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Betsy Markey was born in Cresskill, New Jersey, as the sixth of seven children. [1] Markey attended college at the University of Florida from 1974 through 1978. Her last semester was completed abroad at a university in Poznań, Poland. Markey completed a Masters of Public Administration in 1983 from American University.
In 2008, Musgrave lost reelection to Betsy Markey, who became the first Democrat to represent the district since the early 1970s. Markey was defeated in 2010 by Republican Cory Gardner, and the district was made more Republican in redistricting due to the removal of Fort Collins. George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in this district in 2004.
Gardner further attacked Markey for a variety of votes that she supposedly cast in a television advertisement, but controversy ensued and a local Fox News affiliate yanked the ad off the air when it came to surface that the votes that Congresswoman Markey "cast" were actually cast by Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey. [12]
Betsy Markey: Democratic: 4th: January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 Elected in 2008. Lost re-election to Gardner. John H. Marsalis: Democratic: 3rd: January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 Elected in 1948. Lost re-election to Chenoweth. John Andrew Martin: Democratic: 2nd: March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired. 3rd
40 new members of the 111th Congress. [a] The 111th United States Congress began on January 3, 2009. There were nine new senators (seven Democrats, two Republicans) and 54 new representatives (32 Democrats, 22 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (one Democrat, one independent), at the start of its first session. Additionally, 12 senators ...
The U.S. Surgeon General's warning of an increased risk of cancer from drinking alcohol may end up resonating most with younger Americans - who in recent years were already turning to mocktails ...
That support, he said, forecloses the possibility that Congress might use its impeachment power to punish Trump or others for potential non-compliance with a court order.
The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday on a bill supported by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to essentially ban transgender girls and women from competing in school ...