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Diana DeGette (Diana Louise DeGette) was born on 29 July, 1957 in Tachikawa, Japan, is an American politician (born 1957). Discover Diana DeGette's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Diana Louise DeGette
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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 29 July, 1957
Birthday 29 July
Birthplace Tachikawa, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Who Is Diana DeGette's Husband?

Her husband is Lino Lipinsky (m. 1985)

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1933

DeGette won the Primary with 55% of the vote, all but assuring her of election in the heavily Democratic district (the 1st has been in Democratic hands for all but four years since 1933).

Schroeder, who stayed neutral during the Primary, endorsed DeGette once DeGette became the nominee.

DeGette won with 57% of the vote and has been reelected 13 times since.

DeGette defeated Green Party nominee Tom Kelly.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee George Lilly, Libertarian nominee Martin Buchanan, and Independent Gary Swing.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Mike Fallon, Green nominee Gary Swing, American Constitutional Party nominee Chris Styskal, and Libertarian nominee Clint Jones.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Danny Stroud, Libertarian nominee Frank Atwood, and Green Party nominee Gary Swing.

She won 68.23% of the vote.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Martin Walsh, Libertarian nominee Frank Atwood, UNA nominee Danny Stroud, and two write-in candidates.

She won 65.81% of the vote.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Charles "Casper" Stockham, and Libertarian nominee Darrell Dinges.

She won 257,254 votes, 67.87% of the total.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Charles Stockham and Libertarian nominee Raymon Doane.

She won 272,886 votes, 73.8% of the total.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Shane Bolling, Libertarian nominee Kyle Furey, Unity nominee Paul Noel Fiorino, and Approval Voting nominee Jan Kok.

DeGette won 331,621 votes, 73.6% of the total.

DeGette defeated Republican nominee Jennifer Qualteri, Libertarian nominee John Kittleson, and Green nominee Iris Boswell.

DeGette won 226,929 votes, 80.3% of the total.

DeGette serves as the co-chair of both the Congressional Diabetes Caucus and Pro-Choice Caucus, and she is Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus.

1957

Diana Louise DeGette (born July 29, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district since 1997.

A member of the Democratic Party, her district is based in Denver.

1979

She graduated from Colorado College, where she earned a B.A. in political science and was elected to the Pi Gamma Mu international honor society in 1979.

1982

She earned a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law in 1982.

She then returned to Denver and began a law practice focusing on civil rights and employment litigation.

1992

Long active in Denver politics, DeGette was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1992.

1994

She was reelected in 1994 and chosen as assistant minority leader.

She authored a law that guarantees Colorado women unobstructed access to abortion clinics and other medical care facilities, also known as the Bubble Bill.

1996

Longtime 1st district Representative Pat Schroeder chose not to run for a 13th term in 1996, prompting DeGette to run.

Her principal opponent in the Primary election was former City Council member Tim Sandos, whom Denver Mayor Wellington Webb endorsed shortly before the Primary.

2000

The United States Supreme Court found the Bubble Bill constitutional in Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000).

DeGette also authored the state Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act, a model for similar cleanup programs.

2001

DeGette, who had been working on the measure since 2001, enlisted the support of Representative Michael N. Castle (Republican from Delaware), who became DeGette's principal Republican cosponsor of the legislation.

2005

DeGette was a Chief Deputy Whip from 2005 to 2019 and is the dean of Colorado's congressional delegation; she served as the Colorado State Representative for the 6th district from 1993 until her election to the U.S. House.

A fourth-generation Coloradan, DeGette was born in Tachikawa, Japan, the daughter of Patricia Anne (née Rose) and Richard Louis DeGette.

Her parents were American, and at the time of her birth her father was serving in the armed forces.

DeGette received national attention in 2005, when the House of Representatives passed legislation she cosponsored to lift President George W. Bush's limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

2006

With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, DeGette briefly considered running for House Majority Whip, but bowed out in favor of Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.

The DeGette-Castle bill passed the Senate on July 18, 2006.

President Bush vetoed the bill the next day — his first veto.

2019

DeGette sat as speaker pro tempore and presided over the debate on December 18, 2019, the day United States House of Representatives voted on the first impeachment of President Donald Trump.