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Elissa Slotkin

How Elissa Slotkin went from CIA analyst to serving as a Michigan senator

Updated March 3, 2025, 5:33 p.m. ET
U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is ceremonially sworn into office by Vice President Kamala Harris during a re-enactment in the Old Senate Chamber on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2025. Slotkin is a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military. Prior to serving as a U.S. representative for Michigan from 2019 to 2025, she worked in national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under President Bush and President Obama.
U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is ceremonially sworn into office by Vice President Kamala Harris during a re-enactment in the Old Senate Chamber on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2025. Slotkin is a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military. Prior to serving as a U.S. representative for Michigan from 2019 to 2025, she worked in national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under President Bush and President Obama.
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, is joined by Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on Oct. 18, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan. On Saturday, voting will begin in Michigan, a key swing state in the 2024 election.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, is joined by Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on Oct. 18, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan. On Saturday, voting will begin in Michigan, a key swing state in the 2024 election.
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democratic candidate for the open Michigan U.S. Senate seat, debates former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate vying for the seat on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 with moderators Alicia Smith, Chuck Stokes and Carolyn Clifford of WXYZ-TV in Southfield.
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democratic candidate for the open Michigan U.S. Senate seat, debates former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate vying for the seat on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 with moderators Alicia Smith, Chuck Stokes and Carolyn Clifford of WXYZ-TV in Southfield.
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are gathering in Chicago, as current Vice President Kamala Harris is named her party's presidential nominee. The DNC takes place from August 19-22.
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are gathering in Chicago, as current Vice President Kamala Harris is named her party's presidential nominee. The DNC takes place from August 19-22.
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Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, join U.S. Vice President and democratic candidate for U.S. president Kamala Harris and her chosen running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz along with Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, during a campaign stop in Romulus, Michigan on Aug. 7, 2024.
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, join U.S. Vice President and democratic candidate for U.S. president Kamala Harris and her chosen running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz along with Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, during a campaign stop in Romulus, Michigan on Aug. 7, 2024.
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Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow raise their hands in the air after winning the nomination for Stabenow’s seat at Slotkin’s election night watch party at the Detroit Regis Hotel in Detroit on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow raise their hands in the air after winning the nomination for Stabenow’s seat at Slotkin’s election night watch party at the Detroit Regis Hotel in Detroit on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
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U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks in support of the re-election bid of U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) during "An Evening for Patriotism and Bipartisanship" campaign event at East Lansing High School in Lansing, Michigan, on Nov. 1, 2022.
U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks in support of the re-election bid of U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) during "An Evening for Patriotism and Bipartisanship" campaign event at East Lansing High School in Lansing, Michigan, on Nov. 1, 2022.
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President Joe Biden holds the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris after signing into law the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2022. Also pictured (L-R) U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), and U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN). President Joe Biden eased the acceleration of U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine through a law based on a World War II measure helping U.S. allies to defeat Nazi Germany.
President Joe Biden holds the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris after signing into law the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2022. Also pictured (L-R) U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), and U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN). President Joe Biden eased the acceleration of U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine through a law based on a World War II measure helping U.S. allies to defeat Nazi Germany.
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin greets President Joe Biden upon arrival at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 5, 2021. Biden is traveling to Michigan to speak about his infrastructure bill and Build Back Better agenda.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin greets President Joe Biden upon arrival at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 5, 2021. Biden is traveling to Michigan to speak about his infrastructure bill and Build Back Better agenda.
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) listens as Peter T. Gaynor, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) testifies during a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on July 22, 2020, in Washington D.C.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) listens as Peter T. Gaynor, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) testifies during a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on July 22, 2020, in Washington D.C.
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U.S. Rep Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks with her constituents at a Town Hall meeting where she discuss her decision to vote in favor of the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Dec. 16, 2019, in Rochester, Michigan. House of Representatives will hold a historic vote on the Articles of Impeachment of President Donald Trump later this week. If the vote passes in the House, President Trump will become only the third sitting U.S. President to be impeached in the 243 year history of the United States.
U.S. Rep Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks with her constituents at a Town Hall meeting where she discuss her decision to vote in favor of the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Dec. 16, 2019, in Rochester, Michigan. House of Representatives will hold a historic vote on the Articles of Impeachment of President Donald Trump later this week. If the vote passes in the House, President Trump will become only the third sitting U.S. President to be impeached in the 243 year history of the United States.
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (R-VA) (L) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), both former CIA analysts, talk with reporters after a portrait with their fellow House Democratic women in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The 116th Congress has the biggest number of female members ever while the number of Democratic women in the House has grown from 16 to 89 since 1989.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (R-VA) (L) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), both former CIA analysts, talk with reporters after a portrait with their fellow House Democratic women in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The 116th Congress has the biggest number of female members ever while the number of Democratic women in the House has grown from 16 to 89 since 1989.
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Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani (C) looks on as U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Elissa Slotkin (L) and Iraqi Minister of Peshmerga Affairs, Karim Sinjari sign documents during a meeting on July 12, 2016 in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in Northern Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani (C) looks on as U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Elissa Slotkin (L) and Iraqi Minister of Peshmerga Affairs, Karim Sinjari sign documents during a meeting on July 12, 2016 in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in Northern Iraq.
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U.S. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Elissa Slotkin appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on "Terrorist March in Iraq: The U.S. Response" on July 23, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Elissa Slotkin appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on "Terrorist March in Iraq: The U.S. Response" on July 23, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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