Debbie Stabenow

**Deborah Ann Greer "Debbie" Stabenow** (born April 29, 1950) is an American politician who was the United States Senator from Michigan from 2001 to 2025. Before that, she was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

## Biography

Stabenow was born in Gladwin, Michigan. She went to high school in Clare, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Michigan State University. After college she had some jobs in state government and was also a social worker. She became a member of the US House of Representatives in 1997, and she became a member of the  US Senate in 2001.

In 1994, she ran for Governor of Michigan, but lost in the primary. She soon became the Lieutenant Governor candidate only to lose in the general election.

In January 2023, Stabenow announced her retirement, saying that she would not run for re-election to the Senate in the 2024 election.

## Other websites

- United States Senator Debbie Stabenow , U.S. Senate website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Debbie Stabenow
- **image**: Debbie Stabenow, official photo, 116th Congress.jpg
- **office**: Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
- **leader**: Chuck Schumer
- **term start**: January 3, 2017
- **term end**: January 3, 2025
- **predecessor**: Chuck Schumer
- **successor**: Amy Klobuchar (Steering and Policy)
Cory Booker (Strategic Communications)
- **office1**: Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Agriculture Committee
- **term start1**: February 3, 2021
- **term end1**: January 3, 2025
- **predecessor1**: Pat Roberts
- **successor1**: John Boozman
- **term start2**: January 3, 2011
- **term end2**: January 3, 2015
- **predecessor2**: Blanche Lincoln
- **successor2**: Pat Roberts
- **office3**: Ranking Member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Senate Agriculture Committee
- **term start3**: January 3, 2015
- **term end3**: February 3, 2021
- **predecessor3**: Thad Cochran
- **successor3**: John Boozman
- **office4**: United States Senate Democratic Conference Secretary, Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus
- **leader4**: Harry Reid
- **term start4**: January 3, 2005
- **term end4**: January 3, 2007
- **predecessor4**: Barbara Mikulski
- **successor4**: Patty Murray
- **jr/sr5**: United States Senator
- **state5**: Michigan
- **term start5**: January 3, 2001
- **term end5**: January 3, 2025
- **predecessor5**: Spencer Abraham
- **successor5**: Elissa Slotkin
- **state6**: Michigan
- **term start6**: January 3, 1997
- **term end6**: January 3, 2001
- **predecessor6**: Dick Chrysler
- **successor6**: Mike Rogers (Michigan politician), Mike Rogers
- **state senate7**: Michigan
- **district7**: Michigan's 24th Senate district, 24th
- **term start7**: January 12, 1991
- **term end7**: January 14, 1994
- **predecessor7**: William A. Sederburg
- **successor7**: Joe Schwarz
- **state house8**: Michigan
- **district8**: Michigan's 58th House of Representatives district, 58th
- **term start8**: January 6, 1979
- **term end8**: January 12, 1991
- **predecessor8**: Thomas M. Holcomb
- **successor8**: Dianne Byrum
- **office9**: Chair of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners
- **term start9**: January 1977
- **term end9**: January 1979
- **predecessor9**: Ken Hope
- **successor9**: Bill Sweet
- **office10**: Member of the Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County Board of Commissioners
from the 13th district
- **term start10**: January 1975
- **term end10**: January 1979
- **predecessor10**: Gordon Swix
- **successor10**: Dennis Willard
- **birth name**: Deborah Greer
- **birth place**: Gladwin, Michigan, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **children**: 2
- **education**: Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, BA, Master of Social Work, MSW)
- **signature**: Debbie Sabenow signature 00.svg