RAISED: $4,345,013
CASH ON HAND: $9,713
% OF TOTAL DEM $: 100%
SAME PARTY CHALLENGERS: 1
ENDORSEMENTS
If elected Sharice would be the first female Native
American
to serve in Congress and the first openly gay
member of the
Kansas delegation. She is a member of the Ho-
Chunk Nation,
a Native American tribe in Wisconsin. Sharice was
raised by a
single mom, who spent more than 20 years in the
Army
followed by a career in civil service at the US Post
Office.
Sharice graduated from the University of Kansas
before
graduating from Johnson County Community
College and
later the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She
went on to
earn a law degree from Cornell Law School. Sharice
was one
of 16 selected to participate in the prestigious White
House
Fellowship program (2016-2017). She has lived and
worked
on Native American reservations, working with
tribes to
create economic development opportunities,
programs, and
initiatives, and is a nationally recognized expert on
economic
and community development in Native
communities. Sharice
states, “As a lawyer, economic advisor, and
advocate, I know
how to build consensus and get things done.”
Sharice, along
with her brother, created Starty Pants - a video
podcast that
highlights entrepreneurs in the Greater Kansas City
area with
a focus on women, people of color and LGBTQ
founders.