Barbara Boxer

Barbara Sue Boxer née Levy born November 11 1940 is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate representing California from 1993 to 2017 A member of the Democratic Party she previously served as the US representative for Californias 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993 Born in Brooklyn New York City Boxer graduated from George W Wingate High School and Brooklyn College She worked as a stockbroker for several years before moving to California with her husband During the 1970s she worked as a journalist for the Pacific Sun and as an aide to US Representative John L Burton She served on the Marin County Board of Supervisors for six years and became the boards first female president With the slogan Barbara Boxer Gives a Damn she was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982 representing Californias 6th district Boxer won the 1992 election for the US Senate Running for a third term in 2004 she received 696 million votes becoming the first person to ever get more than 6 million votes in a Senate election and set a record for the most votes in any US Senate election in history until her colleague Dianne Feinstein the senior senator from California surpassed that number in her 2012 reelection Boxer and Feinstein were the first female pair of US Senators representing any state at the same time Boxer was the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the vice chair of the Select Committee on Ethics She was also the Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Boxer is known for her liberal perspectives