Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Deborah Wasserman Schultz née Wasserman born September 27 1966 is an American politician serving as the US representative from Floridas 25th congressional district first elected to Congress in 2004 A member of the Democratic Party she is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee Wasserman Schultz served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate and was a national cochair of Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign for president Her district covers much of southern Broward County including a large part of Fort Lauderdale It also covers much of northern MiamiDade County Wasserman Schultz was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee in May 2011 replacing Tim Kaine On July 28 2016 she resigned from that position after WikiLeaks released leaked emails showing that she and other members of the DNC staff had favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primaries in exchange for funding to eliminate the DNCs remaining debt from the 2012 presidential campaign