A Representative from New York; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 4, 1968; graduated from Nottingham High School, Syracuse, N.Y., 1986; B.A., Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1990; M.S., Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1991; M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1995; business executive; journalist; staff, United States Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey; staff, United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York; staff, United States Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York; unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013-present).