Kathy Ellen Manning (born December 3, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who represented the North Carolina's 6th congressional district from 2021 to 2025.

A member of the Democratic Party, her district was in the heart of the Piedmont Triad area, including Greensboro and High Point, as well as parts of Forsyth, Rockingham, and Caswell Counties.

[10] In 2018, Manning ran against Republican incumbent Ted Budd for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina's 13th congressional district.

[20] Manning has stated health care is one of her driving issues, motivated by the "labyrinthine process of getting insurance" to cover her daughter's medication for a chronic illness.

As of January 2024, Manning had voted with President Joe Biden's stated positions 84.9% of the time in the 118th Congress, according to an ABC News analysis.

She was among the last people to be rescued from the gallery and had to remain with other congressional members in a secure location for close to five hours before returning to the House Chamber to vote to certify the election of President Biden.

[26] She first introduced this legislation in the 117th Congress in response to Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned the 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade protecting abortion rights.

[28] Manning re-introduced the Right to Contraception Act while in the minority in the 118th Congress, and on June 4, 2024, she filed[29] a discharge petition on the bill in an attempt to bring it to the House Floor for a vote.

On September 9, 2024, the Securing Global Telecommunications Act, legislation introduced by Manning and Republican Congresswoman Young Kim from California passed the House of Representatives by voice vote.

Manning was one of the original co-sponsors of The Dignity Act, a bipartisan bill introduced at the beginning of the 118th Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform, including measures to secure the border and expedite asylum determinations, create a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, and increase visas for legal immigration to enhance the workforce.

[34] In 2022, Manning took over as lead Democrat on the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, succeeding[40] Former Congressman Ted Deutch from Florida.