Graham, Gwen, 1963-

<p>Gwendolyn Graham (born January 31, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2017. She is the daughter of Bob Graham, the former United States Senator and Governor of Florida. A Democrat, she was a candidate in the Florida 2018 gubernatorial election.</p>

<p>Graham was born in Miami Lakes, Florida, to Bob and Adele (née Khoury) Graham. She has lived in Tallahassee since 1978, when her father became Governor of Florida. Graham graduated from Leon High School in 1980. Her maternal grandfather is of Lebanese and Greek descent; her other grandparents are of Scots-Irish origin.</p>

<p>Graham received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984 and her Juris Doctor from American University's Washington College of Law in 1988.</p>

<p>In 2014 Democrat Gwendolyn (Gwen) Graham unseated Florida Republican Steven Southerland for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from northwest Florida. Growing up, she saw her father, Democratic Florida Governor and United States Senator Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham, build personal relationships with voters and prioritize his work in Congress for the people of his state. Gwen Graham was determined to do the same in the House. Although redistricting limited her congressional career to one term, Graham spent her time on Capitol Hill working on behalf of constituents along the Gulf Coast. With her victory, Graham became the thirteenth woman in U.S. history to follow her father into Congress.</p>

<p>Gwendolyn Graham was born in Miami Lakes, Florida, on January 31, 1963. Her mother, Adele Khoury, began her career as a public school teacher in Massachusetts and later spent 25 years as a school volunteer. In 1979 her father, then a Florida state senator, won election as governor, and Gwen Graham and her three younger sisters moved to Tallahassee to live in the governor’s mansion with their parents. In 1986 Bob Graham won election to the United States Senate.</p>

<p>Graham graduated from Leon High School in Tallahassee in 1980. She earned a BA in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984 and married Mark Logan in 1985. After earning a JD from American University in Washington, DC, in 1988, Graham worked in a law firm focusing on energy and environmental issues. In 1990 with the birth of her first child, Sarah, Graham temporarily stopped practicing law and worked from her home in Florida. She later had two sons: Graham and Mark. Her marriage ended in divorce.</p>