Lizzie Fletcher


Elizabeth Ann Pannill Fletcher is an American attorney and politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, she is the member of the United States House of Representatives from. The district, which was once represented by former President George H. W. Bush, includes much of western Houston.

Early life and education

Fletcher was born at Hermann Hospital in Houston on February 13, 1975. Fletcher was raised in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, later graduating from St. John's School.
She left Texas to attend Kenyon College in Ohio, where she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors, and then attended William & Mary Law School in Virginia.
She then returned to Houston, where she worked for the law firm Vinson & Elkins. Later, she worked at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, where she handled complex business litigation cases, becoming their first female law partner in 2015.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In the 2018 elections, Fletcher ran for the United States House of Representatives in. She defeated Laura Moser in the Democratic Party primary election after a primary and runoff election that saw Democrats sharply divided between Fletcher and Moser
In the November 6 general election, Fletcher campaigned as a moderate against nine-term Republican incumbent John Culberson, ultimately defeating him by five percentage points Culberson held his own in his longstanding base of west Houston, parts of which he had represented for three decades at the state and federal levels, as well as in the Memorial area. However, Fletcher out-performed him in the district's share of southwest Houston, as well as the Bear Creek area.
Upon her swearing-in on January 3, 2019; Fletcher became the first Democrat to represent the district since its creation in 1967, and is the first woman to represent the district. Her victory ended a 52-year hold on the district by the GOP. Bush, the district's first representative, was succeeded by House Ways and Means Committee chairman Bill Archer in 1971. Archer handed the seat to Culberson in 2001. As a measure of how Republican this district has historically been, Fletcher is only the third Democrat to garner even 40 percent of the vote in the district.

Tenure

Committee assignments

Personal life

Fletcher is the sister of Katherine Center. She met her husband, Scott, at the law firm they both worked at.