Deborah Ross

Deborah Ross: Biography in Details

Who is Deborah Ross?

Deborah Ross is an American lawyer and politician. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2016 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina.

She lost the election to incumbent Republican Richard Burr.

Ross is a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Also, Deborah Ross represented the state’s thirty-eight and then thirty-fourth House districts, including Wake County, North Carolina.

Deborah Ross: Birth, Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Talking about her early life, she was born on June 20, 1963, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Her birth name is Deborah Koff Ross and her ethnicity is Caucasian.

Her mother, Barbara A. Koff was a school teacher, and her father, Marvin S. Koff served as a physician in the Air Force during the Vietnam era.

After high school education, Ross attended Brown University. She graduated from Brown University with a BA degree in 1985.

After that, Deborah Ross attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Law School. From there, she graduated in 1990.

Deborah Ross: Professional Life, Career

After graduating from Law School, Deborah Ross began her career working as a tax litigator and municipal bond lawyer. At the same time, she taught at Duke Law School as a senior lecturing fellow.

After that, she became the state director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina in 1994. Ross first became the North Carolina General Assembly in 2002.

After that, she defeated Wake County Commissioner Phil Jeffreys in 2004 to win a second term.

Next, Deborah Ross faced no opposition in the 2006 general election and won. After that, she was first elected as one of the House Democratic Whips in 2007.

Ross resigned from her position as legal counsel at Go Triangle in 2015. After that, she ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016. With 62.4 % of the votes, she won N.C. Senate Democratic primary in March 2016.

After that, Ross ran against the incumbent, Republican Richard Burr in the general election.

In Dec 2019, Deborah Ross stood up for the election for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina. This election was held in March 2020 and Ross won the election.

Net Worth and Salary

As of 2022, this politician’s estimated net worth is $1.4 Million. In addition, her salary was recorded at $13,951/year.

As per the sources, a lawyer receives an average yearly salary of around $70k-$170k.

Deborah Ross’s Rumors, Controversy

Rumors were that Ross took a lot of money from groups backing Iran deal in 2016.

Deborah Ross later opposed the rumors and said that the rumor was not true. Currently, there are no rumors of her being in any affairs.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Deborah Ross has blonde hair color and brown eye color.

Besides, there are no facts regarding her height, body weight, and her body size.

Social Media Profiles

Currently, Deborah Ross has an active status on Social Media. But this lawyer is not active on Instagram but has a website.

She has around 28.2k followers on her Facebook, while only 9.4k follow her on Twitter.

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