Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Baldwin is a candidate in the 2012 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin to succeed retiring Senator Herb Kohl. Baldwin was born and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. She was raised by her mother, Pamela , a social worker, and her African-American stepfather. Her maternal grandfather was Jewish and her maternal grandmother, who was Anglican, was English-born. Baldwin graduated from Madison West High School in 1980 as the class... valedictorian. She earned a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1984 and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1989. She practiced law between 1989–1992. Baldwin was first elected to political office in 1986 when she was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors, a position that she held until 1994. She also served for one year on the Madison City Council to fill a vacancy in the coterminous district. In 1992, she ran for Wisconsin's 78th Assembly District.
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