Ann Leila Kirkpatrick (born March 24, 1950) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Arizona’s 2nd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Arizona’s 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick is also a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2005–2007).
First elected to Congress in 2008 in Arizona’s 1st congressional district, Kirkpatrick was unseated in the 2010 midterm election. She regained her old seat in a close race in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014. Kirkpatrick ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 and was defeated by incumbent Republican John McCain. In 2018, Kirkpatrick was elected to Congress in Arizona’s 2nd congressional district; she was re-elected in 2020.
