 1986–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Lou Papan |
| Succeeded by | Lou Papan |
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Karen Lorraine Speier May 14, 1950 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Sierra (1987–1994) Barry Dennis (2001–present) |
| Children | Jackson Stephanie (with Sierra) |
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University of California, Davis UC Hastings College of the Law |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | House website |
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline "Jackie" Speier (/ˈspɪər/; born May 14, 1950) is the U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving in Congress since 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 12th District from 2008 to 2013, includes the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and the southwest quarter of San Francisco. She represents much of the territory that had been represented by her political mentor, Leo Ryan.
She is also a former member of the California State Senate who represented parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. On April 8, 2008, she won the special election for the vacated United States House of Representatives seat of late Congressman Tom Lantos.
Speier was born in 1950 in San Francisco, and grew up in an apolitical, working-class family, the daughter of Nancy (née Kanchelian) and Manfred "Fred" Speier. Her mother was of Armenian descent, while her father was an immigrant from Germany. Speier took Jacqueline as her confirmation name after Jackie Kennedy. She is a graduate of Mercy High School in Burlingame. She earned a B.A. from the University of California, Davis, and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1976.
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