Elissa Slotkin

Elissa Slotkin DEMDemocrat

United States Representative, MI-7

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Elissa SlotkinDEMDemocrat United States Representative, MI-7
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Elissa Blair Slotkin (born July 10, 1976) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2019. The district, numbered as the 8th district from 2019 to 2023, is based in Lansing and stretches into Detroit's outer western suburbs. Slotkin is a member of the Democratic Party. Before entering politics, she was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official. She is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election to succeed Debbie Stabenow.

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Campaign Funding

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$7,420,375
Total Raised
$7,401,141
Total Spent
$19,235
Cash on Hand

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Financial Data Source: Center for Responsive Politics
Education5 - 5 of 3
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
MA International Affairs/National Security Policy/Middle Eastern Affairs
2001 - 2003
American University of Cairo
Certified Intensive Arabic
2001
Cornell University
BA Rural Sociology
1994 - 1998
Past Positions1 - 16 of 16
Representative
United States House of Representatives, Michigan
2023 - Current
Representative
United States House of Representatives, Michigan
2019 - 2023
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense
International Security Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense
2015 - 2017
Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
Office of the Secretary of Defense
2013 - 2014
Chief of Staff
Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense
2012
Senior Advisor on Middle East Transition
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
2011 - 2012
Senior Advisor on Iraq
United States Department of State
2009 - 2011
Director for Iraq
National Security Council, The White House
2007 - 2009
Team Leader
Central Intelligence Agency
2006 - 2007
Senior Assistant
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2005 - 2006
Intelligence Briefer
United States Ambassador, Central Intelligence Agency
2004 - 2005
Political Analyst
Central Intelligence Agency
2003 - 2004
Political Affairs Officer
United States Department of State
2002
Grant Writer
Isha L'Isha (Women to Women)
2000 - 2001
Community Organizer
Roca, Incorporated
1998 - 2000
Swahili Translator
Harbor Area Early Childhood
1999 - 2000
Other Experience1 - 7 of 7
Member
Agriculture Committee, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Former Member
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Former Member
Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Former Member
House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism
Former Member
House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness
Former Member
House Homeland Security Committee
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