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Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is the junior United States Senator (United States Senate) from California and a member of the Democratic Party (Democratic Party (United States)). Boxer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, becoming the second female Jewish U.S. senator, after Sen. Dianne FeinsteinCitation neededdate=April 2010. She was reelected in 1998 and in 2004 for a term ending in January 2011.

With the convening of the 110th Congress (110th United States Congress), Boxer became the first female chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee (U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) and, following the resignation of Sen. Tim Johnson (Tim Johnson (U.S. Senator)) (D (Democratic Party (United States))-South Dakota) from the post, she was also chosen as chair of the Select Committee on Ethics (U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics). This made her the only senator to preside over two committees simultaneously. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican (Republican Party (United States)) Secretary of State (California Secretary of State) Bill Jones (Bill Jones (California politician)).

She currently holds the position of Chief Deputy Whip of the Democratic Majority (Party whips of the United States Senate).

Jr/sr: Junior Senator

State: California

Alongside: Dianne Feinstein

Preceded: Alan Cranston

Date of birth: 1940-11-11

Birth Location: Brooklyn, New York

Dead: alive

Occupation: Politician

Residence: Rancho Mirage, California

Party: Democratic (Democratic Party (United States))

Spouse: Stewart Boxer

Children: Douglas Boxer,Nicole Boxer

Alma Mater: Brooklyn College

Net Worth: $1-5.5 million (USD)

Religion: Judaism

State2: California

Preceded2: Phillip Burton

Succeeded2: Lynn C. Woolsey

Website: boxer.senate.gov/

In office: January 3, 1993

6th (California's 6th congressional district)

In office: 3 January 1983-3 January 1993

Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works)

In office: 4 January 2007

Predceded by: James Inhofe

Chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics (United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics)

In office: 4 January 2007

Predceded by: George Voinovich

source: wikipedia.org

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