Martha Roby
| Martha Roby | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bobby Bright |
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July 26, 1976 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Riley Roby |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
New York University (BM) Samford University (JD) |
Martha Dubina Roby/ˈroʊbi/ (born July 26, 1976) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district. She is a member of the Republican Party. She defeated incumbent Representative Bobby Bright on November 2 during the United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2010, and assumed office in January 2011. Roby and Terri Sewell are the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in regular elections.
Roby was born in Montgomery, Alabama and attended New York University, where she received a bachelor of music degree. She then entered the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, receiving her J.D. in 2001. She is the daughter of Joel F. Dubina, a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Her maternal great-grandfather was Eng Bunker, one of the famous conjoined "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng Bunker.
Before entering politics, she worked at the law firm of Copeland, Franco.
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