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Rep. Suozzi leads the pack as most educated

Caught Our Eye Posted by Heavyn Lester on Thursday, April 25, 2024
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) has three legislative assistants in his office, all of whom have advanced degrees. Two of them have two law degrees each.

Suozzi's office stands out as unusually educated. The congressman's office ranks first among all offices in the House and Senate as the most educated, based on a metric that LegiStorm has devised.
 
Suozzi, a lawyer himself, is followed by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.). 

Rep. Mike Ezell's (R-Miss.) office ranks last for most-educated staff. 
 
The most-educated offices list is dominated by liberals, with Democrats holding all 10 of the top positions. Meanwhile, Republican offices tend to focus more on hiring staff with military and other experience over elite college degrees. 
 
LegiStorm ranks best-educated offices by calculating an average education score for each office's current staff. The score is based on a combination of the level of education attained and the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rank of the institutions attended. 

LegiStorm's education index uses publicly available formal education records that can be skewed by numerous factors, including geographic distribution of high-ranked schools and composition of entry-level and senior-level staff. 

Rep. Gonzales LD takes wing to Southwest Airlines

Caught Our Eye Posted by Heavyn Lester on Wednesday, April 24, 2024

A Republican House staffer has landed a position at Southwest Airlines.

Rachel Black is now federal affairs director at Southwest Airlines Co. She was most recently legislative director for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). Black previously worked for Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.), Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas).

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