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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin (born December 3, 1970) is an American attorney and university administrator who served as the U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. She was first elected to Congress in a special election in June 2004, and was re-elected three times before losing her seat in Congress to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House, and the first woman elected to the House of Representatives from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin, she was known as Stephanie Herseth.

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Before I had decided to get into politics, I was laying the groundwork to have a career in the law, but that was really to lay the foundation to teach, either at the college level or law school level after my federal clerkships.

College, Law, School, Teach

We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers. . . We must do what we can to fix this problem.

Boasting, Companies, Fix, Oil, Problem, Records

I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

Congress, Hope, Serving, South Dakota

I'm sure that they will continue to look for ways to try and undermine my support, but I have every confidence that in doing this job for South Dakota, I will continue to build on my support and be able to succeed once again in November.

Jobs, Support, Trying, Confidence, Job, Build

There's no such thing as a partisan base.

Base, Partisan, Partisans, Thing

I love the classroom.

Classroom, Love

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.

Carrots, Government, Landowners, Prevent, Sticks, Supreme

I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don't believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be good for South Dakota's economy to do so, but it was started out as a very partisan bill in the committee.

Against, Believe, Bills, Economy, Moving, Voted

I think that there was a lot of undisclosed money that came into South Dakota, driving a message to paint me as a Washington partisan, which I don't believe that I am, but it was a message that resonated, after pounding it away for a number of weeks.

Believe, Money, Numbers, Pounding, Resonated, Thinking

I represent nine sovereign Sioux tribes. In South Dakota, some of the tribes are in the most remote, rural areas of the country. They lack essential infrastructure. Some communities don't even have clean drinking water.

Country, Drinking, Lack, Rural, Water

My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party.

Party, Grandmother, People, Public, Secretary

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

Helping, Compromise, Consensus, Tried