Jackie Speier

Acting·May 14, 1950·San Francisco, California, USA

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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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I Am Vanessa Guillen2022 · Self	Self
Motherland2022 · Self	Self
A Long March2022 · Self	Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It2021 · Self	Self
Lost in America2019 · Self	Self
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost2018 · Self	Self
I Am Evidence2017 · Self	Self
Equal Means Equal2016 · Self	Self
Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military2016 · Self	Self
The Invisible War2012 · Self	Self
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple2006 · Self	Self