Summary
Current Position: US Representative of NC 6th District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
District: was shifted into the central Triad region and contains all of Guilford County and a portion of Forsyth County. The cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point are located in the district.
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She was the first woman to serve as board chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, from 2009 to 2012. She also was the founding board chair of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools in New York.
She is a partner at the law firm of Manning and Associates, Professional Limited Liability Company, 2004-present
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About
Source: Government page
Kathy Manning represents North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District which includes all of Guilford County and parts of Forsyth County — an area known as the Triad. Kathy graduated from Harvard University and the University of Michigan Law School before moving to Greensboro, NC in 1987, where she and her husband raised their three children. After serving as a partner at a major law firm for 15 years, she left to start her own immigration law firm.
Before her election to Congress, Kathy worked to expand access to early childhood education, college scholarships, workforce development, and assistance to those in need through nonprofit organizations including the United Way, the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the National Conference for Community and Justice, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has also worked tirelessly on major projects to revitalize downtown Greensboro and spur economic development. Kathy was the first woman to chair the Board of the Jewish Federations of North America, one of the largest charitable, faith-based organizations in the world, which provides assistance to communities in need around the world.
In Congress, Kathy is a proud member of the Education and Labor and Foreign Affairs Committees. In North Carolina, Kathy is a strong advocate for affordable health care and prescription drug prices, a quality education for every student, economic opportunity and equal justice for all.
Personal
Full Name: Kathy Ellen Manning
Gender: Female
Family: Married; 3 Children
Birth Date: 12/03/1956
Birth Place: Detroit
Home City: Greensboro, NC
Religion: Jewish
Source: Vote Smart
Education
JD, University of Michigan Law School, 1978-1981
BA, History, Harvard University, 1974-1978
Political Experience
Representative, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 6, 2021-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 6, 2022
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 13, 2018
Professional Experience
Partner, Manning and Associates, Professional Limited Liability Company, 2004-present
Partner, Smith Moore Leatherwood Limited Liability Partnership, 1987-2003
Offices
WASHINGTON DC OFFICE
415 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3065
Fax: (202) 225-8611
GREENSBORO DISTRICT OFFICE
100 S Elm St
Suite 301
Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: (336) 333-5005
Contact
Email: Government
Web Links
Politics
Source: none
Election Results
To learn more, go to this wikipedia section in this post.
Finances
Source: Open Secrets
Committees
Congresswoman Manning is proud to be Vice Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and to serve on the Education and Workforce Committee. Congresswoman Manning serves on the Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee and the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the Education and Workforce Committee. Congresswoman Manning serves on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Congresswoman Manning is proud to be Co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. Congresswoman Manning also serves as the Democratic Women’s Caucus Policy and Administration Co-Chair.
Congresswoman Manning is also a member of the following caucuses:
- New Democrat Coalition
- Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
- Labor Caucus
- Democratic Women’s Caucus
- Democratic Women’s Working Group
- Black Maternal Health Caucus
- Women’s Caucus
- Pro-Choice Caucus
- Equality Caucus
- Academic Medicine Caucus
- Cancer Caucus
- Children’s Health Care Caucus
- Community Health Centers Caucus
- Diabetes Caucus
- Mental Health Caucus
- Telehealth Caucus
- Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
- ALS Caucus
- Congressional Arts Caucus
- Congressional STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Caucus
- Congressional Community Colleges Caucus
- Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity
New Legislation
Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Representative Manning.
Issues
Source: Government page
Before my election to Congress, I spent my career working to make our community a better place, including helping to spearhead key economic development projects
US-Israel Relationship
Infrastructure
I will work to ensure North Carolina continues its leadership in renewable energy technology and will help incentivize companies to shift toward more sustainable
ABOUT
First established in the 1990s as the Congressional Task Force Against
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District
Source: Wikipedia
North Carolina’s 6th congressional district is located in north central portion of the state. As a result of court-mandated redistricting in 2019, it was shifted into the central Triad region and contains all of Guilford County and a portion of Forsyth County. The cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point are located in the district.
After congressional reapportionment following the 2010 census, the district was shifted northward by the North Carolina General Assembly. From then until 2017, it included portions of Guilford, Alamance, Durham, Granville, and Orange counties, and all of Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Surry, and Stokes counties. In 2015, it was reconfigured again but remained in the same general region.
The district was represented by Mark Walker, a Republican, until 2021. He held the position from 2015. In December 2019, Walker announced that he would not run for re-election in 2020.[3] It is currently represented by Democrat Kathy Manning.
Wikipedia
Kathy Ellen Manning (born December 3, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina, presently representing the state’s 6th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, her district is in the heart of the Piedmont Triad and includes Greensboro and most of Winston-Salem. She was the nominee for North Carolina’s 13th congressional district in the 2018 election, and ran for and won the neighboring 6th in the 2020 election after court-ordered redistricting.
Early life and career
Manning was born to a Jewish family in Detroit, Michigan, on December 3, 1956.[1][2] Her father worked for the Ford Motor Company for 40 years, and her mother was a public school teacher. Manning attended Harvard University, where she sang a cappella with the Radcliffe Pitches.[3][4] She also attended the University of Michigan Law School, earning a Juris Doctor.[5]
After graduating from college, Manning moved to Greensboro, her husband’s hometown, in 1987. She was the first woman to serve as board chair of the Jewish Federations of North America,[6] from 2009 to 2012.[7] She also was the founding board chair of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools in New York.[8]
U.S. House of Representatives
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Elections
2018
In 2018, Manning ran against Republican incumbent Ted Budd for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district.[9] At the time, the district stretched from southwestern Greensboro to the northern exurbs of Charlotte. On paper, the district tilted Republican; Donald Trump had carried the district two years earlier with 53% of the vote. She lost to Budd, 51%–45%.
2020
After a court-ordered redistricting in 2019, Manning’s home in Greensboro was drawn into the neighboring 6th District, represented by three-term Republican Mark Walker. The new 6th included all of Guilford County and swept west to grab the more Democratic areas of neighboring Forsyth County, including almost all of Winston-Salem.[10] The old 6th included eastern Greensboro, as well as much of the eastern Triad and some outer suburbs of the Triangle.
On December 2, 2019, hours before the new map was issued, Manning announced she would run in the 6th.[11] The new district was significantly more compact and Democratic than its predecessor. Had it existed in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have won it with over 59% of the vote[12]–a near-mirror image of Trump’s 56% in the old 6th.[13] On paper, the new 6th was one of the most Democratic white-majority districts in the South.
With most observers believing the 6th was a likely Democratic pickup,[14] Walker announced he would not run for a fourth term.[15]
Manning won the Democratic primary, and in the general election, she defeated Republican nominee Lee Haywood with 62% of the vote. Upon her swearing-in on January 3, 2021,[16] she became the first Democrat to represent this district since 1985, and the first white Democrat to represent a Triad-based district since Steve Neal left office in 1995.
Manning has stated health care is one of her driving issues, motivated by the “labyrinthine process of getting insurance” to cover her daughter’s medication.[17]
Tenure
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Manning voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[18] In December 2023, she announced that she would not be running for reelection due to new “egregiously gerrymandered congressional districts” in North Carolina.[19]
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
- New Democrat Coalition[21]
- Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
- Labor Caucus
- Democratic Women’s Working Group
- Black Maternal Health Caucus
- Women’s Caucus
- Pro-Choice Caucus
- Equality Caucus[20]
Personal life
Manning and her husband, Randall Kaplan, have three children.[22]
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kathy Manning | 19,554 | 70.1 | |
| Democratic | Adam Coker | 8,324 | 29.9 | |
| Total votes | 27,878 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ted Budd (incumbent) | 147,570 | 51.5 | |
| Democratic | Kathy Manning | 130,402 | 45.6 | |
| Libertarian | Tom Bailey | 5,513 | 1.9 | |
| Green | Robert Corriher | 2,831 | 1.0 | |
| Total votes | 286,316 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kathy Manning | 56,986 | 48.3 | |
| Democratic | Rhonda Foxx | 23,506 | 19.9 | |
| Democratic | Bruce Davis | 17,731 | 15.0 | |
| Democratic | Derwin Montgomery | 14,705 | 12.5 | |
| Democratic | Ed Hanes | 5,067 | 4.3 | |
| Total votes | 117,995 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kathy Manning | 253,531 | 62.3 | |
| Republican | Lee Haywood | 153,598 | 37.7 | |
| Total votes | 407,129 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kathy Manning (incumbent) | 139,553 | 53.9 | |
| Republican | Christian Castelli | 116,635 | 45.0 | |
| Libertarian | Thomas Watercott | 2,810 | 1.1 | |
| Total votes | 256,950 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
See also
- List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
- Women in the United States House of Representatives
References
- ^ Gangitano, Alex (November 30, 2020). “Rep.-elect Kathy Manning (D-N.C.-06)”. The Hill. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Murphy, Brian (October 18, 2018). “Challenger turns health care fight personal in her congressional bid in NC”. The News & Observer. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ “Crimson on Capitol Hill: 117th”. 10 December 2020.
- ^ “Alumnae”.
- ^ “About”. 3 January 2021.
- ^ Fisher, Alyssa (May 9, 2018). “Meet North Carolina Democrat Kathy Manning – The Forward”. Forward.com. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- ^ “Kathy Manning brought Jews together. Can she do the same for Congress? | The Jewish Federations of North America”. jewishfederations.org. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ “From the Board: My Story, Our Vision”. Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ taft.wireback@greensboro.com, Taft Wireback (2 December 2019). “Kathy Manning announces congressional candidacy as judges review redrawn district map”. Greensboro News and Record.
- ^ “New congressional map”.
- ^ Elise Manahan (December 2, 2019). “Kathy Manning announces congressional candidacy as judges review redrawn district map”. News & Record.
- ^ Presidential results for reconfigured North Carolina districts via Daily Kos
- ^ Presidential results by congressional district for districts used in 2016, from Daily Kos
- ^ Gardner, Amy (November 15, 2019). “Democrats would likely gain two seats under new congressional map approved by North Carolina legislature”. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Brian (December 16, 2019). “His House district was made a Democratic one. Here’s what’s next for Mark Walker”. The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ “North Carolina Election Results: Sixth Congressional District”. The New York Times. 3 November 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Ellen Wexler (January 5, 2021). “Ms.Manning Goes to Washington”. Moment Magazine.
- ^ Bycoffe, Aaron; Wiederkehr, Anna (2021-04-22). “Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?”. FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ “Manning Won’t File for Re-Election Under Egregiously Gerrymandered Maps | Representative Kathy Manning”. manning.house.gov. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b “Committees and Caucuses | Representative Kathy Manning”. clerk.house.gov. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ “Members”. New Democrat Coalition. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ “Greensboro lawyer, fundraiser Kathy Manning to challenge U.S. Rep. Ted Budd | Elections”. greensboro.com. December 6, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- ^ “US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 13 – DEM (VOTE FOR 1)”. NC State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ “District 13, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement”. North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ “03/03/2020 OFFICIAL LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS – STATEWIDE”. er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ “State Composite Abstract Report – Contest.pdf” (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ “11/08/2022 OFFICIAL LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS – STATEWIDE”. North Carolina State Board of Elections.
External links
- Representative Kathy Manning official U.S. House website
- Campaign website
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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