Jimmy Panetta
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 19 (since 2023; in the U.S. House since 2017)
- Occupation
- United States Representative
Background
- Earned an A.A. from Monterey Peninsula College (1989), a B.A. in international relations from the University of California (1991), and a J.D. from Santa Clara University (1996). source: ballotpedia.org
- Served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, 2003-2011. source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County and Monterey County. source: ballotpedia.org
- Represented California District 20 in the U.S. House, 2017-2023. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Bring back the first-time homebuyers tax credit and raise it to $15,000 source: ksby.com
- No ICE funding without "common-sense protocol and procedural changes" source: ksby.com
- "I represent everybody in the congressional district." source: ksby.com
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