Gephardt worked on her father's political campaigns as a child in
St. Louis, Missouri. She later became a social worker In her practice as a social worker, she helped abused and mentally ill women in
Washington, D.C. She married Marc Alan Leibole in 1997, a man she later called "my best friend", according to the
Los Angeles Times. In the early 2000s, she attended
Washington University, where she met Amy Loder. She first came to public attention when
NBC announced that she was gay. She had been married to Marc Alan Leibole In 2003, Gephardt quit her job as a social worker to campaign for her father full-time.
Out magazine called her inclusion "a sea change in presidential campaigns: Not only are gay family members no longer considered a potential liability (see
Mary Cheney), we are in fact a coveted constituency worth fighting for." In 2004, she helped start up chapters of the
Stonewall Democrats in Washington, D.C. She is an activist. Gephardt was raised in a Catholic household. She identifies as a
Christian. == Appearances ==