Suzanne Bonamici put herself through college and law school at the University of Oregon, where she earned BA and JD degrees. She then worked as a consumer protection attorney for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and was in private law practice when she moved back to Oregon. She took a career break to raise her children, and volunteered for education, arts, and civic organizations. In 2001, she worked as a legislative assistant in the Oregon House of Representatives. She was elected to serve as a member of the Oregon House in 2006, and was appointed and then elected to the Oregon Senate in 2008.

Suzanne and her husband Michael Simon have been married for twenty-five years. They have two grown children and a cocker spaniel named Charley.

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