Kimberly Merle Schrier (/ˈʃraɪər/ SHRIRE; born August 23, 1968)[1][2] is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019.

Schrier was born and raised in Los Angeles, California,[2] where she graduated from Palisades Charter High School.

[4] Schrier's professional career as a pediatrician began in Ashland, Oregon, where she worked for one year before joining Virginia Mason Medical Center in Issaquah, Washington in 2001.

In 2017, Schrier was dissatisfied with Congressman Dave Reichert's handling of the efforts to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and this, coupled with her frustration with the results of the 2016 elections, led to her decision to enter politics.

[5][6] Schrier announced her candidacy to represent Washington's 8th congressional district in August 2017, a year before the primary.

She had decided to run after the 2016 election, making the expansion of Medicare and the Affordable Care Act the centerpiece of her campaign.

She advanced from the top-two primary in first place[17] and faced the second-place finisher, Republican U.S. Army veteran and Amazon senior project manager Jesse Jensen.