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Jackie Speier

Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier (born May 14, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving in Congress from 2008 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Speier represented much of the territory that her political mentor, Leo Ryan, represented. In 1978, while working as his aide, Speier survived five gunshot wounds when Ryan was assassinated during the Jonestown massacre. Speier was a member of the California State Senate, representing parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. On April 8, 2008, she won the special election for the vacated United States House of Representatives seat of the late Congressman Tom Lantos. In 2021, she announced that she would not seek reelection in the 2022 midterm elections.


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Born:
May 14, 1950 In San Francisco, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
19
First Appeared:
In the series The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 2005-08-08
Latest Project:
Movie I Am Vanessa Guillen 2022-11-17
Known For
Poster of A Long March
Poster of Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
Poster of Wolf
Poster of The Colbert Report
Filmography
Movie A Long March Self 2022-05-10
Movie Motherland Self 2022-09-15
Movie I Am Vanessa Guillen Self 2022-11-17
Movie Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Self 2021-06-18
Movie Lost in America Self 2019-11-15
Series Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle Self 2018-11-17
Series Explained Self 2018-05-23
Movie Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost Self 2018-09-28
Movie I Am Evidence Self 2017-06-15
Movie Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military Self 2016-03-01
Movie Equal Means Equal Self 2016-08-27
Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015-09-08
Series At This Hour with Kate Bolduan Self 2014-02-10
Series Wolf Self 2014-02-10
Series Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014-02-25
Movie The Invisible War Self 2012-01-20
Movie Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Self 2006-04-26
Series The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer Self 2005-08-08
Series The Colbert Report Self 2005-10-17