Jared Huffman

Huffman was born in Independence, Missouri.{{cite news |author=Jim Wood |url=http://www.marinmagazine.com/Marin-Magazine/March-2009/Jared-Huffman/ |work=Marin Magazine |title=Jared Huffman |date=March 2009 |access-date=March 10, 2013}} He graduated from William Chrisman High School in 1982 and in 1986 received his Bachelor of Arts in political science magna cum laude from University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.{{Cite web |url=https://rollcall.com/members/45186/ |title=Jared Huffman |website=Roll Call |accessdate=April 29, 2022}}{{Cite magazine |last=Thurlow |first=George |date=Winter 2018 |title=The Three Gauchos on the Hill |url=https://www.alumni.ucsb.edu/coastlines/winter-2018/the-three-gauchos-on-the-hill |magazine=Coastlines |accessdate=April 29, 2022}} At UCSB, Huffman was a three-time All-American volleyball player. He was a member of the USA Volleyball Team in 1987 when the team was top-ranked worldwide and had recently won the World Championship. He graduated cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990, and then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area.{{Cite web|title = Full Biography|url=https://huffman.house.gov/about/full-biography|publisher = Congressman Jared Huffman|access-date = December 11, 2015|archive-date = December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221224829/https://huffman.house.gov/about/full-biography|url-status = dead}}

Huffman worked as a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases. Among his court victories was a case on behalf of the National Organization for Women, which required all California State University campuses to comply with Title IX.{{Cite web|title = Board Members|url=http://www.cvfpb.ca.gov/members/bio-AssemblyJaredHuffman.cfm|publisher=Central Valley Flood Protection Board |access-date = December 11, 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082230/http://www.cvfpb.ca.gov/members/bio-AssemblyJaredHuffman.cfm|archive-date = December 22, 2015|df = mdy-all}} Huffman was a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. In 1994, he was elected to the Marin Municipal Water District. He served on the board for 12 years, including three terms as its president.

Huffman won the Democratic nomination for the 6th district, an open seat after incumbent Joe Nation was termed out, in a hotly contested June 2006 primary in which he surprised the political establishment with a victory over Pamela Torliatt, a Petaluma city councilwoman, and Cynthia Murray, a Marin County Supervisor who was initially considered the front-runner. Huffman also defeated Assistant State Attorney General Damon Connolly, Marin County Democratic chairman John Alden, and sociologist Alex Easton-Brown.

Huffman defeated Republican nominee Michael Hartnett by a more than 2:1 margin in the 2006 general election.

Huffman faced two opponents in the 2008 general election: Republican Paul Lavery and Libertarian Timothy Hannan. He won 70% of the vote, and the 137,873 votes he received were among the most by any California Assembly candidate in 2008. In the Democratic primary, Huffman was unopposed and received 57,213 votes—the most of any California Assemblymember in that election.

In the June 2010 California primary, Huffman defeated{{cite news |author=Richard Halstead |title=Huffman leads comfortably in early returns |url=http://www.marinij.com/ci_15256613 |newspaper=Marin Independent Journal |date=June 8, 2010 |access-date=March 10, 2013 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404174140/http://www.marinij.com/ci_15256613 |url-status=dead }} Patrick Connally.[http://www.sonomanews.com/news/article_b7a29aee-6f80-11df-9634-001cc4c002e0.html Huffman faces challenger in Democratic race] Sonoma Index-Tribune (June 3, 2010) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606084455/http://www.sonomanews.com/news/article_b7a29aee-6f80-11df-9634-001cc4c002e0.html |date=June 6, 2010 }} He defeated Republican nominee Robert Stephens in the general election with more than 70% of the vote—the highest winning margin of any candidate on the ballot in the North Bay that year. Due to term limits, Huffman could not seek a fourth Assembly term in 2012.

In his first four years as a legislator, Huffman authored and passed more than 40 pieces of legislation.{{Cite web|url=http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a06/leg.aspx|title=California State Assemblymember Jared Huffman - 6th Assembly District|date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704140149/http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a06/leg.aspx|archive-date=July 4, 2008}} In 2008, he sponsored a bill (AB 2950), which he wrote with internet attorney Daniel Balsam, that aimed to close what its proponents characterized as loopholes in the CAN-SPAM Act that made it more difficult to bring lawsuits against deceptive spammers.{{cite news |author=Deborah Gage |date=April 18, 2008 |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Bill-toughening-anti-spam-law-in-works-3218712.php |title=Bill toughening anti-spam law in works |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=March 10, 2013}} The bill passed the State Assembly and Senate, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it.{{cite news |author=Nancy Isles Nation |date=August 18, 2008 |url=http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_10239134?source=rss |title=Huffman's anti-spam bill passes |newspaper=Marin Independent Journal |access-date=March 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606214428/http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_10239134?source=rss |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |author=Shane Goldmacher |date=October 1, 2008 |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2008/10/billwatch-actio.html |title=BillWatch: Action on the final bills |publisher=The Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert blog |access-date=March 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225001711/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2008/10/billwatch-actio.html |archive-date=February 25, 2013 }} On February 14, 2011, Huffman co-sponsored a bill with Paul Fong, California Assembly Bill 376, to make it illegal to possess, distribute, or sell shark fins, except for research or commercial purposes.{{cite web |url=http://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB376/id/168279 |title=Bill Text: CA AB376 #124; 2011-2102 | Regular Session | Introduced | publisher=legiscan.com |access-date=March 10, 2013}}

Upon his swearing-in on December 4, 2006, Assembly speaker Fabian Núñez named Huffman chair of the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. In August 2008, the new Assembly speaker, Karen Bass, named Huffman to chair the Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee.

File:Jared Huffman, Official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg

{{Main|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 2}}

After 20-year incumbent Lynn Woolsey announced her retirement, Huffman entered the race to run for her seat in the 2nd district, which had been renumbered from the 6th in redistricting.{{cite web|url=http://www.jaredhuffman.com/pressroom |title=Campaign News and Updates |access-date=February 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102064154/http://jaredhuffman.com/pressroom |archive-date=January 2, 2014 }} California's 2nd congressional district now covers six counties: Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Trinity, Humboldt, and Del Norte.

Huffman finished first in the top-two primary, with 37% of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=729483 |title=CA - District 02 - Open Primary |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=July 13, 2013 |access-date=March 10, 2013}} In November, he defeated Republican candidate Dan Roberts 71%–29%.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=768475 |title=CA - District 02 |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2013}}{{cite news |last=Halstead |first=Richard |title=Assemblyman Jared Huffman easily defeats Roberts |url=http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_21943933?source=pkg |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128081450/http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_21943933?source=pkg |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |newspaper=Marin Independent Journal |access-date=December 4, 2012}}

{{Main|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 2}}

In his first reelection campaign, Huffman dominated the open primary, receiving 67.9% of the vote against 22.3% for second-place finisher Dale Mensing, a Republican. He defeated Mensing in the general election, 75% to 25%.{{cite web|title=General Election - Statement of Vote - November 4, 2014|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/43-congress.pdf|publisher=California Secretary of State|access-date=November 10, 2016}}

{{Main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 2}}

Huffman defeated Mensing again, receiving 68.3% of the primary vote to Mensing's 15.7% and 76.5% of the general election vote to Mensing's 23.5%.{{cite news|last1=Kovner|first1=Guy|title=Mike Thompson, Jared Huffman easily win re-election to Congress|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6259710-181/thompson-huffman-heading-for-re-election?artslide=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110235157/http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6259710-181/thompson-huffman-heading-for-re-election?artslide=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2016|newspaper=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|date=November 8, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2016}}

{{Main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 2}}

Huffman defeated Mensing a third time, with 72.5% of the primary vote to Mensing's 20.9%{{Cite web|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf|title=2018 Statement of Vote - June 5, 2018|website=California Secretary of State|access-date=September 5, 2018}} and 77.0% of the vote in the general election.{{cite news |last1=Almukhtar |display-authors=etal |first1=Sarah |title=California Election Results: Second House District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/california-house-district-2 |website=Election 2018 |date=January 28, 2019 |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=April 6, 2019}}

{{Main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 2}}

Huffman defeated Mensing a fourth time, with 67.7% of the primary vote to Mensing's 18.9% and 75.7% of the general election vote.{{cite news |title=California Election Results: Second Congressional District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-california-house-district-2.html |access-date=December 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 2020}}

In April 2018, Huffman, Jerry McNerney, Jamie Raskin, and Dan Kildee launched the Congressional Freethought Caucus. Its stated goals include "pushing public policy formed on the basis of reason, science, and moral values"; promoting the "separation of church and state"; and opposing discrimination against "atheists, agnostics, humanists, seekers, religious and non-religious persons", among others. Huffman and Raskin are co-chairs.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/385573-dem-reps-launch-congressional-freethought-caucus/|title=Dem lawmakers launch 'Freethought' congressional caucus|last1=Manchester|first1=Julia|newspaper=The Hill|access-date=April 30, 2018}}

In the aftermath of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops's vote to draft a document regarding Catholic politicians' worthiness to receive Communion, Huffman accused the Church of "weaponizing" its religion, and suggested that it should lose its tax-exempt status.{{Cite web|title=California Democrat suggests Catholic church should be stripped of tax-exempt status if it denies Biden communion|website=Independent.co.uk|date=June 23, 2021 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jared-huffman-church-tax-exempt-democrats-b1871591.html}}

Huffman voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}

On July 19, 2024, Huffman called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.{{cite web |title=Rep. Mark Pocan calls on Biden to drop out, saying concerns are 'jeopardizing' Dem chances |url=https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/19/rep-mark-pocan-calls-on-biden-to-drop-out-of-race-against-trump/74467465007/ |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=19 July 2024}}

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Jared Huffman |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/H001068 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=13 April 2023}}

• Committee on Natural Resources
• Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
• Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Ranking Member)
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
• Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
• Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
• Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

• Congressional Arts Caucus{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}
• Congressional Freethought Caucus (Co-Chair)
• Congressional Progressive Caucus{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|access-date=January 30, 2018}}
• Medicare for All Caucus
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}
• Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=18 March 2025}}

Huffman opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it "sad, outrageous" and saying, "it's going to be tragic for millions of women in this country."{{cite web |last1=Huffman |first1=Jared |title=This decision by the radical SCOTUS goes against the will of the people and has hurled the U.S. down a terrifying path of stripping away fundamental freedoms. We cannot accept a world where our future generations have fewer rights than those that came before them. |url=https://twitter.com/RepHuffman/status/1540371827201122305 |website=Twitter |access-date=June 26, 2022 |language=en |date=June 24, 2022}} He described the U.S. Supreme Court as "extreme, out of touch" and "right-wing".{{cite web |title=Rep. Huffman Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization {{!}} U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman |url=https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-huffman-statement-on-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization |website=Jared Huffman |access-date=June 26, 2022 |language=en |date=June 24, 2022}}

Huffman was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=The Hill}}

On November 2, 2023, after Hamas-led attack on Israel four weeks earlier, killing about 1,200 people and taking hundreds of hostages, Huffman joined only 22 other Congressmembers in voting against H. Res. 798, a House resolution that condemned the support of Hamas and Hezbollah on university campuses and which passed with the bipartisan support of 213 Republicans and 183 Democrats.{{cite news |title=Huffman disavows vote on campus Israel critics after uproar|url=https://www.marinij.com/2023/11/06/huffman-disavows-vote-on-hamas-support-after-uproar|newspaper=Marin Independent Journal|date=November 6, 2023 |access-date=November 14, 2023}} After receiving swift criticism from Jewish American groups and other constituents, several days later Huffman disavowed his vote and issued a public apology.{{cite news |title=Rep. Jared Huffman backtracks on vote concerning campus antisemitism|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/rep-jared-huffman-backtracks-on-vote-concerning-campus-antisemitism|newspaper=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|date=November 6, 2023 |access-date=November 14, 2023}}

On June 11, 2024, Huffman unveiled The Stop Project 2025 Task Force, led by a group of House Democrats, to combat the right-wing Project 2025 policy proposals for a radically reshaped U.S. federal government should a Republican president be elected in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, which was authored by the the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.{{cite news |last1 = Mascaro |first1 = Lisa |title = House Democrats step up to try to stop Project 2025 plans for a Trump White House |newspaper = |publisher = Associated Press |location = Washington |date = June 11, 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/project-2025-trump-biden-election-congress-6899a1167a4522b1c8be371f7abe7ee9 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613152051/https://apnews.com/article/project-2025-trump-biden-election-congress-6899a1167a4522b1c8be371f7abe7ee9 | archive-date = June 13, 2024 |url-status = live |access-date = June 14, 2024}}{{cite news |last1 = Smith |first1 = David |title = Trump's Project 2025 plot would take 'wrecking ball' to US institutions, key Democrat warns |newspaper = The Guardian |location = Washington |date = June 11, 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/11/trump-project-2025-wrecking-ball | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613203855/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/11/trump-project-2025-wrecking-ball | archive-date = June 13, 2024 |url-status = live |access-date = June 14, 2024}}

Huffman warned that the Project 2025 agenda would hit "like a blitzkrieg" (a "lightning war") and that lawmakers would need to be prepared to tackle it well in advance. "If we're trying to react to it and understand it in real time, it's too late," he stated. He described Project 2025 as "a wrecking ball against everything that most of us hold dear about our country and our democracy," adding "that's the biggest challenge we face ... How do you explain that this really is what they're going to do without overwhelming people?"

Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America – a bill that would "amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require state programs for regulation of surface coal mining to incorporate the necessary rule concerning excess spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams published by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on December 12, 2008."{{cite web|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2824|title=H.R. 2824 - Summary|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=February 28, 2014}} Huffman opposed the bill, arguing that it should be opposed because the supporters "believe coal companies should be allowed to blow the tops off mountains and dump the waste into streams, no matter what the science says about the consequence for our environment and the public health."{{cite news|url=http://ecowatch.com/2013/08/08/republicans-fight-for-mountaintop-removal-coal-mining/|title=House Republicans Use Fear Mongering In Fight for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining|last=Beans|first=Laura|date=August 8, 2013|newspaper=EcoWatch|access-date=March 5, 2014}}

Water Rights Protection Act – a bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States to use public lands.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44956|title=H.R. 3189 - CBO|date=December 9, 2013 |publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=March 11, 2014}} The bill was a reaction to the United States Forest Service's decision to pursue a "new regulation to demand that water rights be transferred to the federal government as a condition for obtaining permits needed to operate 121 ski resorts that cross over federal lands."{{cite news|url=http://thecoloradoobserver.com/2013/10/tipton-bill-seeks-to-stop-feds-from-trampling-water-rights/|title=Tipton Bill Seeks to Stop Feds from Trampling Water Rights|last=Hudson|first=Audrey|date=October 11, 2013|newspaper=The Colorado Observer|access-date=March 12, 2014}} Huffman opposed the bill and accused the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power of being unnecessarily "adversarial" and having "unfairly vilified" the Forest Service after a committee hearing about the bill.

Huffman lives in San Rafael with his wife, Susan, and their two children.{{cite web |url=http://www.jaredhuffman.com/about/ |title=Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) |publisher=jaredhuffman.com |access-date=March 10, 2013}} His hobby is winemaking.{{cite book |title=2014 Almanac of American Politics |last2=Barone |first2=Chuck |last1=McCutcheon|first1=Michael |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year= 2013}}

In a 2017 interview with The Washington Post{{'}}s Michelle Boorstein, Huffman identified as a humanist and said "I suppose you could say I don't believe in God." Previously in his career, he had declined to discuss his religious beliefs or apply any label when asked.{{cite news |author=Michelle Boorstein |date=November 9, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/11/09/this-lawmaker-is-skeptical-that-god-exists-now-hes-finally-decided-to-tell-people/ |title=This lawmaker isn't sure that God exists. Now, he's finally decided to tell people. |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 11, 2017}} Huffman is the only elected member of the U.S. House who openly describes himself as religiously unaffiliated and a secular humanist. Huffman is also the only member of Congress who openly rejects the existence of God.{{Cite web |last=Nadeem |first=Reem |date=2023-01-03 |title=Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}} He has also stated that he doesn't believe in life after death. {{Cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=2019-08-03 |title='I prefer non-religious': why so few US politicians come out as atheists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/03/athiesm-us-politics-2020-election-religious-beliefs |access-date=2025-01-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

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! rowspan=2 | Year

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Office

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party

! colspan=3 | Primary

! colspan=3 | General

! rowspan=2 | Result

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Swing

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! Total

! %

! {{abbr|P|Position}}.

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! %

! {{abbr|P|Position}}.

|-

| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2006

| rowspan=3 | State Assembly

| rowspan=3 | 6th

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 22,544

| 32.47%

| 1st

| 106,589

| 65.84%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-primary/2006_sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2006 |page=52 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127022509/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-primary/2006_sov.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-general/complete_sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2006 |page=48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316031933/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-general/complete_sov.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

|-

| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2008

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 57,213

| 100.0%

| 1st

| 145,142

| 69.45%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-statewide-direct-primary/complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2008 |page=49 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623201335/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-statewide-direct-primary/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2008 |page=41 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127015604/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2010

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 53,534

| 81.77%

| 1st

| 119,753

| 70.45%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-primary/pdf/2010-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2010 |page=102 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417174120/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-primary/pdf/2010-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2010 |page=74 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521023559/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2012

| rowspan=7 | U.S. House

| rowspan=7 | 2nd

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 63,922

| 37.47%

| 1st

| 226,216

| 71.24%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-primary/pdf/2012-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2012 |page=82 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521023610/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-primary/pdf/2012-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2012 |page=26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609022956/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2014

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 99,186

| 67.91%

| 1st

| 163,124

| 74.99%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-primary/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2014 |page=63 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309194444/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-primary/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2014 |page=43 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622143804/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=22 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

|-

| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2016

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 157,897

| 68.30%

| 1st

| 254,194

| 76.85%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/2016-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2016 |page=90 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608231412/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/2016-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/2016-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2016 |page=26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608231427/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/2016-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2018

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 144,005

| 72.48%

| 1st

| 243,081

| 77.01%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2018 |page=83 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326230909/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2018 |page=48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602044941/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

|-

| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2020

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 184,155

| 67.69%

| 1st

| 294,435

| 75.74%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-primary/sov/complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2020 |page=126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602044936/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-primary/sov/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2020 |page=24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602044928/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

|-

| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2022

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 145,245

| 68.73%

| 1st

| 229,720

| 74.40%

| 1st

| {{Yes2|Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-primary/sov/complete.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2022 |page=86 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602044924/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-primary/sov/complete.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/complete.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2022 |page=48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519044000/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/complete.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

|-

| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2024

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Democratic

| 170,271

| 73.45%

| 1st

| 272,883

| 71.9%

| 1st

|{{Yes2 | Won}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Hold

|Primary election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf |website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2024 |page=79 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618164043/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-primary/sov/complete-sov-updated.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024}}

General election:

• {{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf|website=sos.ca.gov |publication-place=Sacramento |publisher=Secretary of State of California |year=2024 |page=6 |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230021501/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |archive-date= December 30, 2024|access-date=January 4, 2025}}

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