Candidate · U.S. House, District 39
Mark Takano
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 39 (in Congress since 2013)
- Occupation
- U.S. Congressman
Background
- Has served in the U.S. House since 2013 (District 41 until 2023, then District 39). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee since 2023; chaired it 2019-2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Taught British literature in public schools for 23 years. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected to the Riverside Community College Board of Trustees in 1990. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Holds a B.A. in government from Harvard (1983) and an MFA from UC Riverside (2010). source: en.wikipedia.org
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