Deborah Ann Dingell is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party.
She has been serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 6th congressional district since 2015.
Dingell is a 1975 graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council and was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dingell is active in several Michigan and Washington, D.C., charities and serves on a number of charitable boards.
She is a founder and past chair of the National Women’s Health Resource Center and the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership.
She married Representative John Dingell, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.
She was a member of the Democratic National Committee from Michigan and chaired Vice President Al Gore’s campaign in Michigan in 2000. In 2004, she also helped secure the Michigan Democratic primary and general election vote for John Kerry in Michigan.
In November 2006, Dingell was elected to Wayne State University’s board of governors. She was interested in running for Carl Levin’s seat in the U.S. Senate but eventually chose not to run, and Gary Peters won the seat.
Dingell and Senator Carl Levin were proponents of moving up Michigan’s presidential primary before February 5 in an attempt to garner greater political influence for Michigan during the 2008 Democratic primaries.
This resulted in Michigan almost losing its delegates’ votes in the Democratic National Convention.
In recent times, Debbie expressed worries on how the United states is spending lot of money on terrorism related issues around the world.
Who is Debbie Dingell Husband?
Debbie Dingell Was married to John Dingell until his demise in 2019, John died from prostrate cancer complications.
John Dingell was a long serving member of United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015.
He represented Michigan for more than 59years
Since the death of her husband, Debbie has not been linked with another man or has she made any relationship public.