Back إليسا سلوتكين Arabic اليسا سلوتكين ARZ Elissa Slotkin German Elissa Slotkin Spanish الیسا اسلاتکین Persian Elissa Slotkin French אליסה סלוטקין HE Elissa Slotkin Hungarian Elissa Slotkin Italian Elissa Slotkin LMO
Elissa Slotkin | |
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 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| United States Senator from Michigan | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2025 Serving with Gary Peters | |
| Preceded by | Debbie Stabenow |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Bishop |
| Succeeded by | Tom Barrett |
| Constituency |
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| Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office November 14, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Derek Chollet |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Handelman (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elissa Blair Slotkin July 10, 1976 New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
David Moore
(m. 2011; div. 2023) |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MIA) |
| Awards | Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service |
| Website | |
Elissa Blair Slotkin (/slɒtkɪn/; born July 10, 1976) is an American politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Michigan. From 2019 to 2025, she served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district.[1] The district, numbered as the 8th from 2019 to 2023, stretches from Lansing to the outer northern suburbs of Detroit. A member of the Democratic Party, Slotkin was previously a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official.
Slotkin was narrowly elected to the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election with 48.6% of the vote,[2] making her the second female senator from Michigan, after Debbie Stabenow.
- ^ "Democratic ex-CIA analyst Elissa Slotkin defeats Republican Rep. Mike Bishop to claim a Michigan congressional seat". Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ Frankel, Jillian (November 6, 2024). "Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan Senate seat over Republican Mike Rogers". NBC News. Retrieved November 6, 2024.