{{Short description|American politician and attorney (born 1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Susan Wild | image = Susan Wild, Official Portrait, 115th Congress.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | office1 = Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee | term_start1 = January 3, 2023 | term_end1 = January 3, 2025 | predecessor1 = Michael Guest (acting) | successor1 = Mark DeSaulnier | office2 = Chair of the House Ethics Committee | term_start2 = September 30, 2022 | term_end2 = January 3, 2023 | predecessor2 = Ted Deutch | successor2 = Michael Guest | state3 = Pennsylvania | term_start3 = November 6, 2018 | term_end3 = January 3, 2025{{efn|Wild's official service begins on the date of the special election, while she was not sworn in until November 13, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.house.gov/dropdowntemplate?id=36507224009&htmlContentID=36507224026 |title=House Vacancies and Successors – 115th Congress (2017–2019) |accessdate=April 14, 2026 |publisher=Historian of the United States House of Representatives}}</ref>}} | predecessor3 = Charlie Dent | successor3 = Ryan Mackenzie | constituency3 = {{ushr|PA|15|C}} (2018–2019)<br/>{{ushr|PA|7|C}} (2019–2025) | birth_name = Susan Ellis | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|7}} | birth_place = Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany (now Germany) | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Russell Wild|1981|2002|end=div}} | partner = Kerry Acker (2003–2019) | children = 2 | education = American University (BA)<br/>George Washington University (JD) | website = {{url|wild.house.gov|House website}} |module = {{Listen |pos = center |embed = yes |filename = Rep. Susan Wild on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.ogg |title = Wild's voice |type = speech |description = Wild on a bill about mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br/>Recorded July 19, 2022.}} | footnotes = {{noteslist}} }} '''Susan Wild''' (née '''Ellis'''; born June 7, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S representative for {{ushr|PA|7}} from 2018 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, and includes Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Bangor. Wild was narrowly defeated by Republican Ryan Mackenzie in 2024.<ref name="concession" />
Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for {{ushr|PA|15}} after Charlie Dent, former U.S. representative for the district, resigned in 2018. She co-chaired the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and was vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. She was the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Susan Wild wins PA-7; Lehigh Valley sending region's first woman to Congress |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-election-congress-wild-nothstein-20181026-story.html |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=The Morning Call|date=November 7, 2018 }}</ref>
==Early life and education== Wild was born to a Jewish family on June 7, 1957, in West Germany, the daughter of Norman Leith, a member of the U.S. Air Force, and Susan Stimus Ellis, a journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quakersdc.org/sites/default/files/Susan%20Stimus%20Ellis.docx|title=Susan Stimus Ellis|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/410369/jewish-candidate-holds-slim-lead-in-swing-pennsylvania-house-race-poll/ |title=Democrat Holds Slim Lead In Jew vs. Jew Race For Pennsylvania Swing Seat|date=September 17, 2018 |publisher=Jewish Daily Forward|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref> Wild was born on Wiesbaden Air Force Base in Hesse, West Germany, where her father was then stationed. She also lived in France, California, New Mexico, and Washington, D.C.<ref name=fivethings>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-susan-wild-facts-20181108-story.html |title=Five things you probably don't know about the Lehigh Valley's first congresswoman – The Morning Call |date=November 8, 2018 |publisher=Mcall.com |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
==Career== In 1976, Wild volunteered to work for Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign.<ref name=fivethings/> She attended American University, where she graduated in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|last=Veitch |first=Abbie |url=http://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2018/04/alumna-susan-wild-runs-for-pennsylvania-congressional-seat |title=Alumna Susan Wild runs for Pennsylvania congressional seat |publisher=Theeagleonline.com |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> She earned her Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1982,<ref>{{cite web|last=Baskerville |first=Jessica |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2018/03/05/inspired-by-her-classes-law-school-alumna-runs-for-house-seat/ |title=Inspired by her classes, law school alumna runs for House seat – The GW Hatchet |publisher=Gwhatchet.com |date=March 5, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> where she studied under John Banzhaf.<ref name=fivethings/>
In 1999, Wild became a partner at the law firm Gross McGinley.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-allentown-solicitor-running-15th-congressional-district-20171002-story.html |title=Allentown solicitor plans congressional bid in 15th District – The Morning Call |publisher=Mcall.com |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025936/https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-allentown-solicitor-running-15th-congressional-district-20171002-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2013, Wild ran unsuccessfully for county commissioner in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-allentown-council-solicitor-susan-ellis-wild-confirmed-20150107-story.html |title=Susan Ellis Wild to serve as Allentown's next solicitor – The Morning Call |publisher=Mcall.com |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, she was appointed solicitor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, the first woman to hold the position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-allentown-solicitor-running-15th-congressional-district-20171002-story.html |title=Allentown solicitor plans congressional bid in 15th District – The Morning Call |publisher=Mcall.com |date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025936/https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-allentown-solicitor-running-15th-congressional-district-20171002-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=extimes>{{cite news|first=Edward |last=Sieger |title=Allentown City Council appoints new city solicitor |url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2015/01/allentown_city_council_appoint_1.html |work=The Express-Times |date=January 8, 2015 |access-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519061237/http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2015/01/allentown_city_council_appoint_1.html |archive-date=May 19, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===U.S. House of Representatives=== ====2018 election==== {{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 7}} On December 31, 2017, Wild resigned as City Solicitor to campaign to succeed retiring U.S. representative Charlie Dent, a Republican, in the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018<ref name=tmc>{{cite news|first=Emily |last=Opilo |title=Allentown Solicitor Susan Wild resigning as congressional campaign heats up |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-susan-wild-solicitor-resigns-20171120-story.html |work=The Morning Call |date=November 22, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092314/https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-susan-wild-solicitor-resigns-20171120-story.html |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> in Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, which had been represented by a Republican for seven terms. She won the six-candidate Democratic Party primary with 33% of the vote, narrowly defeating Northampton County district attorney John Morganelli. In the 2018 general election, she defeated Republican Lehigh County county commissioner Marty Nothstein, winning 54.5% of the vote to Nothstein's 43.5%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-7-how-susan-wild-won-20180516-story.html |title=How Susan Wild went from a relative unknown to PA-7 primary winner – The Morning Call |date=May 16, 2018 |publisher=Mcall.com |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/index.ssf/2018/05/wins_lehigh_valleys_democratic.html |title=Susan Wild claims Lehigh Valley's Democratic primary for Congress |publisher=lehighvalleylive.com |date=May 15, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Niv |title=Democrat Susan Wild wins House race in Pennsylvania |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/415300-democrat-susan-wild-wins-house-race-in-pennsylvania |work=The Hill |date=November 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-house-district-7 |title=Pennsylvania Election Results: Seventh House District – Election Results 2018 – The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
====2018 special election==== {{see also|2018 Pennsylvania's 7th and 15th congressional district special elections#District 15}} On the same day, Wild also ran in a separate special election for the balance of the term of Dent, who resigned in May 2018 after announcing he would not run for reelection,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-pa-15-nothstein-wild-special-election-20181106-story.html |title=Marty Nothstein leads in race to finish Charlie Dent's term – The Morning Call |publisher=Mcall.com |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/index.ssf/2018/07/15th_district_candidates_set_f.html |title=15th District candidates set for special 2018 election |publisher=lehighvalleylive.com |date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> winning the 15th congressional district's special election with 130,353 votes to Nothstein's 129,593.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-15-congress-special-election-winner-20181115-story.html |title=Susan Wild wins special congressional election to finish Charlie Dent's term – The Morning Call |publisher=Mcall.com |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308072254/https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-15-congress-special-election-winner-20181115-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=69 News |url=http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/susan-wild-announces-victory-in-15th-district-special-election/867128407 |title=Susan Wild announces victory in 15th district special election |publisher=WFMZ |date=June 23, 2016 |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
There was a closer margin in the special election largely because the former 15th district, which was thrown out by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in February 2018, stretched from the Lehigh Valley into heavier Republican regions of the state between Lebanon and Harrisburg, by way of a tendril in Berks County. The new 7th district is a more compact district centered in the Lehigh Valley, and including a sliver of the Poconos.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
====2020 election==== {{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 7}} Wild ran for reelection to a second term. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary<ref name="PrimaryNight">{{cite web|last=Boockvar|first=Kathy|title=Pennsylvania Elections – Office Results {{!}} Representative in Congress |url=https://electionreturns.pa.gov/Home/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=undefined&IsActive=undefined |website=electionreturns.pa.gov |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> and faced former Lehigh County commissioner Lisa Scheller<ref>{{cite web |last1=Radzievich |first1=Nicole |last2=Olson |first2=Laura |title=Republican Lisa Scheller announces congressional bid for Lehigh Valley based district |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-lisa-scheller-announces-congressional-campaign-20191014-xhqoejpry5ch7nsd4ahgplkita-story.html |website=The Morning Call |access-date=October 14, 2019 |date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> in the general election. Wild defeated Scheller with 51.9% of the vote, less than was expected.<ref name="PAgenr">{{cite web |title=2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=undefined&IsActive=undefined |website=Pennsylvania Department of State |access-date=November 25, 2020}}</ref>
====2022 election==== {{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 7}} Following the 2020 census, Wild was redistricted into a more competitive congressional seat. She was criticized by some district residents when she said of her new district, "Carbon County has many attributes, but it is a county that—although it was once an Obama county—it since has become a Trump county. I'm not quite sure what was in their heads because the people of Carbon County are exactly the kind of people who should not be voting for a Donald Trump, but I guess I might have to school them on that a little bit. But most of all, it is a very rural county."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tnonline.com/20220723/carbon-reacts-to-wilds-remarks-about-trump-vote/ | title=Carbon reacts to Wild's remarks about Trump vote | Times News Online }}</ref>
In a rematch of the 2020 election, Wild narrowly defeated Scheller by 51% to 49%.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Travis |title=Pa. Election Results: Rep. Susan Wild Projected Winner vs. Lisa Scheller |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2022/pa-election-results-rep-susan-wild-declares-victory-vs-lisa-scheller-race-not-yet-called/3419052/ |access-date=December 10, 2022 |work=NBC10 Philadelphia |date=November 9, 2022}}</ref>
====2024 election==== {{see also|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 7}} Wild ran for reelection in 2024, and was defeated by Republican Ryan Mackenzie, a Pennsylvania State Representative.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=John |title=Susan Wild raises three times as much as challenger Mackenzie in Q2 |url=https://penncapital-star.com/campaigns-elections/susan-wild-raises-three-times-as-much-as-challenger-mackenzie-in-q2/ |website=Penn Capitol Star |access-date=July 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name="concession">{{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Lindsay |last2=Pelekis |first2=Andreas |title=2024 Lehigh Valley Congress election results: Susan Wild concedes to Ryan Mackenzie |url=https://www.mcall.com/2024/11/05/2024-lehigh-valley-congress-election-results-susan-wild-ryan-mackenzie-face-off-in-7th-district/ |website=The Morning Call |access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref>
Following her defeat in the 2024 election, Wild was traced as the source of House Committee on Ethics media leaks related to the committee's investigation of former U.S. representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL). "Any leaks from members and staff are a violation of the committee’s rules: Individuals on the panel take an oath swearing they will not disclose unauthorized information," ''The Hill'' reported in covering the leaks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Susan Wild absent from Ethics Committee meeting after Gaetz leaks to press|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5031565-susan-wild-ethics-committee-gaetz/}}</ref>
===Tenure=== [[File:Gov. Wolf Celebrates $11 Million Investment in Da Vinci Science CenterAllentown, PA – April 22, 2022 (52022309798).jpg|thumb|Wild speaking with media in Allentown]] [[File:L-21-06-02-A-112 (51221381343).jpg|thumb|Wild (right) visiting Lehigh Heavy Forge with then U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh]]
In March 2021, Wild co-sponsored a resolution to expel U.S. representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, saying that Greene "advocated violence against our peers, the Speaker and our government".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/house-democrat-resolution-expel-marjorie-taylor-greene/ | title=72 House Democrats Support Resolution to Expel GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene | website=CBS News | date=March 19, 2021 }}</ref>
As of November 2022, Wild had voted in line with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/susan-wild/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612135008/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/susan-wild/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2021|website=FiveThirtyEight |access-date=September 1, 2022|language=en |date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> In the 117th Congress, Wild voted with House speaker Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Head to Head: Compare Voting Records|url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/P000197-nancy-pelosi/compare-votes/W000826-susan-wild/117}}</ref>
====Elder policy==== In March 2020, Wild co-sponsored a bill to reauthorize the Older Americans Act for five years with a 35% increase in funding, which then President Donald Trump signed into law in March.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Donald Trump signs bill from Lehigh Valley Rep. Susan Wild boosting funding for Meals on Wheels, other older adult services |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-president-trump-signs-susan-wild-bill-older-americans-act-20200326-csyx3g3cdrffrmyifbf4cpvh7q-story.html |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=The Morning Call|date=March 26, 2020 }}</ref>
====Firearms==== In July 2022, Wild voted for H.R. 1808: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, a bill that would have banned various guns, including AR-15s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/house-vote-assault-weapons-ban/index.html | title=House passes assault-style weapons ban | CNN Politics | website=CNN | date=July 29, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2022/h410 | title=H.R. 1808: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 -- House Vote #410 -- Jul 29, 2022 }}</ref>
====Foreign affairs==== Wild was critical of Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, whom she characterized as "far-right", "misogynistic", "homophobic" and "anti-immigrant". In March 2019, she and 29 other Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter to U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo, which read in part, "Since the election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president, we have been particularly alarmed by the threat Bolsonaro's agenda poses to the LGBTQ+ community and other minority communities, women, labor activists, and political dissidents in Brazil. We are deeply concerned that, by targeting hard-won political and social rights, Bolsonaro is endangering Brazil's long-term democratic future."<ref name="vox">{{cite news |title=Brazil's far-right president tweeted out a pornographic video to condemn Carnival |url=https://www.vox.com/world/2019/3/6/18253070/jair-bolsonaro-tweet-golden-showers-pompeo |work=Vox |date=March 6, 2019}}</ref>
In March 2019, Wild described herself as a 'very pro-Israel member of Congress,' stating that the U.S. must 'constantly fortify' and 'sustain' its relationship with Israel, which she characterized as a 'terrific partner' in security and economic matters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Richman |first1=Jackson |title=Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild: Steeped in foreign affairs, knowledge of Israel, concern over anti-Semitism |url=https://www.jns.org/u.s.-news/pennsylvania-rep-susan-wild-steeped-in-foreign-affairs-knowledge-of-israel-concern-over-anti-semitism |work=Jewish News Syndicate |date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>
In 2023, Wild voted against H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
In February 2023, Wild signed a letter urging President Biden to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-21-2023/dems-join-f-16-call/ |title=Seven more lawmakers — including six Democrats — have signed on to a letter pushing Joe Biden to send F-16 jets to Ukraine. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 21, 2023 |website=Politico |publisher= |access-date=February 24, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
====Healthcare==== On January 31, 2023, Wild voted against H.R.497, the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, a bill that would lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/seven-democrats-join-house-gop-lift-vaccine-mandate-healthcare-work | title=Seven Democrats join Republicans in vote to lift vaccine mandate for healthcare workers | date=January 31, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/98 | title=On Passage - H.R.497: To eliminate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on | date=August 12, 2015 }}</ref> The following day, on February 1, 2023, Wild voted against a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3839808-house-gop-passes-bill-to-end-covid-19-national-emergency/ | title=House passes resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency | date=February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/104 | title=On Passage - H.J.RES.7: Relating to a national emergency declared by | date=August 12, 2015 }}</ref>
====Immigration==== In 2019, Wild voted against allowing victims of crimes by illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities to report the incident to the Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Here's how Lehigh Valley lawmakers voted this week in Congress|url=https://www.mcall.com/2019/09/27/heres-how-lehigh-valley-lawmakers-voted-this-week-in-congress/}}</ref> On February 9, 2023, Wild also voted against H.J. Res. 24: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 which condemns the District of Columbia's plan that would allow noncitizen voting in local elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/9/house-votes-overturn-dcs-illegal-immigrant-voting-/ | title=House votes to overturn D.C.'s illegal immigrant voting plan | website=The Washington Times }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h118 | title=H.J.Res. 24: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia … -- House Vote #118 -- Feb 9, 2023 }}</ref>
====Impeachment of Donald Trump==== Wild voted for both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.<ref name="Politico">{{cite news |title=Here's how the House voted on Trump's impeachment |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/trump-impeachment-vote-count-house-results/|work=Politico|date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>
=== Committee assignments === *Committee on Ethics (Ranking member) *Committee on Foreign Affairs **Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations (Vice Chair) **Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment *Committee on Education and Labor **Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions *Committee on Science, Space and Technology **Subcommittee on Research and Technology
=== Caucus memberships === * Climate Solutions Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=About Climate Solutions Caucus|author=|url=https://climatesolutionscaucus-garbarino.house.gov/about |format=|publisher=Climate Solutions Caucus|date=|accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref> * New Democrat Coalition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership {{!}} New Democrat Coalition|url=https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=newdemocratcoalition.house.gov|language=en}}</ref> * Congressional LGBT+ Equality Caucus<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus - Summary from LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/organization/summary/116278/Congressional_LGBTQ_Equality_Caucus.html |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=www.legistorm.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://lgbtq.house.gov/members |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus |language=en}}</ref> * Congressional Ukrainian Caucus<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Ukrainian Caucus - Summary from LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/organization/summary/122204/Congressional_Ukrainian_Caucus.html |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=www.legistorm.com}}</ref> * Black Maternal Health Caucus<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caucus Members |url=https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/members |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=Black Maternal Health Caucus |language=en}}</ref> * New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force (Co-Chair)<ref name="Committees and Caucuses">{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2012 |title=Committees and Caucuses |url=https://wild.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=Representative Susan Wild |language=en}}</ref> * Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus (Vice Chair)<ref name="Committees and Caucuses"/> * House Pro-Choice Caucus<ref>{{cite web |url=https://houseprochoicecaucus-degette.house.gov/about-pcc/members | title=Members | date=August 19, 2021 }}</ref> * Rare Disease Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=January 15, 2025}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change | title=Democratic primary results (2018)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Susan Wild |votes = 15,001 |percentage = 33.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = John Morganelli |votes = 13,565 |percentage = 30.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Greg Edwards |votes = 11,510 |percentage = 25.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Roger Ruggles |votes = 2,443 |percentage = 5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Rick Daugherty |votes = 1,718 |percentage = 3.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = David Clark |votes = 766 |percentage = 1.7 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 45,003 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, 2018 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Susan Wild | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 140,813 | percentage = 53.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Marty Nothstein | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 114,437 | percentage = 43.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Tim Silfies | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | votes = 8,011 | percentage = 3.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 263,261 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link no change | winner = Democratic Party (United States) | loser = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title = Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, 2018 (special) }}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-15-congress-special-election-winner-20181115-story.html|title=Susan Wild wins special congressional election to finish Charlie Dent's term|first=Laura|last=Olson|website=mcall.com|date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> {{Election box winning candidate with party link | candidate = Susan Wild | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 130,353 | percentage = 48.54% | change = +10.52% }} {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Marty Nothstein|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=129,594|percentage=48.26%|change=-10.13%}} {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Tim Silfies|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|votes=8,579|percentage=3.19%|change=-0.40%}} {{Election box total | votes = 268,526 | percentage = 100.0% | change = N/A }} {{Election box gain with party link no swing | winner = Democratic Party (United States) | loser = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title=Democratic primary results (2020)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Susan Wild |votes = 76,878 |percentage = 100 }}
{{Election box total no change | votes = 76,878 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, 2020 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Susan Wild | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 195,713 | percentage = 51.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Lisa Scheller | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 181,569 | percentage = 48.1 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 377,282 | percentage = 100.0 }}
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{{Election box begin no change | title = Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, 2022 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Susan Wild | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 151,364 | percentage = 51.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Lisa Scheller | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 145,527 | percentage = 49.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 296,891 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, 2024 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Ryan Mackenzie | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 203,688 | percentage = 50.5% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Susan Wild | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 199,626 | percentage = 49.5% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 403,314 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link no swing | winner = Republican Party (United States) | loser = Democratic Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
== Personal life == Wild married Russell Wild in 1981. They divorced in 2003 after 22 years of marriage. They have two adult children. Following her divorce, Wild reunited with Kerry Acker, who remained her life partner until his death by suicide on May 25, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/politics/susan-wild-partner-death-suicide/index.html|title=Rep. Susan Wild reveals partner's recent death was suicide | CNN Politics|author=Kate Sullivan|date=June 27, 2019|website=CNN}}</ref> She lives in South Whitehall Township, located west of Allentown.<ref name=fivethings/>
==See also== *List of Jewish members of the United States Congress *Women in the United States House of Representatives
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://wild.house.gov/ Congresswoman Susan Wild] official U.S. House website * [https://wildforcongress.com/ Susan Wild for Congress] official campaign website {{CongLinks|congbio=W000826|congress=susan-wild/W000826|votesmart=178895|fec=H8PA15229}} *{{C-SPAN|116334}}
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