About Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is a Democratic politician from Tucson, Arizona. She is congresswoman for Arizona\s 8th congressional district. Giffords has worked to promote technological innovation as an important component of national prosperity.[1][2] She believes that innovation in renewable energy sources needs to be a top public policy priority and she is a strong proponent of solar energy.[3] Giffords is the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Arizona Senate, where she served from 2003 to 2005. She is the only member of the U.S. Congress who is a spouse of an active duty member of the US military.[4] Giffords was first sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on January 4, 2007. She is the third woman in Arizona\s history to be elected to serve in the U.S. Congress and she was the only woman elected as part of Arizona\s congressional delegation to