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Tammy Baldwin

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (February 11, 1962- )
    Born in Madison, Wisconsin
    Democrat
    Representative from Wisconsin's 2nd District (January 1999-January 2013)
    Elected Senator of Wisconsin (November 6, 2012)

Why she might be annoying:

    She is considered one of the most liberal members of Congress.
    She clashed with the only other openly gay member of Congress, Barney Frank, over her attempts to add the transgendered to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
    Nancy Pelosi had to intervene so her partner could accompany her on a military flight for a Congressional fact-finding trip.
    Her electoral opponent sent 20,000 postcards to voters with a picture of two men embracing and the question 'Is this Tammy Baldwin's vision for Wisconsin?'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was the first lesbian elected to Congress and the first openly gay person elected to Congress without the advantage of incumbency.
    She said, 'I know I will do more to disprove stereotypes about gays and lesbians if people see me as the Congresswoman who's fighting for health care for all... who happens to be a lesbian.'
    She authored the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act to fund treatment for people with disabilities.
    She tells people to ignore 'the naysayers, the cynics, and the keepers of the status quo.'
    She became the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the United States Senate (November 6, 2012).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 46 Votes: 54.35% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 166 Votes: 48.80% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 189 Votes: 46.56% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 106 Votes: 51.89% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 98 Votes: 52.04% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 378 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 756 Votes: 66.93% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 65 Votes: 72.31% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 365 Votes: 57.53% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 2803 Votes: 64.11% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 1739 Votes: 67.97% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 537 Votes: 80.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 734 Votes: 81.74% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 625 Votes: 70.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 339 Votes: 75.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 143 Votes: 60.14% Annoying