Barbara Boxer

A former San Francisco stockbroker, Barbara Boxer was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1992, the so-called “Year of the Woman”” in Congressional elections. Prior to her Senate election, she was a congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representatives.”

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An intertwined drama about the United States’ war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his heroin-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin’s wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss’s motives.

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Children: Douglas and Nicole Boxer.

U.S. Senator from California (1993- ).

Her daughter is married to a brother of fellow U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton.

Former sister of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority

U.S. Representative from California (1983-1993).

Inducted into the Marin [County, California] Women's Hall of Fame in 1991.

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