Deborah Ann "Debbie" Stabenow (born April 29, 1950), née Greer, is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan.
In the 2000 election, Stabenow defeated the Republican incumbent, Senator Spencer Abraham. She is the first female U.S. Senator from Michigan. She and Washington's Maria Cantwell were the first women to defeat incumbent elected Senators in a general election, Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois having done so in a primary in 1992. Stab...
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Deborah Ann "Debbie" Stabenow (born April 29, 1950), née Greer, is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan.
In the 2000 election, Stabenow defeated the Republican incumbent, Senator Spencer Abraham. She is the first female U.S. Senator from Michigan. She and Washington's Maria Cantwell were the first women to defeat incumbent elected Senators in a general election, Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois having done so in a primary in 1992. Stabenow was re-elected in 2006.
Stabenow was born in Gladwin, Michigan, to Anna Merle Hallmark and Robert Lee Greer. She grew up in Clare, Michigan, where her father and grandfather owned an auto dealership. She graduated from Clare High School. She received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1972, a M.S.W. magna cum laude from Michigan State University in 1975, and an honorary doctorate degree from Grand Valley State University in 2008.
While in graduate school, Stabenow won her first election, to the Ingham County Board of Commissioners,...
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