Lynn N. Rivers

Lynn Nancy Rivers ( born December 19, 1956 in Au Gres, Michigan) is an American politician. Between 1995 and 2003, she represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lynn Rivers attended by 1975 high school in their community. Later she studied until 1987 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After a law degree followed at Wayne State University in Detroit. Rivers began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. From 1984 to 1992 she was a member of the Education Committee of the city of Ann Arbor. In 1993 and 1994 she was a Member of the House of Representatives from Michigan.

In the congressional elections of 1994, it was in the 13th electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where they became the successor of William D. Ford on January 3, 1995. After three elections she was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 2003, four legislative sessions. A stir Rivers had seen in her first Congress election campaign, when she spoke about it publicly, to suffer for 20 years from bipolar disorder, but to have the disease by taking medication under control. While the Republicans were able to gain many seats in the rest of the country this year, the announcement Rivers did not hurt: She sat down with 52 percent of the vote against their competitors by John A. Schall.

In 2002 there was a reorganization of electoral districts in Michigan. They lost in the primaries of their party in the 15th District against John Dingell and was therefore not nominated for re-election. Today she teaches political science at the University of Michigan and the Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor. Prior to the elections of 2010, it was touted as democratic challenger for the Republican Thaddeus McCotter, but ultimately renounced his candidacy.