Social Workers in Elected Office
| STATE | NAME | PARTY | OFFICE LEVEL | DISTRICT | GENDER | CREDENTIAL | RACE/ETHNICITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Betty Davis | D | State Legislature | K | F | BSW | African American |
| AZ | Paul Cunningham | D | City/Municipal | 2 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| AZ | Katie Hobbs | D | State Legislature | 15 | F | MSW/BSW | Caucasian |
| AZ | Pete Rios | D | County/Borough | 1 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Fernando Armenta | D | County/Borough | 1 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Ruth Atkin | D | City/Municipal | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| CA | John Avalos | D | County/Borough | 11 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Susan Davis | D | Congress | 53 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| CA | Susan Eggman | D | City/Municipal | 5 | F | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Monica Garcia | D | School Board | Area 2 | F | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Genoveva Garcia-Calloway | D | City/Municipal | 13 | F | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Jorge Gonzalez | D | School Board | Area 1 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CA | Cheryl Heitmann | D | City/Municipal | Area 2 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| CA | Barbara Lee | D | Congress | 9 | F | MSW | African American |
| CA | Victor Manalo | D | City/Municipal | 49 | M | MSW | |
| CA | David Mineta | D | Other | M | MSW | Asian/Pacific | |
| CA | Nayin Nahabedian | D | School Board | 43 | F | MSW | |
| CA | Bill Rosendahl | D | City/Municipal | 11 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CA | Al Rowlett | D | School Board | Area 7 | M | MSW | African American |
| CA | Tony Thurmond | D | School Board | 14 | M | MSW | African American |
| CA | Clark Williams | D | County/Borough | 6 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CA | Mariko Yamada | D | State Legislature | 8 | F | MSW | Asian/Pacific |
| CO | Jonathon Singer | D | State Legislature | 11 | M | MSW, BSW | Caucasian |
| CO | Judy Montero | D | City/Municipal | 9 | F | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CT | Julie Cooper Altman | D | School Board | 5 | F | MSW | |
| CT | Lucille Brown | School Board | Windsor | F | MSW | ||
| CT | David Burgess | D | City/Municipal | Middlefield | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Diane Cady | D | City/Municipal | Westport | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Steve Cassano | D | State Legislature | 4 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Christopher Donovan | D | State Legislature | 84 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Toni Edmunds-Walker | D | State Legislature | 93 | F | MSW | African American |
| CT | Glen Gemma | D | School Board | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| CT | Rick Lopes | D | State Legislature | 24 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Mary Jane Lundgren | D | City/Municipal | New Milford | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Christopher Lyddy | D | State Legislature | 106 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Edith Prague | D | State Legislature | 19 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| CT | Pedro Segarra | D | City/Municipal | Hartford | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| CT | Kim Shepardson Watson | D | School Board | Groton | F | MSW | |
| CT | Robert J. Wolf | D | City/Municipal | M | MSW | ||
| DC | Tommy Wells | D | City/Municipal | 6 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| DE | Ted Blunt | D | City/Municipal | Wilmington | M | MSW | African American |
| FL | Suzanne Gunzburger | D | County/Borough | 6 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| FL | John Legg | Reform | State Legislature | 46 | M | BSW | Caucasian |
| GA | Pam Stephenson | D | State Legislature | 92 | F | MSW | African American |
| GA | Renee Unterman | R | State Legislature | 45 | F | BSW | Caucasian |
| GA | Evelyn Winn Dixon | D | City/Municipal | Riverdale | F | MSW | African American |
| HI | Haunani Apoliona | I | County/Borough | F | MSW | Asian/Pacific | |
| HI | Ryan Yamane | D | State Legislature | 37 | M | MSW | Asian/Pacific |
| IA | James Anderson | D | Human Rights Commission Chair | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| IA | Mark Cowan | School Board | Carlisle | M | MSW | ||
| IA | Joni Dittmer | R | School Board | North Scott | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| IA | Joel Fry | R | State Legislature | 95 | M | MSW | |
| IA | Susan Kosche Vallem | City/Municipal | Waverly | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| IA | Mark Smith | D | State Legislature | 43 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| ID | Cherie Buckner-Webb | D | State Legislature | 19 | F | MSW | African American |
| IL | John Del Genio | I | School Board | #72 & #807 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| IL | Lori DeYoung | D | County/Borough | 2-VC | F | PhD | Caucasian |
| IL | Kenneth Dunkin | D | State Legislature | 5 | M | MSW | African American |
| IL | Luis Gutierrez | D | Congress | 4 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| IL | Jane Herron | D | School Board | 502 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| IL | Christine Radogno | R | State Legislature | 41 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| IL | Susan Rose | City/Municipal | Elmhurst | F | MSW, PhD | Caucasian | |
| IL | Edie Sutker | I | City/Municipal | Skokie | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| IN | Oliver Davis | D | City/Municipal | South Bend | M | MSW | African American |
| IN | Joe Micon | I | State Legislature | 26 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| KS | Robert Byers | School Board | Lawrence | M | African American | ||
| KS | Becky Fast | City/Municipal | Roeland Park | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| KS | Vanessa Sanborn | School Board | Lawrence | F | Caucasian | ||
| KY | Tina Ward-Pugh | D | City/Municipal | 9 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| KY | Jim Wayne | D | State Legislature | 35 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| KY | Susan Westrom | D | State Legislature | 79 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| LA | Carolyn Hill | D | School Board | F | MSW | African American | |
| LA | LaVonya Malveaux | D | City/Municipal | Village of Palmetto | F | BSW | African American |
| MA | Michael Ashe | N/A | County/Borough | Hampden | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Sally Bleiberg | N/A | City/Municipal | Belmont | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Henrietta Davis | D | City/Municipal | Cambridge | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Susan Falkoff | D | City/Municipal | Watertown | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Sheila Harrington | R | State Legislature | 1 | F | BSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Denise Hurst | D | School Board | Springfield | F | MSW, BSW | African American |
| MA | Johnathan Lothrop | D | City/Municipal | Ward 5 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Marc McGovern | D | School Board | Cambridge | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Jennifer McKenna | N/A | City/Municipal | 8 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Sarai Rivera | D | City/Municipal | 4 | F | MSW | Puerto Rican |
| MA | Karen Spilka | D | State Legislature | 2 | F | BSW | Caucasian |
| MA | Judy Zabin | N/A | City/Municipal | 1 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| ME | Joseph Brannigan | D | State Legislature | 117 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| ME | Michael Brennan | D | City/Municipal | M | MSW, BSW | Caucasian | |
| MD | Melony Griffith | D | State Legislature | 25 | F | MSW | African American |
| MD | Barbara Mikulski | D | Congress | Maryland | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| MI | Marcia Hovey-Wright | D | State Legislature | 92 | F | MSW, BSW | Caucasian |
| MI | Barbara Levin Bergman | D | County/Borough | 8 | F | MSW, BSW | Caucasian |
| MI | Debbie Stabenow | D | Congress | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| MI | Jacquelin E. Washington | N/A | School Board | F | MSW | African American | |
| MN | Lawrence Hosch | D | State Legislature | 14B | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| MN | Sheldon Johnson | D | State Legislature | 67B | M | BSW | Caucasian |
| MN | Rafael Ortega | County/Borough | 5 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino | |
| NC | Donna Bell | City/Municipal | Chapel Hill | F | MSW | African American | |
| NC | Jaquelyn Gist | N/A | City/Municipal | Carrboro | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| NC | John I. Steele | City/Municipal | Cleveland | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| ND | Tim Mathern | D | State Legislature | 11 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| NH | James MacKay | R | State Legislature | 39 | M | DSW | Caucasian |
| NJ | Sheila Oliver | D | State Legislature | 34 | F | MSW | African American |
| NM | Mary Jane Garcia | D | State Legislature | 36 | F | Mexican American | |
| NV | Teresa Benitez-Thompson | D | State Legislature | 27 | F | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| NV | Carolyn Edwards | I | School Board | Clark County | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| NV | David Humke | R | County/Borough | Washoe | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| NV | Annie Wilson | I | School Board | 2 | F | MSW | African American |
| NY | Patricia Eddington | D | State Legislature | 3 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| NY | Earlene Hill Hooper | D | State Legislature | 18 | F | MSW | African American |
| NY | Fran Knapp | D | County/Borough | Dutchess County | F | Caucasian | |
| NY | Henrietta Lodge | School Board | F | MSW | |||
| NY | Vito Lopez | D | State Legislature | 53 | M | MSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| NY | Katharine O'Connel | D | City/Municipal | Syracuse | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| NY | Angela Petty | D | County/Borough | 3 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| NY | Joseph Sanfiliippo | D | City/Municipal | 4 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| NY | Ed Towns | D | Congress | 10 | M | MSW | African American |
| OH | Jacqueline Bird | City/Municipal | Marblehead | F | BSW | Caucasian | |
| OH | Patricia Britt | D | City/Municipal | 6 | F | BSW | African American |
| OH | Thomas West | D | City/Municipal | Canton | M | MSW | African American |
| OH | Tina Wozniak | D | County/Borough | Toledo | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| OR | William Shields | D | State Legislature | 43 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| OR | Carolyn Tomei | D | State Legislature | 41 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| PA | John Blake | D | State Legislature | 22 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| PA | Earlene Green Clark | D | County/Borough | Philadelphia | F | MSW | African American |
| PA | Diane Ellis-Marsegila | D | County/Borough | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| PA | Allyson Schwartz | D | Congress | 13 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| PA | Maria Weidinger | D | City/Municipal | Plymouth Township | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| RI | Michael Burk | D | School Board | Tiverton | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| RI | Maria Cimini | D | State Legislature | 7 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| RI | Gary Cournoyer | D | City/Municipal | Jamestown | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| RI | Stephen Mueller | D | School Board | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| RI | Roger Picard | D | State Legislature | 20 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| RI | Michael Reeves | D | School Board | 5 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| RI | Rita Williams | City/Municipal | 2 | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| SC | Gilda Cobb-Hunter | D | State Legislature | 66 | F | MSW | African American |
| SC | Jim Manning | D | County/Borough | 8 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| SD | Joni Cutler | R | State Legislature | 14 | F | BSW | Caucasian |
| TN | Carol Berz | City/Municipal | 6 | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| TN | Tommie Brown | D | State Legislature | 28 | F | DSW | African American |
| TN | Joe Pitts | D | State Legislature | 67 | M | BSW | Caucasian |
| TN | Jeanne Richardson | D | State Legislature | 89 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| TX | Sylvia Garcia | D | County/Borough | 2 | F | BSW | Mexican American |
| TX | Elliott Naishtat | D | State Legislature | 49 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| VA | James Fitzsimmons | School Board | 4 | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| VT | Janet Ancel | D | State Legislature | 6 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| VT | Diane Bugbee | D | School Board | South Burlington | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| VT | Sandra Dooley | D | City/Municipal | South Burlington | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| VT | Michael Fisher | D | State Legislature | Addision-4 | M | MSW | Caucasian |
| VT | Ann Denison Pugh | D | State Legislature | South Burlington | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| VT | Sarah Kunz Robinson | D | City/Municipal | Winooski | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| WA | Mary Lou Dickerson | D | State Legislature | 36 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| WA | Connie Ladenburg | D | State Legislature | 29 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| WA | Tina Orwall | D | State Legislature | 33 | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| WA | Eric Pettigrew | D | State Legislature | 37 | M | MSW | African American |
| WI | Tamara Grigsby | D | State Legislature | 18 | F | MSW | African American |
| WI | Mark Schmitt | County/Borough | Rusk County | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| WI | Nick Smiar | D | County/Borough | Eau Claire | M | PhD | Caucasian |
| WV | Cathy Gatson | County/Borough | Kanawha County | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| WV | Becky Jones Jordan | D | School Board | Kanawha | F | MSW | Caucasian |
| WV | Robert Musick | City/Municipal | Star City | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| WV | John David Smith | City/Municipal | Athens | M | MSW | Caucasian | |
| WY | Georgia Broyles | City/Municipal | III | F | MSW | Caucasian | |
| WY | Floyd Esquibel | D | State Legislature | 44 | M | MSW, BSW | Hispanic/Latino |
| WY | Jerry Iekel | R | State Legislature | 29 | M | MSW, BSW | Caucasian |
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