Ross, Deborah, 1963-

Deborah Ross (née Koff; born June 20, 1963) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in small-town Connecticut, she earned an A.B. from Brown University before moving to North Carolina to attend law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned her J.D. After graduating from law school, Ross worked for Raleigh-based Hunton and Williams as a tax litigator and municipal bond lawyer and taught at Duke Law School as a senior lecturing fellow. Ross was hired as state director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina in 1994, working on First Amendment and juvenile justice issues. Ross stepped down from her position at the ACLU in 2002 when she launched her successful state House campaign. She served in the state house from January 2003 to June 2013, resigning to serve as legal counsel for GoTriangle, the triangle area's regional transit agency. In 2016, Ross resigned from her role at GoTriangle to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican Richard Burr. Burr narrowly defeated Ross. In March 2017, she joined the regional law firm of Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP in Raleigh.

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