Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power
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Mar 10, 2024 · Rep. Barbara Lee’s defeat in the U.S. Senate primary was disappointing to a close-knit California sisterhood. But all is not lost.
Feb 21, 2023 · Longtime Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced she will be running for the U.S. Senate seat in California after Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she'll retire at the end of this term.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee has been representing California’s 12th District (formerly 13th) since 1998. She is the highest ranking African American woman appointed to Democratic Leadership, serving as Co-Chair of the Policy and Steering Committee.
Barbara Lee has been fighting for justice from the very start. From joining forces with the NAACP to become her high school’s first Black cheerleader to standing her ground as the only member of Congress who voted against giving the president unlimited war powers after 9/11, she never backs down from fighting for what’s right.
Feb 21, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Representative Barbara Lee, who stood alone against authorizing military action after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and remains a leading antiwar voice in Congress, entered the 2024...
Mar 4, 2024 · Who is Barbara Lee? Get to know the 2024 California Senate candidate. The longtime representative from Oakland is the highest-ranking Black woman in the House Democratic leadership. By Noreen...
Barbara Lee became the first woman elected to Congress from her district in 1998. Congresswoman Lee is the highest-ranking Black woman appointed to House Leadership, and was the first Black woman from Northern California to be elected to the California State Assembly and the state Senate.
