Candidate · U.S. House, District 8
John Garamendi
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 8 (in Congress since 2009)
- Occupation
- Member of Congress
Background
- First elected to the U.S. House in a 2009 special election; serving an eighth term. source: garamendi.house.gov
- Served as Lieutenant Governor of California (elected 2007) and as California Insurance Commissioner (1991-1995 and 2003-2006). source: garamendi.house.gov
- Appointed Deputy Secretary of the Interior by President Clinton in 1995. source: garamendi.house.gov
- Elected to the California Legislature in 1974 and served four terms in the State Senate. source: garamendi.house.gov
- Served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968; earned a BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School. source: garamendi.house.gov
- Top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness; member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. source: garamendi.house.gov
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