Education
Schneider received her Bachelor from Brown University. An Master of Arts in international affairs from Columbia University. And a Juris Doctor and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Yale.
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She ran for United States Congress in Florida"s 13th congressional district in 2002 and 2004. She ran again for the open seat in the same district in 2006. She has been a practicing lawyer, a law professor, an international civil servant, a businesswoman and a policy adviser.
She is also the author of two books on international environmental law and numerous articles
Her campaign captured the largest portion of the vote of any congressional challenger in the state of Florida. Additionally, in 2004 her campaign was outspent in both the primary (at a roughly four-to-one ratio) and the general election (at a roughly ten-to-one ratio).
Schneider appeared on a Colbert Report special report on April 24, 2006. In the 2006 primary she faced Christine Jennings, a former bank president, whom Schneider beat in the 2004 primary, 47 percent to 38 percent in a four-way race.
Two years later, however, the party establishment backed Jennings.
In an independent poll run on October 1, Schneider was polling at 9%, with 14% of independents backing her candidacy and 41% of Hispanics supporting her.
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CQPolitics.com wrote that while Schneider had run game challenges to Harris as the Democratic nominee in 2002 and 2004 strongest appeal was to more liberal elements of the 13th District constituency, and many Democratic officials thought Jennings’ business background would make her a more viable general election contender." Jennings went on to defeat Schnieder 62 percent to 38 in the September 5 primary, but lost to Republican Vern Buchanan in the general election. January Schneider ran Number Party Affiliation in the Florida 13th congressional district in 2008.
