Elissa Slotkin
American politician
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| 2025 | Delivered the official Democratic response to the State of the Union, criticizing Trump's economic policies and highlighting concerns about billionaire favoritism, rising costs, and national debt. |
| 2025 | Elissa Slotkin was one of 12 Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the final passage of the Laken Riley Act in the Senate. |
| January 2025 | Takes office as the junior United States senator from Michigan. |
| 2024 | Elected to the U.S. Senate, winning 48.6% of the vote in a narrow election. |
| 2024 | Slotkin was endorsed by the LGBTQ+ rights group Human Rights Campaign for her US Senate campaign. |
| 2024 | Publicly criticized identity politics, stating it 'needs to go the way of the dodo' and advocating for viewing people as 'independent Americans' regardless of group or party affiliation. |
| 2024 | Slotkin narrowly defeated Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the general election, outperforming the top of the ticket. |
| November 5 2024 | Slotkin won the U.S. Senate election against Republican Mike Rogers, outperforming the top of the ticket. |
| August 6 2024 | Slotkin won the Democratic primary with 76% of the vote, becoming the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate general election. |
| 2023 | Slotkin and Dave Moore filed for divorce, ending their marriage. |
| 2023 | Following the Michigan State University mass shooting in her district, introduced the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act with Senator Ed Markey to provide $50 million annually for five years to support CDC research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention. |
| 2023 | The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's student debt forgiveness initiative, which Slotkin had previously voted to protect against Republican-led attempts to overturn. |
| 2023 | Slotkin was one of two House Democrats who voted for a Republican-backed amendment preventing Department of Defense facilities from displaying non-official flags, including the pride flag. She later clarified that her intention was to prevent the display of 'hateful flags' like the Confederate flag. |
| February 2023 | Prior to her February 2023 divorce, Slotkin moved back to her family farm in Holly, Michigan, which is in Michigan's 9th congressional district. |
| February 27 2023 | Elissa Slotkin announced her candidacy for the 2024 Michigan U.S. Senate election, following Debbie Stabenow's announcement of vacating the seat. |
| 2022 | Elissa Slotkin defeated Republican nominee Tom Barrett in the U.S. House of Representatives election, winning with 51.5% of the vote against Barrett's 46.5%. This was the most expensive U.S. House race of 2022, with Slotkin raising $9.8 million. |
| 2022 | During the campaign, Slotkin signed a seven-month lease on a condominium in Lansing, Michigan, owned by a campaign donor, while maintaining that the lease was at a fair market rate. |
| 2022 | Voted for H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, demonstrating her stance on gun control policy. |
| 2022 | Slotkin co-sponsored the Ban Corporate PACs Act, a legislative effort to prevent corporations from operating political action committees. |
| 2022 | Introduced H.R. 6370, the Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act, which mandates secure firearm storage when children are present, prompted by the 2021 Oxford High School shooting. |
| August 2022 | Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, demonstrating her stance on economic and climate policy. |
| 2021 | Voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump in his second impeachment proceedings. |
| 2021 | Slotkin voted again in favor of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
| November 2021 | Voted for the Build Back Better Act, a significant legislative initiative. |
| 2020 | Slotkin won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Republican Paul Junge with 50.9% of the vote. |
| 2020 | During the Trump administration, Slotkin voted against an amendment that would provide $10,000 debt relief for student loan borrowers, despite the amendment being supported by 93% of the Democratic caucus. |
| 2020 | Slotkin pushed the Department of Education to assist federal employees with student loan payments during the partial government shutdown. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Slotkin adapted her campaign strategy by hosting virtual and socially distanced campaign events, implementing contactless door canvassing, and running advertisements on gas pumps. |
| 2020 | During her 2020 campaign, Slotkin emphasized protecting health care coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions as the most critical issue for her district. |
| 2020 | Sponsored the Iran War Powers Resolution to restrict President Trump's ability to commit the United States to war with Iran without a Congressional Declaration of War. |
| May 2020 | Voted for the HEROES Act, a $3 trillion stimulus package to address economic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| May 25 2020 | In response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Slotkin co-sponsored and voted for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. |
| March 2020 | Supported the bipartisan CARES Act relief package during the COVID-19 pandemic, which passed Congress. |
| 2019 | Begins serving as U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district (initially numbered as the 8th district). |
| 2019 | Slotkin held multiple town halls addressing her vote in favor of President Donald Trump's impeachment, which drew hundreds of protestors and received widespread national media attention. |
| September 2019 | Authored an opinion piece in The Washington Post with six other freshman House Democrats, calling for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, which sparked widespread Democratic support for the inquiry. |
| November 2018 | Slotkin defeated incumbent Mike Bishop to become the first Democrat to represent Michigan's 8th district since 2001, winning with 50.6% of the vote. |
| August 7 2018 | Slotkin won the Democratic primary for Michigan's 8th congressional district, defeating Christopher Smith with 70.7% of the vote. |
| July 2017 | Elissa Slotkin announced her candidacy for Michigan's 8th congressional district, motivated by Republican incumbent Mike Bishop's reaction to the Affordable Care Act repeal vote. |
| January 2017 | Left the Defense Department and returned to her family's farm in Holly, Michigan, where she established Pinpoint Consulting. |
| 2015 | Became acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, a role she held until 2017. |
| 2011 | Elissa Slotkin married Dave Moore, a retired Army colonel and Apache helicopter pilot, after meeting in Baghdad during her third tour in Iraq. |
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