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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Debbie Stabenow
|image         = Debbie Stabenow, official photo, 116th Congress.jpg
|jr/sr         = United States Senator
|state         = [[Michigan]]
|alongside     = [[Gary Peters]]
|term_start    = January 3, 2001
|term_end      = 
|predecessor   = [[Spencer Abraham]]
|successor     = 
|office1       = Chair of the [[Senate Democratic Policy Committee]]
|leader1       = Chuck Schumer
|term_start1   = January 3, 2017
|term_end1     = 
|predecessor1  = [[Chuck Schumer]]
|successor1    = 
|office2       = Ranking Member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Senate Agriculture Committee]]
|term_start2   = January 3, 2015
|term_end2     = 
|predecessor2  = [[Thad Cochran]]
|successor2    = 
|office3       = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Senate Agriculture Committee]]
|term_start3   = January 3, 2011
|term_end3     = January 3, 2015
|predecessor3  = [[Blanche Lincoln]]
|successor3    = [[Pat Roberts]]
|office4       = [[United States Senate Democratic Conference Secretary|Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference]]
|leader4       = [[Harry Reid]]
|term_start4   = January 3, 2005
|term_end4     = January 3, 2007
|predecessor4  = [[Barbara Mikulski]]
|successor4    = [[Patty Murray]]
|state5        = [[Michigan]]
|district5     = {{ushr|MI|8|8th}}
|term_start5   = January 3, 1997
|term_end5     = January 3, 2001
|predecessor5  = [[Dick Chrysler]]
|successor5    = [[Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)|Mike Rogers]]
|state_senate6 = Michigan
|district6     = 24th
|term_start6   = January 12, 1991
|term_end6     = January 14, 1994
|predecessor6  = [[William A. Sederburg]]
|successor6    = [[Joe Schwarz]]
|state_house7  = Michigan
|district7     = 58th
|term_start7   = January 6, 1979
|term_end7     = January 12, 1991
|predecessor7  = Thomas Holcomb
|successor7    = [[Dianne Byrum]]
|birth_name    = Deborah Ann Greer
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1950|4|29}}
|birth_place   = [[Gladwin, Michigan|Gladwin]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse        = Dennis Stabenow (before 1990)<br>{{marriage|[[Tom Athans]]|2003|2010|reason=div.}}
|children      = 2<br>1 stepchild
|education     = [[Michigan State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Social Work|MSW]])
|website       = {{url|stabenow.senate.gov|Senate website}}
|signature     = Debbie Sabenow signature 00.svg
}}
'''Deborah Ann Greer "Debbie" Stabenow''' (born April 29, 1950) is a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Michigan]]. She become a member of the Senate in 2001. Before that, she was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name="wapost">{{Cite web
  | title = Members of Congress / Debbie Stabenow
  | publisher = The Washington Post
  | url = http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000770/
  | access-date = May 21, 2010
  | archive-date = October 8, 2011
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111008065532/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/S000770
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

==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.<ref name="wapost"/>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burke |first=Melissa Nann |date=January 5, 2023 |title=Michigan's U.S. Sen. Stabenow won't seek reelection in 2024 |work=Detroit News |url=https://detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/01/05/michigan-democratic-senator-debbie-stabenow-wont-seek-re-election-in-2024-to-retire-2025/69779936007/ |access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
*[http://stabenow.senate.gov/ United States Senator Debbie Stabenow], U.S. Senate website

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