Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Texas (18)
- Birth Date: Jan. 12, 1950
- Occupation: Attorney
- Religion: Protestant
- Web site: http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/
Education
- University of Virginia, JD
- Yale University, BA
Sheila Jackson Lee was born in Queens, New York. She lives in Houston. She earned a bachelor's degree at Yale University and a law degree at the University of Virginia.
She was an associate municipal court judge in Houston and served as a Houston City Council member.
Jackson Lee was first elected to the U.S. House in 1994.
She and her husband, Elwyn Lee, have two children.
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