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Bonnie Watson Coleman

New Jersey · 12th

ChamberU.S. HousePartyDemocraticBioguide IDW000822

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Official Biography

Verified July 31, 2026

BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN, Democrat, of Ewing Township, NJ; born in Camden, NJ, February 6, 1945; education: B.A., Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ; professional history: assistant commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; bureau chief, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights; member, New Jersey State General Assembly, 1998-2014 (Majority Leader, 2006-10; first African-American woman to serve in position); election history: elected to the 114th Congress on November 4, 2014, first African- American woman ever elected to Congress from New Jersey; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

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House Democratic Caucus (Task Force on Poverty - Chair)Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls (Co-founder & Co-chair)America 250 Caucus (Co-founder & Co-Chair)Congressional Progressive Caucus (Executive Board Member)Congressional Black Caucus Bipartisan Maternity Care Caucus (Vice Chair)Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus Congressional Labor Caucus Democratic Women's Caucus Reproductive Freedom Caucus Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Congressional Blue Collar Caucus Congressional Medicare for All Caucus House Public Education Caucus Congressional Dyslexia Caucus Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Identity Theft and Fraud House Manufacturing Caucus Congressional Inventions Caucus