Candidate · U.S. House, District 43
Maxine Waters
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 (in Congress since 1991)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
Background
- Born in 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from California State University, Los Angeles (then Los Angeles State College) in 1971. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served in the California State Assembly from 1976 to 1990. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Has served in the U.S. House since January 1991. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2019 to 2023 and has been its ranking member since 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Placed first in the June 2026 primary; faces Republican Cristian Morales in November. source: nbclosangeles.com
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