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LAUREN UNDERWOOD, Democrat, of Naperville, IL; born in Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH, October 4, 1986; education: B.S.N., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2008; M.S.N. M.P.H., public health nursing & health policy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2009; professional history: nurse; professor; senior advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014-17; election history: elected to the 116th Congress on November 6, 2018; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

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