1. Susan Wild is an American lawyer and former politician from Pennsylvania.
17 Facts About Susan Wild
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Susan Wild co-chaired the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and was vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
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Wild was born June 7,1957 in West Germany, the daughter of Norman Leith, a member of the US Air Force, and Susan Stimus Ellis, a journalist.
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Susan Wild was born on Wiesbaden Air Force Base in Hesse, West Germany, where her father was then stationed.
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Susan Wild lived in France, California, New Mexico, and Washington, DC.
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In 1976, Susan Wild volunteered to work for Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign.
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Susan Wild attended American University, where she graduated in 1978.
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Susan Wild earned her Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1982, where she studied under John Banzhaf.
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In 1999, Susan Wild became a partner at the law firm Gross McGinley.
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In 2013, Susan Wild ran unsuccessfully for county commissioner in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
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On December 31,2017, Susan Wild resigned as county commissioner to campaign to succeed retiring US representative Charlie Dent, a Republican, in the US House of Represenatives in November 2018 in Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, which had been represented by a Republican by seven terms.
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Susan Wild was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced former Lehigh County commissioner Lisa Scheller in the general election.
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Susan Wild ran for reelection in 2024, and was defeated by Republican Ryan Mackenzie, a Pennsylvania State Representative.
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In March 2021, Susan Wild co-sponsored a resolution to expel US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, saying that Greene "advocated violence against our peers, the Speaker and our government".
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In February 2023, Susan Wild signed a letter urging President Biden to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
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In 2019, Susan Wild voted against allowing victims of crimes by illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities to report the incident to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Susan Wild voted for both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.