Kathy E. Manning
Democrat Representative of North Carolina's 6th district
Representative
North Carolina, district 6
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
North Carolina, district 6
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
2
Congresses Served
2
House Terms
December 3, 1956 (67 years old)
Birthday
- Born in Detroit, Michigan, to a father who worked for Ford Motor Company and a mother who was a public school teacher
- Jewish heritage
- Attended Harvard University, where she participated in a cappella singing with the Radcliffe Pitches
- Earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School
- Moved to Greensboro in 1987
- First woman to serve as board chair of the Jewish Federations of North America (2009-2012)
- Founding board chair of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools in New York
- Ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district in 2018
- Successfully ran for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 6th congressional district in 2020 after redistricting, becoming the first Democrat to represent the district since 1985
- Health care is a driving issue for her, motivated by personal challenges with insurance for her daughter’s medication
- Voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress
- Announced she would not run for reelection due to new gerrymandered districts in 2023
- Committee assignments include the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member of several caucuses, including the New Democrat Coalition, Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus, Labor Caucus, Democratic Women’s Working Group, Black Maternal Health Caucus, Women’s Caucus, Pro-Choice Caucus, and Equality Caucus
- Married to Randall Kaplan, with three children