Ann Kirkpatrick

Ann Kirkpatrick ( born March 14, 1950 in McNary, Arizona) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She was from 2009 to 2011 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and represented the congressional district 1 of the State of Arizona.

Life

Ann Kirkpatrick visited the Blue Ridge High School and then to 1972 the University of Arizona. After studying law at the Law Faculty of the University and its made ​​in 1979 Admitted to the bar, she began to work in their new profession.

Political career

In 1980 Kirkpatrick Deputy District Attorney in Coconino County. After that, she was a legal representative of the city of Sedona. In 2004, she taught business law and ethics at the Coconino Communtity College. Between 2005 and 2007 she was a Member of the House of Representatives from Arizona. In advance of the midterm elections of 2008, she was able to prevail within their party and win the nomination for the parliamentary seat in the first election district. The previous holder of this post, Rick Renzi of the Republican Party was not started because of corruption allegations raised against him. The Republicans nominated Sydney Ann Hay, which was supported by U.S. Senator John McCain, the same applied for the American presidency and lost to Barack Obama.

Despite this prominent support for her opponent Ann Kirkpatrick was able to win the parliamentary seat with 56% of the vote. She was a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Veterans Affairs.