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In 2011, Mark Kelly, Giffords's husband, published a memoir, Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope, crediting her with joint authorship. He wrote that Giffords vows to return to Congress, although she continues to struggle with language and has lost 50 percent of her vision in both eyes. [128] Kelly himself was elected U.S. Senator from Arizona in ...
Gabrielle Dee Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American retired politician and gun control activist. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Arizona's 8th congressional district from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned because of a severe brain injury suffered during an assassination attempt.
Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Sen. Mark Kelly spoke on the DNC stage ahead of Harris' appearance. Giffords was seriously injured in a 2011 shooting.
On January 8, 2011, a gunman entered a constituents' meeting being held by U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords outside of Tucson, Ariz. The 22-year-old gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, killed 6 ...
The final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention will feature several speakers who have stories related to gun violence, including former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords.. Giffords survived an ...
As the election was a special election, Kelly took office during the 116th Congress, shortly after Arizona certified its election results on November 30, unlike other senators and representatives elected in 2020, who took office at the opening of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021. Kelly was sworn in at noon on December 2.
Jared Lee Loughner (/ ˈ l ɒ f n ər /; born September 10, 1988) is an American mass murderer who pleaded guilty to 19 charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with the January 8, 2011, Tucson shooting, in which he shot and severely injured U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, and killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll, Gabe Zimmerman, a member of ...
An Arizona woman allegedly shot by her husband, who then turned the weapon on himself, called authorities about a domestic violence incident shortly before her death, police said. Authorities ...