Elizabeth Holtzman (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the United States House of Representatives to represent New York’s 10th Congressional District. She will be on the Democratic primary ballot on August 23, 2022.

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Who is Elizabeth Holtzman?

Holtzman, an American politician and attorney born on August 11th, 1941, represented New York’s 16th congressional district in the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1973 to 1981. She served as Kings County’s district attorney from 1982 to 1989. From 1990 to 1993, she served as New York City’s 40th comptroller.

In the 10th congressional district of New York, Holtzman is vying for the party’s candidacy in the 2022 election.

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Elizabeth Holtzman was born on August 11, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian immigrants Sidney Holtzman and Filia Ravitz. The latter held a doctorate from Columbia University and later served as the chair of the department of Russian studies at Hunter College. Her brother is a twin.

She attended Hebrew school and her parents are Jews. She went to Abraham Lincoln High School and Fieldston Ethical Culture School. She was chosen as the student government’s vice president in 1958, with her brother serving as the president.

Holtzman earned magna cum laude diplomas from Harvard Law School in 1965 and Radcliffe College in 1961, where she majored in American history and literature. In the 500-person class at Harvard Law School, she was one of 15 female students. She belonged to Phi Beta Kappa.

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While at Harvard, Holtzman became a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In Georgia, she worked on civil rights cases for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She worked as a law clerk for Chevene Bowers King during her time in Georgia.

She became a member of the New York State Bar Association. She joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in 1970 and left in 1972 to run for office. In 1976, she was elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers, and from 1981 to 1982, she taught at New York University School of Law.

In an effort to find Josef Mengele, a party headed to Paraguay in 1984 including Holtzman. Her appointment to the Interagency Working Group on Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records was made by President Bill Clinton.

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She was included on a commission to examine the military’s handling of sexual assault allegations in 2013 by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. In 2014, she was named to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, although she later resigned in opposition to the practise of separating families at the border.

Holtzman considered running in the 2010 election to succeed Andrew Cuomo as New York Attorney General, as well as running in the special election to replace Anthony Weiner as the representative from New York’s 9th congressional district after Weiner resigned in 2011.