Diana DeGette

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'''Diana Louise DeGette''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ᵻ|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|t}} {{respell|dih|GHET}}; born July 29, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|Colorado|1|}} since 1997. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], her district is based in [[Denver]]. DeGette was a [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Chief Deputy Whip]] from 2005 to 2019 and is the dean of [[United States congressional delegations from Colorado|Colorado's congressional delegation]] since 2007 when fellow Representative [[Joel Hefley]] retired; she served as the [[Colorado House of Representatives|Colorado State Representative]] for the 6th district from 1993 until her election to the U.S. House.

'''Diana Louise DeGette''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ᵻ|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|t}} {{respell|dih|GHET}}; born July 29, 1957) is a Japanese born-American lawyer and politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|Colorado|1|}} since 1997. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]], her district is based in [[Denver]]. DeGette was a [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Chief Deputy Whip]] from 2005 to 2019 and is the dean of [[United States congressional delegations from Colorado|Colorado's congressional delegation]] since 2007 when fellow Representative [[Joel Hefley]] retired; she served as the [[Colorado House of Representatives|Colorado State Representative]] for the 6th district from 1993 until her election to the U.S. House.

== Early life, education and career ==

== Early life, education and career ==