PERSON: Renee Ellmers

Duke University Health System

Clinical Nurse

Renee Louise Ellmers (born February 9, 1964) is an American registered nurse and politician who was the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2017. She is a member of the Republican Party. Ellmers defeated seven-term Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge in 2010 by 1,489 votes, confirmed after a recount. In the 2016 Republican primary, Ellmers was defeated by fellow U.S. Representative George Holding. She ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 election in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district, finishing fifth in the primary field.

Ellmers met her husband, Brent Ellmers, a surgeon, while working at Beaumont Hospital. After the birth of their son, the family moved to Dunn, North Carolina, where Ellmers and her husband ran a practice.

In October 2015, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was accused of having an affair with Ellmers. He had unexpectedly dropped out of the race for speaker of the House shortly before the allegations surfaced. Both McCarthy and Ellmers have denied the allegations.

Ellmers, a Roman Catholic, has said, “As a mom, Christian and nurse, my beliefs have deepened through experience... I am pro-family.”

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