| Arizona born and raised, Ann Kirkpatrick resides in Flagstaff, and
her earliest roots are found in Eastern Arizona on the White
Mountain Apache Nation. Her father ran a general store and her
mother was a schoolteacher. Ann graduated from Blue Ridge
High School in the White Mountains and then worked her way
through the University of Arizona, earning a bachelor's degree
and then a law degree there.
After earning her law degree, Ann served the people of Greater
Arizona in a variety of positions. In 1980, she became Coconino
County's first female Deputy County Attorney, cracking down on
criminals and protecting neighborhoods and families in Northern
Arizona. She later served as Sedona's City Attorney. In
November 2004, Ann's neighbors elected her to the Arizona
House of Representatives to represent Legislative District 2,
which includes Flagstaff and the Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai,
Navajo, and San Juan Southern Paiute Nations. At the state
Capitol, Ann championed fiscal responsibility and quality
education.
During her 2009-10 term in the U.S. House of Representatives,
Ann's results stood out in Congress, seeing more of her bills and
amendments signed into law than almost any other freshman
representative. Ann's hard work created jobs, helped small
businesses, hired more border patrol agents, and protected
veterans and seniors in Greater Arizona. In her second term, Ann
served on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She
passed several bipartisan bills during the 113th Congress,
including major legislation that will bring thousands of mining jobs
to Superior, Ariz., and she played a key role in the push to reform
the broken VA system.
In November 2014, the voters of Arizona's Congressional District
One elected Ann to a third term. In the 114th Congress, she
served on the House Committee on Agriculture and the
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
After her election to Arizona's Second Congressional District in 2018,
Ann was appointed to the influential Appropriations Committee, as well as
the House Committee on Agriculture. She continues to serve the people of
Southern Arizona on these two Committees in the 117th Congress. |