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{{Short description|American politician (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Debbie Lesko
| image               = Debbie Lesko 118th Cong.jpeg
| state               = [[Arizona]]
| district            = {{ushr|AZ|8|8th}}
| term_start          = May 7, 2018
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Trent Franks]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = President pro tempore of the [[Arizona Senate]]
| term_start1         = January 9, 2017
| term_end1           = January 8, 2018
| predecessor1        = [[Sylvia Allen]]
| successor1          = [[John Kavanagh (Arizona politician)|John Kavanagh]]
| state_senate2       = Arizona
| district2           = [[Arizona's 21st legislative district|21st]]
| term_start2         = January 12, 2015
| term_end2           = January 8, 2018
| predecessor2        = [[Rick Murphy]]
| successor2          = [[Rick Gray (Arizona politician)|Rick Gray]]
| office3             = Member of the<br>[[Arizona House of Representatives]]
| constituency3       = [[Arizona's 9th legislative district|9th district]] (2009–2013)<br>[[Arizona's 21st legislative district|21st district]] (2013–2015)
| term_start3         = January 9, 2009
| term_end3           = January 12, 2015
| predecessor3        = [[Bob Stump (Arizona politician, born 1971)|Bob Stump]]
| successor3          = [[Tony Rivero]]
| birth_name          = Debra Kay Lorenz
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1958|11|14}}
| birth_place         = [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Jeffrey Ignas|1985|1993|reason=divorced}}<br>Joe Lesko
| children            = 3
| education           = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| website             = {{URL|lesko.house.gov|House website}}
| caption             = Official portrait, 2022
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Debbie Lesko honors Sandra Day O'Connor.ogg|title=Debbie Lesko's voice|type=speech|description=Debbie Lesko honors [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]<br />Recorded December 12, 2023}}
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'''Debra Kay Lesko''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|s|k|oʊ}} {{Respell|LESS|koh}}; née '''Lorenz'''; born November 14, 1958) is an American politician who has represented {{ushr|AZ|8}} in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] since 2018. The district is in the [[West Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area)|West Valley]] portion of the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]] and includes [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]], [[Surprise, Arizona|Surprise]], [[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]], [[Peoria, Arizona|Peoria]], and part of western Phoenix. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Lesko previously served in the [[Arizona State Legislature]] from 2009 to 2018.

Lesko served in the [[Arizona Senate]] from 2015 to 2018. She was [[president pro tempore]] of the Arizona Senate from 2017 to 2018.<ref name="AL">{{cite web |url=http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=21&Legislature=52&Session_ID=115 |title=Debbie Lesko |publisher=[[Arizona State Legislature]] |location=Phoenix, Arizona |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305151218/http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=21&Legislature=52&Session_ID=115 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lesko also served as a member of [[Arizona House of Representatives]] from 2009 until 2015. She became the Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district after winning a [[2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election|2018 special election]].<ref name="AZC1">{{cite web|first1=Ronald J.|last1=Hansen|first2=Yvonne|last2=Wingett-Sanchez|first3=Dan|last3=Nowicki|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/12/07/trent-franks-said-stepping-down-congress/932052001/|title=Trent Franks stepping down from Congress amid complaints from 2 former female staffers|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=December 12, 2017}}</ref>

In October 2023, Lesko announced she would not seek reelection in [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8|2024]].<ref name="Politico">{{cite web|first1=Katherine |last1=Tully-McManus|url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/17/congress/lesko-retiring-house-arizona-00122090|title=Debbie Lesko will not run for reelection in 2024|newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=October 17, 2023}}</ref> She later announced a run for the [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] Board of Supervisors representing District 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ktar.com/story/5563169/u-s-rep-debbie-lesko-files-to-run-for-the-maricopa-county-board-of-supervisors/|title=Rep. Debbie Lesko files for Maricopa County Board of Supervisors|date=February 19, 2024|website=KTAR.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Lesko was born in [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin]]. Her parents are Donald and Delores Lorenz. She received a bachelor's degree in business from the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] and moved to Arizona in the 1980s, where she owned a construction sales business.<ref name="Giroux">{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Giroux|url=https://about.bgov.com/blog/ready-congress-meet-rep-elect-debbie-lesko-r-ariz/|title=Ready for Congress: Meet Rep.-Elect Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.|website=about.bgov.com|date=June 22, 2023 }}</ref> In 1985, she married Jeffrey Allen Ignas.

===Legal issues===
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In 1988, Lesko was charged with a [[misdemeanor]] in [[Conroe, Texas]], for tampering with government records. The case was dropped in 1994. Also in 1988, Lesko's then-husband Jeffrey Allen Ignas was sentenced to 10 years in prison for [[fraud]]. He was released from prison in 1992.

In October 1992, Lesko and Ignas filed for [[Chapter 13]] [[bankruptcy protection]]. The couple was sued twice in 1993: for failure to pay a $10,000 rental equipment bill and for an additional unpaid $11,000 bill. They filed for bankruptcy again that year.

Ignas was allegedly abusive to Lesko, reportedly punching her in the stomach when she was pregnant. Later in 1993, Lesko filed for divorce.

In 1994 the second bankruptcy protection case was closed.<ref name="Hansen">{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Ronald J. |title=Rep. Debbie Lesko's past includes debt, criminal charge she links to 'con-man' ex-husband |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/10/23/representative-debbie-lesko-past-includes-debt-criminal-charge-abusive-marriage/6012676002/ |access-date=20 November 2020 |work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=23 October 2020}}</ref> Ignas, now known as Jeffrey Allen Herald, was again incarcerated at the [[Arizona Department of Corrections]], and released in June 2022 on supervised probation.

Lesko later married Joe Lesko.<ref name="Giroux" /> She has used other names, including Debbie Harris, Debra Ignas, Debra Schultz, Debra Howard and Debra Kay Lorenz. Her name changes were associated with Ignas, who also went by different names.<ref name="Hansen" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-lawsuits-debbie-lesko-marriage-258f934fbb4fabec6b1c496a05f2f038|title=Rep. Lesko faced legal, money problems during 1st marriage|date=October 24, 2020|website=[[AP News]]}}</ref>

==Early career==
{{Expand section|information about Arizona Legislature.|date=January 2021}}
In the early 2000s, Lesko became involved in the [[Peoria Unified School District]] where she served on the district's community committee. In 2006, she ran for school board. Lesko was endorsed by U.S. Representative [[Trent Franks]]. She placed fourth out of five candidates. She participated in school board meetings and was a contributor to ''[[The Arizona Republic]]''. Her contributions to the newspaper included opinion pieces about [[illegal immigration]] and domestic violence.<ref name="Hansen" />

On November 4, 2008, Lesko was elected to the [[Arizona House of Representatives]]. She was reelected in 2010 and 2012.<ref name="ballotpedia.org">{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Debbie_Lesko | title=Debbie Lesko }}</ref>

In 2014, Lesko was elected to the [[Arizona Senate|Arizona State Senate]]. She was endorsed by the Arizona Police Association, AZ Right to Life, and the [[Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce]]. She ran unopposed in the Republican primary and defeated Democratic nominee [[Carolyn Vasko]] in the general election. In 2016, she ran unopposed in the primary and general election.<ref name="ballotpedia.org"/>

==U.S. House of Representatives==
=== Elections ===
====2018 special election====
{{main|2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election}}
On December 20, 2017, Lesko announced she would run in the special election to replace Representative [[Trent Franks]], who resigned amid allegations of [[sexual harassment]]. Her state senate district included the bulk of the congressional district. She also announced her resignation from the Arizona Senate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/12/20/debbie-lesko-officially-running-congress-trent-franks-seat/969553001/|title=Debbie Lesko is officially running for Congress for Trent Franks' seat|first1=Ronald J.|last1=Hansen|publisher=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=December 20, 2017}}</ref> Although Arizona's [[resign-to-run laws]] allowed her to remain in the state senate since she was running in a special election (and she was in the final year of her term in any event), she resigned on January 8, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ktar.com/story/1896036/debbie-lesko-resigns-arizona-senate-focus-congress-run/|title=Debbie Lesko resigns from Arizona Senate to focus on Congress run|publisher=[[KTAR-FM]]|date=January 8, 2018}}</ref>

Lesko won the Republican nomination and faced the Democratic nominee, physician [[Hiral Tipirneni]], in the special general election on April 24.<ref>Matthew Bloch & Jasmine C. Lee, [https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arizona-house-special-election-primary Arizona Special Primary Election Results: Eighth House District] (February 28, 2018).</ref> She was endorsed by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], who said that Lesko was a "conservative Republican".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/democrats-arizona-special-election-november/index.html|title=Democrats aren't expecting an Arizona miracle, but their eyes are on November|first=Dan |last=Merica|work=CNN|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>

She won the special general election, with 52.6% of the vote to Tipirneni's 47.4.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=April 24, 2018|title=Debbie Lesko Wins Arizona Special Election for Congress, Rallying G.O.P.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/politics/debbie-lesko-arizona-congress.html|access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> The win was by a narrower margin than expected,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://yourvalley.net/yourvalley/news/state/republican-wins-us-house-race-in-arizona-gop-stronghold/|title=Republican wins US House race in Arizona GOP stronghold – Your Valley|date=April 25, 2018|work=Your Valley|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> with observers suggesting that it was indicative of a coming Democratic wave in the 2018 midterm elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-arizona-8th-special-election/|title=Watch The Arizona 8th Special Election Like A Pro|last=Rakich|first=Nathaniel|date=April 23, 2018|work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/politics/lesko-wins-but-not-good-gop/index.html|title=Why the win for Republicans in Arizona 8 is still good for Democrats|first=Harry |last=Enten|work=[[CNN]]|date= April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> It was the closest contest in what is now the 8th since 1976, when [[Bob Stump]] won what was then the 3rd District with just 47% of the vote<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30936|title=Our Campaigns - AZ District 3 Race - Nov 02, 1976|website=wourcampaigns.com|access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref> (the district was renumbered as the 2nd in 2003, and has been the 8th since 2013).

According to the Associated Press, the election sent "a big message to Republicans nationwide: Even the reddest of districts in a red state can be in play this year."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/25/us/ap-us-house-arizona-election.html|title=GOP Unsettled by Narrow Win in US House Race in Arizona|agency=Associated Press|date=April 25, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

====2018====
{{main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8}}

Lesko defeated Tipirneni again for a full two-year term by a slightly wider margin, taking 55.5% to Tipirneni's 44.5%.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/results/arizona/house Arizona 2018 House results] from CNN</ref> It was still the closest general election in the district in 42 years, and the closest a Democrat had come to winning a full term in the district since Stump switched parties in 1982.

In January 2018, Lesko's campaign committee, Re-elect Debbie Lesko for Senate, gave $50,000 to the Conservative Leadership for Arizona, a federal PAC authorized to [[Independent expenditure|spend independently of other campaigns]]. It was created eight days before taking the money from Lesko's state campaign committee.<ref name="CFC">{{cite web|last1=Hansen|first1=Ronald J.|title=Debbie Lesko accused of moving $50K from campaign to a PAC that backs ... Lesko|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/02/21/debbie-lesko-accused-moving-50-k-campaign-pac-backs-lesko/361429002|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=February 21, 2018}}</ref> The PAC raised almost no other cash and used the money to support Lesko with yard signs, while her congressional campaign spent heavily on television ads. [[Phil Lovas]], a candidate in the Republican primary, complained to the [[Federal Election Commission]] and Arizona Attorney General alleging multiple violations in February 2018.<ref name="CFC" />

The PAC maneuver also prompted criticism from Lesko's other opponent in the Republican primary, [[Steve Montenegro]].<ref name="CFC" /> In March 2018, the [[Campaign Legal Center]] filed a federal campaign finance law violation complaint against Lesko, alleging that her transfer of $50,000 from her state campaign to an independent group that spent nearly all the cash backing her congressional run was illegal.<ref>{{cite web|title=GOP primary winner, Debbie Lesko, faces 2nd federal election law complaint|url=https://www.abc15.com/news/state/gop-primary-winner-debbie-lesko-faces-2nd-federal-election-law-complaint|agency=Associated Press|date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>

====2020====
{{main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8}}

In the 2020 election, Lesko defeated Democratic nominee Michael Muscato with 60% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arizona Election Results: Eighth Congressional District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-arizona-house-district-8.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=28 October 2021 |date=3 November 2020}}</ref>

==== 2022 ====
{{main|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8}}
Lesko ran for reelection in 2022 without opposition in the primary or general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1472850 |url=https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/H8AZ08158/1472850 |access-date=2021-04-21 |website=docquery.fec.gov}}</ref>

===Tenure===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Lesko appeared at a [[List of post-election Donald Trump rallies|Trump rally]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], at a time when [[coronavirus]] cases were surging across the nation.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|first1=Robert J.|last1=Hansen|first2=Cleo|last2=Krejci|title=In Tulsa for Trump's rally, Rep. Debbie Lesko sometimes wore a mask, sometimes didn't|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/06/22/rep-debbie-lesko-took-mask-off-private-room/3235802001/|date=June 22, 2020|access-date=July 14, 2020|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|language=en-US}}</ref> When asked about the public health risk the rally posed, she responded, "I think the Trump administration and the campaign is doing all it can by doing temperature checks and handing out masks."<ref name=":4" /> She defended the rally organizers' decision not to require face masks. During the time, she posted pictures of herself among people; in some pictures she wore a mask, in others she did not.<ref name=":4" />

As of October 2021, Lesko had voted in line with [[Joe Biden]]'s stated position 13.9% of the time.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Anna|last1=Wiederkehr|first2=Aaron|last2=Bycoffe |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/debbie-lesko/|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |access-date=October 28, 2021 |language=en |date=October 22, 2021}}</ref>

=== Committee assignments ===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Debbie Lesko |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/L000589 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
* '''[[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]'''
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security|Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce|Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations|Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]]
* '''[[United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic|Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic]]'''

=== Caucus memberships ===
* Co-chair, Women in STEM Caucus
* Chair, [https://lesko.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2712 Congressional Caucus to Protect Kids]
* Former co-chair, Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues (116th Congress)
* Vice Chair, [https://westerncaucus.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4126 Congressional Western Caucus]
* [[Freedom Caucus]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/07/16/arizona-delegation-mostly-silent-trump-performance-putin-helsinki-summit/789576002/ |title=McCain and Flake ripped Trump's Putin performance, but other Ariz. reps mostly silent |newspaper=Arizona Republic |first1=Yvonne Wingett |last1=Sanchez |first2=Ronald J. |last2=Hansen |date=July 16, 2018 |access-date=July 19, 2018 }}</ref>
* [[Republican Study Committee]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-06|title=Membership|url=https://rsc-banks.house.gov/about/membership|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Republican Study Committee|language=en}}</ref>

==Political positions==

===Abortion===
Lesko opposes [[abortion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/4/16/17176258/arizona-special-election-trent-franks-hiral-lesko|title=Republicans aren't taking chances in the Arizona special election to replace Trent Franks|first=Tara|last=Golshan|date=April 16, 2018|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref> She has proposed legislation to give employers religious exemptions from providing contraceptives in health insurance plans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/science/health-med-fit/contraception-exemption-bill-may-be-finished/article_ed7d242f-ee6a-5cb4-9582-3738a8aacfcf.html|title=Contraception exemption bill may be finished|agency=Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|date=April 6, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/glendale-lawmaker-defends-her-birth-control-bill/article_30399606-84c8-5706-ac8f-6b43a1a49f14.html|title=Glendale lawmaker defends her birth-control bill|first=Michelle L.|last=Price|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|work=[[The Arizona Daily Star]]|date=March 24, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/birth-control-exclusion-bill-goes-to-arizona-senate/article_d758ecbc-03dd-5ae1-8582-90c52576dcb6.html|title=Birth-control-exclusion bill goes to Arizona Senate|agency=Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services|work=[[The Arizona Daily Star]]|date=March 13, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref> She has proposed legislation that would allow health officials to conduct warrantless and unannounced inspections of abortion clinics, which critics said undermined the privacy of the clinics' patients.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/business/house-approves-unannounced-warrantless-abortion-clinic-inspections/article_5669bc2e-9ce0-5df1-83e0-3e437a67929e.html|title=House approves unannounced, warrantless abortion clinic inspections|agency=Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref> She supported the 2022 [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lesko |first1=Debbie |title=My statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson |url=https://twitter.com/RepDLesko/status/1540398124300124160 |website=Twitter |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}</ref> Lesko introduced the ''[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/558/text?r=72&s=1 Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act]'' in the 117th Congress. In the 118th Congress, Lesko [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202329 voted for] the ''Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.''

===Donald Trump===
Lesko has been described as a loyal ally of former President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":4" /> In December 2019, she voted against [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeaching him]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/donald-trump-has-been-impeached-how-did-arizona-lawmakers-vote-11408758|title=How Each Arizona Representative Voted on President Donald Trump's Impeachment|last=Swenson|first=Ali|date=December 18, 2019|website=[[Phoenix New Times]]|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> She said there is "no proof, none, that the president has committed an impeachable offense."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Kara|last=Harris|url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report//121919_impeachment_az/|title=Arizona lawmakers split, as House takes historic vote to impeach Trump|newspaper=[[Tucson Sentinel]]|language=en|date=December 19, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> In defending Trump, she claimed that he had not asked President of Ukraine [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to investigate [[Joe Biden]], his opponent in the [[U.S. presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Aaron|last=Blake|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/18/gops-closing-impeachment-argument-denying-basic-facts/|title=The GOP's closing impeachment argument: Denying basic facts|date=December 18, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

In December 2020, Lesko was one of 126 Republican members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] to sign an [[amicus brief]] in support of ''[[Texas v. Pennsylvania]]'', a lawsuit filed at the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Biden defeated Trump.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Blood|first1=Michael R.|last2=Riccardi|first2=Nicholas|date=December 5, 2020|title=Biden officially secures enough electors to become president|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa|url-status=live|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208201209/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa}}</ref> The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked [[Standing (law)|standing]] under [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|Article III of the Constitution]] to challenge the results of an election held by another state.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Liptak|date=December 11, 2020|title=Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|access-date=December 12, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234955/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1s">{{cite web|title=Order in Pending Case|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|date=2020-12-11|publisher=[[Supreme Court of the United States]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234004/https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|title=Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court|first=Daniella |last=Diaz|work=[[CNN]]|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000435/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief an act of "election subversion".<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Smith|first1=David|date=December 12, 2020|title=Supreme court rejects Trump-backed Texas lawsuit aiming to overturn election results|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/11/supreme-court-rejects-trump-backed-texas-lawsuit-aiming-to-overturn-election-results|access-date=December 13, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121120-3 |title=Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Rejecting GOP Election Sabotage Lawsuit |publisher=Speaker Nancy Pelosi |date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109225746/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121120-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Lesko was one of the 139 Republican representatives to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|vote to overturn the results]] of the 2020 presidential election in Congress at the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Yourish|first1=Karen|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Lu|first3=Denise|date=January 7, 2021|title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html|access-date=January 10, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Economy, taxes and regulation===
Lesko has said that she would have voted for the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]], the Republican Party's 2017 tax overhaul.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/04/12/lesko-tipirneni-contrast-views-health-taxes-and-guns-final-cd-8-joint-appearance/511322002/|title=Lesko, Tipirneni contrast views on health, taxes and guns in final CD8 joint appearance|first=Ronald J.|last=Hansen|date=April 12, 2018|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref> She favors a [[balanced budget amendment]] to the Constitution, and said that "on the federal level, there has to be a lot of areas where we can cut spending."<ref name=":0" />

In 2017, Lesko championed legislation that would allow [[Payday loan|payday lenders]] to provide loans at annual interest rates as high as 164%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/business/tucson/effort-to-offer-high-interest-loans-in-arizona-appears-to/article_0044d7ed-580b-519b-8421-4ced82816505.html|title=Effort to offer high-interest loans in Arizona appears to be dead|agency=Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services|work=[[The Arizona Daily Star]]|date=March 29, 2017|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2016, she opposed efforts to increase the minimum wage in Arizona to $10 by 2017 and $12 by 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/government-and-politics/backers-of-higher-arizona-minimum-wage-use-extra-cash-to/article_25b01228-59e5-5814-8e9e-5edda291a423.html|title=Backers of higher Arizona minimum wage use extra cash to target candidates|agency=Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services|work=[[The Arizona Daily Star]]|date=October 30, 2016|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Lesko was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]] in the House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

===Education===
Lesko favors empowering private schools and [[Charter schools in the United States|charter schools]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/10/replacing-trent-franks-gop-nervous-even-heavily-republican-arizona-district/500743002/|title=Replacing Trent Franks: GOP nervous even in heavily Republican Arizona district|first=Ronald J.|last=Hansen|date=April 17, 2018|work=[[Arizona Republic]]}}</ref> Lesko introduced the [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/557?s=1&r=21 Make Education Local Act of 2021] in the 117th Congress.

===Environment and energy===
Lesko [[climate change denial|rejects]] the [[scientific consensus on climate change]], which states that [[climate change]] is progressing, dangerous, and primarily human caused. She has instead claimed that "certainly not the majority of it" is human-caused.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|first=Joshua|last=Bowling|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2018/01/30/west-valley-congressional-candidates-climate-change/1067821001/|title=Here's where West Valley congressional candidates stand on climate change|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=January 30, 2018}}</ref>

In 2016, Lesko crafted a measure that would give Arizona utilities the right to charge separate rates for customers who produced their own energy through [[solar panels]] in order to prevent $600 million in subsidies from non-solar customers to solar customers.<ref name="Services">{{Cite news|url=http://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/measure-allows-utilities-to-charge-separate-rates-for-solar-customers/article_bc26a8f1-7d7d-5bec-904b-9c48ac2ef728.html|title=Measure allows utilities to charge separate rates for solar customers|agency=Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services|work=[[The Arizona Daily Star]]|date=April 27, 2016|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref> She crafted the measure with the utilities' assistance.<ref name="Services"/>

===Gun policy===
Lesko opposes changes to existing gun laws, saying "I think there's enough laws. The laws need to be enforced."<ref name=":0" /> She has received an "A" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2018/arizona/debbie-lesko-az-08-general-election-email|title=Your Freedom is Under Attack! Vote On or Before November 6th!|website=www.nrapvf.org}}</ref>

===Health care===
Lesko opposes [[universal health care]] and favors repealing the [[Affordable Care Act]] (Obamacare).<ref name=":0" /> She opposed Arizona's expansion of [[Medicaid]] coverage and sued former Arizona Governor [[Jan Brewer]] after she expanded the program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/22/520409187/repeal-of-health-law-could-force-tough-decisions-for-arizona-republicans|title=Repeal Of Health Law Could Force Tough Decisions For Arizona Republicans|work=[[NPR]]|date=March 22, 2017|access-date=April 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Lesko has said that [[COVID-19 vaccine]] distribution should prioritize American citizens over those who are in the country illegally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Polus |first1=Sarah |title=GOP Arizona rep urges vaccine priority for 'people that are here legally' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/539103-arizona-gop-rep-urges-covid-vaccine-priority-for-people-that-are-here |access-date=February 17, 2021 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=February 16, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, Lesko sponsored and passed a bill in the [[Arizona State Senate]] that created a process for challenging a [[Balance billing|surprise medical bill]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicole|last=Zymek|url=https://www.12news.com/article/money/business/consumer/call-12-for-action/new-law-helps-customers-with-surprise-medical-bills/75-441458322|title=New law helps customers with surprise medical bills|website=NBC News 12|date=May 20, 2017}}</ref> when care is received from an out-of-network doctor at an in-network facility. Lesko said, "I knew this was an ongoing problem. I had seen reports that the media had done of different patients through no fault of their own were getting these surprise medical bills."<ref>{{cite web|title=Update: New law may help 'ease the pain' of surprise medical bills|first1=Liana|last1=Enriquez|first2=Gary|last2=Harper|url=https://www.azfamily.com/news/investigations/3_on_your_side/originals/update-new-law-may-help-ease-the-pain-of-surprise-medical-bills/article_18b58e26-3945-11e9-9051-93717616c081.html|website=AZFamily|date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> Lesko introduced a [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/61?s=4&r=37 resolution] to recognize Medicare and Social Security as an important benefit that should be strengthened for future generations.

===Immigration===
Lesko made the construction of a [[Mexico–United States border|border wall on the Mexico border]] the centerpiece of her 2018 campaign, and pledged to back the [[Trump administration]]'s hardline positions on border security and immigration reform.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Ronald J.|last1=Hansen|first2=Yvonne|last2=Wingett-Sanchez|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/24/debbie-lesko-keeps-arizona-8th-gop-hands-special-election/548689002/|title=Debbie Lesko keeps Arizona 8th in GOP hands in special election|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 24, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Elena|last1=Schneider|first2=Alex|last2=Isenstadt|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/27/arizona-special-election-republicans-485678|title=GOP scrambles to avert another election dumpster fire|work=[[Politico]]|date=March 27, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

===LGBT rights===
Lesko strongly opposes the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]], a bill that would expand the federal [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] to ban [[discrimination]] based on [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]]. She urged Congress members to vote against the bill.<ref>{{cite news |title=House Debate on the Equality Act |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?460685-3/house-debate-equality-act |work=[[C-SPAN]] |date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2021}}

===Foreign policy===
Lesko was among 60 Republicans voting against condemning Trump's withdrawal from Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h560|title = H.J.Res. 77: Opposing the decision to end certain United States … -- House Vote #560 -- Oct 16, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lesko is a [[Baptist]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress |date=2023-01-03 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |access-date=2023-04-08}}</ref>

==Electoral history==

[[File:Debbie Lesko (27816240978).jpg|right|thumb|Debbie Lesko at a campaign event in Peoria, Arizona.]]
*2014: Lesko ran for the open Arizona Senate District 21 held by retiring Senator [[Rick Murphy]]. She was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lesko defeated Carolyn Vasko in the general election with 32,119 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/General/Canvass2014GE.pdf|title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 5 |access-date= March 18, 2016}}</ref>
*2012: Redistricted to District 21 alongside fellow Republican Representative [[Rick Gray (Arizona politician)|Rick Gray]], and with incumbent Republican Representatives [[Thomas Forese]] and [[J. D. Mesnard]] redistricted to District 17, Lesko ran in the August 28 Republican primary, placing first with 14,771 votes;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/Primary/Canvass.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Arizona]] |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=11 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112230133/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/Primary/Canvass.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref> in the five-way November 6 general election, she took the first seat with 41,023 votes and Gray the second, ahead of Democratic nominees Carol Lokare, Sheri Van Horsen and a [[Libertarian Party of Arizona|Libertarian]] [[write-in candidate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/General/Canvass2012GE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=12 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235642/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/General/Canvass2012GE.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref>
*2010: With Murphy running for [[Arizona Senate]], leaving a District 9 seat open, Lesko ran in the August 24 Republican primary and placed first with 14,498 votes;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2010/Primary/Canvass2010PE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2010 Primary Election – August 24, 2010 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=11 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920214102/http://azsos.gov/election/2010/Primary/Canvass2010PE.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2013 }}</ref> in the three-way November 2 general election, she took the first seat with 32,423 votes and Gray took the second, ahead of Democratic nominee Shirley McAllister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2010 General Election – November 2, 2010 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=8 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920230737/http://azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2013 }}</ref>
*2008: With incumbent state Representative [[Bob Stump (Arizona politician, born 1971)|Bob Stump]] running for [[Arizona Corporation Commission]] and leaving a District 9 seat open, Murphy and Lesko were unopposed in the September 2 Republican primary; Lesko placed first with 10,902 votes and Murphy placed second;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2008/Primary/Canvass2008PE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2008 Primary Election – September 2, 2008 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=8 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424062550/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2008/Primary/Canvass2008PE.pdf |archive-date=April 24, 2009 }}</ref> in the November 4 general election, Lesko took the first seat with 37,762 votes and Murphy the second, ahead of Democratic nominees Van Horsen and Shawn Hutchinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2008/General/Canvass2008GE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2008 General Election – November 4, 2008 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=9 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219172036/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2008/General/Canvass2008GE.pdf |archive-date=December 19, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Almukhtar">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/24/us/elections/results-arizona-house-special-election.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/24/us/elections/results-arizona-house-special-election.html|title=Arizona Special Election Results: Eighth House District|last=Almukhtar|first=Sarah|date=April 24, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 26, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 27,047
| percentage = 35.37%
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| candidate = [[Phil Lovas]]
| votes = 18,652
| percentage = 24.39%
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| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 18,106
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| candidate = [[Bob Stump (Arizona politician, born 1971)|Bob Stump]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Clair Van Steenwyk
| votes = 1,787
| percentage = 2.34%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Christopher Sylvester
| votes = 1,490
| percentage = 1.95%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = David Lien
| votes = 1,341
| percentage = 1.75%
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| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Richard Mack]]
| votes = 1,191
| percentage = 1.56%
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| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Mark Yates
| votes = 871
| percentage = 1.14%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Chad Allen
| votes = 824
| percentage = 1.08%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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| candidate = Brenden Dilley
| votes = 823
| percentage = 1.08%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Dolgos
| votes = 377
| percentage = 0.49%
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| votes = 8
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 | votes      = 96,012
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  |candidate  = Debbie Lesko (incumbent) 
  |votes      = 73,776
  |percentage = 77.17%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Sandra E. Dowling
  |votes      = 21,825
  |percentage = 22.83%
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  |votes      = 168,835
  |percentage = 55.46%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Hiral Tipirneni
  |votes      = 135,569
  |percentage = 44.53%
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
  |votes      = 13
  |percentage = <0.01%
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  | votes = 304,417
  | percentage = 100%
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Debbie Lesko (incumbent)
  |votes      = 251,633
  |percentage = 59.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Michael Muscato
  |votes      = 170,816
  |percentage = 40.4
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| votes      = 18
| percentage = 0.0
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  | votes = 422,467
  | percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Debbie Lesko (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 197,555
| percentage = 96.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jeremy Spreitzer (write-in)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 5,145
| percentage = 2.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Alixandria Guzman (write-in)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 2,013
| percentage = 1.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 204,713
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
  |winner     = Republican Party (United States)
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==See also==
*[[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://lesko.house.gov Congresswoman Debbie Lesko] official U.S. House website
* [http://debbieleskoforcongress.com Debbie Lesko for Congress] official campaign website
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