CLARKE, Yvette Diane, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County,
N.Y., November 21, 1964; attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, N.Y., 1982-1986;
member New York, N.Y., city council, 2002-2007; unsuccessful candidate for
nomination for the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004; elected as a Democrat to
the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,
2007-present).