Katie Hill

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Katie Hill (2019)

Katherine "Katie" Lauren Hill (born August 25, 1987 in Abilene , Texas ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . She had held the 25th seat of the state of California in the United States House of Representatives since January 3, 2019 , but resigned from her mandate in early November 2019 following media reports of sexual relations with a member of Congress . Hill is the first federal politician in the United States to resign over a sex scandal.

In a widely acclaimed farewell speech, she criticized the politics of US President Donald Trump as being male-dominated.

Life

Katie Hill grew up in Saugus , part of Santa Clarita , California. Her father Mike is a police officer and her mother Rachel is a nurse. She attended public schools in the Santa Clarita Valley and studied at California State University, Northridge , where she received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's in public administration .

From July 2010 to July 2019, Hill was married to artist Kenny Heslep. They lived in Agua Dulce in the state of California on their farm, where they were rescue animals. Hill was California's first openly bisexual member of the United States House of Representatives.

Political career

Katie Hill's political career began with People Assisting the Homeless ( PATH ), a nonprofit that develops affordable and supportive services for the homeless in California. There she began as a political lawyer and later as an executive director.

On March 8, 2017, Hill announced that it would participate in the 2018 House of Representatives election . She ran for the 25th seat of the state of California in the House of Representatives of the United States and achieved second place behind the Republican incumbent Steve Knight with 20.7% in the open area code . In the main election on November 6, 2018, she surprisingly beat Knight with 54.4 percent of the vote.

She was a member of the following committees:

She was also a member of the following associations of representatives:

In October 2019, Hill was accused by the conservative blog RedState of having an affair with one of her employees during her election campaign and of living in a love triangle with her and her husband. The British tabloid Daily Mail also reported. Hill accused her ex-husband of running a smear campaign against her, but admitted the allegations were true. The blog also published nude photos of her, which also show her taking drugs. The Capitol Police are investigating how the images got on RedState. In response to the publication, Hill vowed to support those affected by revenge porn .

On October 23, 2019, the House of Representatives Ethics Committee opened an investigation into whether Hill was in a relationship with a male Congressional officer in violation of House rules. In late October, Hill announced her resignation from Congressional mandate for early November. She wrote on Twitter that it was the toughest decision of her life, but she believed it was the right one for the residents of her constituency and the country. The Speaker of the House , Nancy Pelosi , advocated this step.

In her farewell address to Congress, she lamented a "misogynist culture" and a "double standard" that would have led her to resign while powerful men suffer no consequences for their unethical behavior. She also sharply attacked President Donald Trump , whose behavior she declared as misogynistic.

In the 2020 extraordinary election, Mike Garcia won back Hill's former seat for the Republican Party with 54.9%. A large number of candidates stood up for the regular election that same year , including Cenk Uygur for the Democrats and George Papadopoulos for the Republicans. Even Steve Knight came again. Katie Hill supports Christy Smith , a California State Assembly MP .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ youtube / CNN
  2. ^ Dana Goodyear: Katie Hill Is a New Kind of California Democrat. Can She Help Flip the House? In: The New Yorker . June 12, 2018, p. 7 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Olivia Herstein: Ms. Hill Goes to Washington. CSUN alumna Katie Hill prepares for her first day on the job as California's most famous freshman member of Congress. In: csunshinetoday.csun.edu. California State University, Northridge , November 17, 2018, p. 4 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b c d Katie Reilly: Rep. Katie Hill Denies Relationship With Congressional Staffer as House Ethics Committee Launches Investigation. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  5. ^ Maria G Reynoso: Young People: If we vote, we can elect Katie Hill in California's 25th Congressional District! In: millennialpolitics.co. Millennial Politics, July 15, 2018, p. 6 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Jim Holt: Debate weighs pros and cons of Measure H. In: The Signal. February 23, 2017, p. 4 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Katie Hill. In: Ballotpedia. Lucy Burns Institute, accessed March 1, 2020 .
  8. ^ Michael Finnegan: Republican Rep. Steve Knight concedes to newcomer Katie Hill in north LA County district. In: Los Angeles Times . November 7, 2018, p. 14 , accessed April 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Meagan Flynn: After resigning, Rep Katie Hill vows to battle revenge porn, Which critics blame for her downfall.. In: The Washington Post. WP Company LLC, October 28, 2019, accessed March 1, 2020 .
  10. ^ John Bresnahan: Rep. Katie Hill investigated over allegations of improper relationship with staffer. In: Politico. Politico LLC, October 23, 2019, accessed March 1, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Jennifer Haberkorn, Sarah D. Wire: Katie Hill's fast political rise met a quick fall amid shifting politics in #MeToo era. In: Los Angeles Times. October 28, 2019, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Heather Caygle, John Bresnahan: Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers. In: Politico , October 27, 2019.
  13. ↑ Katie Hill: US Democrat complains of "dirt campaign" after resignation. In: Spiegel online , October 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ Resignation after affair with employee: MP Hill settles with Trump. In: Spiegel online , November 1, 2019.
  15. ^ Former GOP congressman seeks old seat after Democrat resigns. In: AP News. The Associated Press, November 11, 2019, accessed March 19, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Jessica Schulberg: How Cenk Uygur Threw The Race To Replace Katie Hill Into Chaos. In: Huffington Post. Verizon Media, December 18, 2019, accessed March 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hill, Katie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hill, Katherine Lauren (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Abilene , Texas , United States