Rep. Enid Greene

While Enid Greene's one term began brightly — she became the only freshman appointed to the supremely powerful House Rules Committee — it ended in scandal. Her now-ex-husband, Joe Waldholtz, was shown to have faked being a millionaire, and he would be convicted of fraud, in part for pumping money he embezzled into her campaign.

She chose not to seek re-election as her life and marriage fell apart under intense national media scrutiny. She says that while life after Congress was initially difficult, over time it has become very good for her.

"I did some legal work for about a year, and then I discovered that my dad had Alzheimer's," she says. Then, until her father died, she worked largely at home running a family foundation — and spent time helping her parents and raising her daughter.

Greene, now 47, says it was satisfying to use the family foundation "to give a little money to groups whose work had impressed me when I was in Congress."

Now she sits on several corporate boards and has become a broadcaster. She had her own daily radio show for a year on AM 820 and does a show once a week on KSL. "I also fill in once in a while for Doug Wright," she says. She also is a regular of the "Vanocur Group" political talk show on KTVX.

Reviving her political career a bit, she has become co-chairman of the Utah Republican Party. She ran unsuccessfully in 2004 for lieutenant governor (as the running mate of Nolan Karras).

About Congress, she says, "The work was incredible, fascinating, exhilarating and frustrating all at the same time. I have missed the opportunity to work on issues."

She adds, "I don't miss having the media so thoroughly interested in my life. ... I've had ups and downs like everybody does. The downs, unfortunately, were quite public because of the office I held when my marriage imploded."

She adds, "It was an honor to serve, if only for one term."