Katherine Moore Porter is an American politician, law professor, and lawyer who is the U.S. representative from California’s 47th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 45th congressional district from 2019 to 2023.
Porter was born on January 3, 1974, and grew up in the small farming community of Fort Dodge, Iowa. Her father, Dan Porter, was a farmer-turned-banker. Her mother, Liz, was a founder of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting.
After graduating from Phillips Academy, Porter attended Yale University, where she majored in American studies, graduating in 1996. Her undergraduate thesis was titled The Effects of Corporate Farming on Rural Community. She was a member of Grace Hopper College then called Calhoun College at Yale. Porter also interned for Chuck Grassley during this time.
Porter later attended Harvard Law School, where she was the notes editor for the Harvard Women’s Law Journal and a member of the Board of Student Advisers. She studied under bankruptcy law professor and future U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and graduated magna cum laude with her Juris Doctor in 2001.
Who is Katie Porter’s husband?
Matthew Hoffman is the ex-husband of Porter. In 2003, Porter married Matthew Hoffman, with whom she has three children.
During her campaign, she said her marriage was marked by physical and mental abuse.
According to Porter, Hoffman punched her, shoved her one-year-old daughter across the kitchen, threatened to kill himself, and directed profane insults at her family. She sought a protective order against him in 2013.
The same year, they divorced. Porter is now a single mother with custody of their children. Her daughter, Betsy, is named after Elizabeth Warren.
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