Kathy E. Manning

Democrat Representative of North Carolina's 6th district

  • 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