Debbie Wasserman SchultzIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Florida District 20

Wasserman Schultz was first sworn in to the U.S. House in 2005 and previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate. On the House Appropriations Committee, she is ranking member of its Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, which she was the first woman to chair in the 117th Congress. She is also a co-chair of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. She currently represents Florida's 25th Congressional District and lives in Weston. She authored the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, the first federal pool and spa safety legislation, and sponsored the PROTECT Our Children Act, which created a large law enforcement effort focused on protecting children. After announcing her own battle with breast cancer in 2009, she introduced the EARLY Act to expand breast cancer education, which became law as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, which she also introduced, was signed into law in 2015. She attended the University of Florida, where she was president of the Student Senate, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1988 and a master's degree in 1990.

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