Candidate · U.S. House, District 27
George Whitesides
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, California District 27 (since 2025)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative/Father
Background
- Earned a bachelor's in public and international affairs from Princeton University (1996) and a master's in remote sensing and GIS from the University of Cambridge (2000). source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as NASA chief of staff during the Obama administration. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as CEO of Virgin Galactic. source: ballotpedia.org
- Co-founded Megafire Action, a wildfire response organization, and co-chaired the Antelope Valley Covid-19 Task Force. source: ballotpedia.org
- Elected to the U.S. House in 2024; in office since January 3, 2025. source: ballotpedia.org
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