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Create a list ». Giffords had first registered as a Republican as a teenager, but she later switched over to the Democratic party. Giffords was elected to a seat in the Arizona State House on her first try for office in She then ran for a seat Arizona Senate in Emerging victorious, Giffords became the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona Senate.
She was re-elected in Seeking a new opportunity to help the people of Arizona, Giffords resigned from office in December to seek the congressional seat being vacated by Representative Jim Kolbe of the 8th Congressional District. As the first to announce her candidacy for Kolbe's seat, Giffords established herself as his natural replacement and began an aggressive campaign for the seat. Come election time, the former state senator defeated Republican Randy Graf by earning roughly 54 percent of the vote.
Giffords earned re-election in , defeating Republican State Senate President Timothy Bee, a childhood schoolmate, with nearly 55 percent of the vote.
She also sat on the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. Giffords also participated in the Science and Technology committee and chaired its Space and Aeronautics subcommittee in her next term.
As the head of a district that shares a mile border with Mexico, Giffords focused her efforts on addressing border security and violence associated with drug trafficking in the region. In , she invited 60 federal, state and local law enforcement officers to a drug violence summit, in order to address the trafficking issues in northern Mexico and their effect on the United States. When Giffords won the November general election, she continued her fight to protect Arizona borders.
This legislation, later signed by President Barack Obama , allowed for hiring of 1, border control agents and additional staffing in other areas of border-related personnel. According to the Tucson Sentinel, she said the newly approved funds were "a down payment on long-overdue efforts to secure our border.
In addition to her border security efforts, Giffords pushed for small business tax relief and limits to the alternative minimum tax. She was also an outspoken supporter of the health care reform bill of , also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Her push for universal healthcare drew criticism from some of her constituents; the senator was allegedly harassed because of her support for the measure. Her office was later vandalized, an attack that may have been connected to her vote in support of the Affordable Care Act.
She wanted to give her constituents a chance to meet with her, but the event soon turned deadly when year-old Jared Lee Loughner shot Giffords in the head. Since leaving Congress, Giffords and her husband established Americans for Responsible Solutions to combat gun violence. Firm's Course," 16 February , Tire Business : 1. Arthur H. View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U. Giffords, Gabrielle. Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope. New York: Scribner, Featured Search Historical Highlights of the House.
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She attended President Obama's State of the Union address on January 24, and appeared on the floor of the House on January 25, , where she formally submitted her resignation to a standing ovation and accolades from her colleagues and the leadership of the House.
Though a moderate on the issue during her time in Congress, Giffords has since become an ardent advocate for gun control. Ze was van 3 januari tot 23 januari afgevaardigde voor Arizona's 8e district. Gabrielle Dee Giffords en. Gabrielle Giffords signature
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