Kathleen Rice
Kathleen Maura Rice (born February 15, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative for
New York's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. She is a member of the
Democratic Party. Before serving in Congress, Rice served as the
Nassau County district attorney, and, before that, she served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in
Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the
Kings County District Attorney's Office in
New York City.
On January 29, 2014, Rice announced that she would run for Congress in New York's 4th congressional district to replace retiring Democratic incumbent
Carolyn McCarthy. Rice defeated Republican nominee
Bruce Blakeman on November 4, 2014, and took office in January 2015.
On February 15, 2022, Rice announced that she would retire at the end of her term.
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