Judith Hoyer is well known as the wife of American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland’s 5th congressional district since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019 Steny Hoyer.

Judy Hoyer and Steny married for a long time before her death in February 1997 from cancer.

Judy and Hoyer had three children; Anne, Susan, and Stefany.

However, Judy’s husband Steny Hamilton Hoyer is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland’s 5th congressional district since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 1981.

He is a two-time House majority leader, having previously served in the post from 2007 to 2011 under Speaker Pelosi.

During two periods of Republican House control (2003–2007 and 2011–2019), Hoyer served as House minority whip, both times under Minority Leader Pelosi.

Following the 2018 midterm elections in which the Democrats took control of the House, Hoyer was re-elected majority leader in January 2019 upon the opening of the 116th Congress; he remains the number two House Democrat behind Speaker Pelosi.