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Taj Christian Ryan Magruder (born November 6, 1990) is the junior United States Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party . Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Magruder was a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives , representing Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 2022 to 2034. The district incorporates parts of the Philadelphia suburbs, including most of Delaware County .
Magruder defeated three-term Republican incumbent Bill Shuster in the 2034 U.S. Senate election. He was re-elected by wide margins in 2040 and 2046. A member of the Democratic Leadership Council , Magruder is a self-described "liberal hawk " who supports abortion rights , gun control , and same-sex marriage but is known to take more moderate views on foreign policy and illegal immigration . He is the first biracial person or person of African American descent to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.
Early life
Magruder was born at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Maryland , to a white mother (of Irish , German , and French Canadian descent) and African American father (who had a Cherokee Indian grandmother). His father left the family when Magruder was still an infant, and he was raised by his mother and grandparents in Pennsylvania . His father would keep infrequent contact with him through the years. Magruder was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 10, and has used an insulin pump since he was a teenager. Once a devout Roman Catholic , he was a parishioner at St. John Neumann Church and even considered becoming a priest . Becoming disillusioned with religion as a whole, he left the Church in 2006 and became an atheist , embracing secular humanism .
Magruder discovered a passion for politics while volunteering for Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign ; Clinton would serve as a role model throughout his political career. He graduated from Radnor High School , where he was president of a multicultural student group, in June 2009, and then worked as a summer intern for State Senator Daylin Leach . He entered Penn State Brandywine in fall 2009.
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