Elissa Slotkin

Elissa Slotkin was born in New York, New York, on July 10, 1976. She graduated from the Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1994 and earned an A.B. from Cornell University in 1998 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 2003.

According to the House historian's office, she was an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2003 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2007, and held staff positions at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2005-2006), the National Security Council (2007-2009), the State Department (2009-2011) and the Defense Department (2011-2015). She was acting assistant secretary of defense from 2015 to 2017.

Slotkin was elected as a Democrat to the 116th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses, serving in the House from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025. She did not seek reelection to the House and was elected to the Senate in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031. Her Senate term began on January 3, 2025. She serves on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs committees.