Jimmy Panetta

Panetta graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.ksbw.com/article/rep-sam-farr-endorses-jimmy-panetta-for-congress/1296727|title=Rep. Sam Farr endorses Jimmy Panetta for Congress|first=Amy|last=Larson|date=March 17, 2016|publisher=KSBW-TV|access-date=November 1, 2016}} He then attended Monterey Peninsula College and the University of California, Davis, graduating with a bachelor's degree in international relations. He then interned at the United States Department of State. Panetta received his J.D. degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. He joined the United States Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer and completed a tour of duty in the War in Afghanistan in 2007 while attached to Joint Special Operations Command, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/jimmy-panetta-takes-hard-line-military-spendin|title=Jimmy Panetta Takes a Hard Line on Military Spending|first1=Tom|last1=Curry|date=March 24, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2019|via=www.rollcall.com}} Panetta worked in the Alameda County, California, prosecutor's office and as a deputy district attorney for the District Attorney's office of Monterey County, California.

{{see also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 20}}

After incumbent U.S. Representative Sam Farr announced in November 2015 that he would not seek reelection, Panetta announced his candidacy to succeed Farr in the 2016 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20151117/NEWS/151119832|title=Election 2016: Jimmy Panetta launches his campaign for Congress|work=Monterey Herald|access-date=November 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20151117/NEWS/151119738|title=Election 2016: Jimmy Panetta launches campaign for Congress|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|first=James|last=Herrera|date=November 17, 2015|access-date=November 1, 2016}} His father had represented the district from 1977 to 1993.

Panetta defeated Republican Casey Lucius in the November general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrat-jimmy-panetta-wins-house-seat-californias-20th-district|title=New Member: Democrat Jimmy Panetta Elected in California's 20th District: Son of former Defense secretary Leon E. Panetta is heading to Congress|work=Roll Call|date=November 9, 2016|first=Niels|last=Lesniewski|access-date=November 10, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003142422/http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrat-jimmy-panetta-wins-house-seat-californias-20th-district|url-status=dead}} Democrats, in the persons of the Panettas and Farr, have held the seat and its predecessors without interruption since 1977. It is one of California's most Democratic districts outside Los Angeles and the Bay Area; Republicans have only garnered as much as 40% of the vote twice since 1977.

{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 20}}

Panetta was reelected, defeating an independent challenger with 81.4% of the vote.{{cite web|title=2018 California primary election results|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf|access-date=10 June 2019}}{{cite web|title=2018 California general election results|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf|access-date=10 June 2019}}

{{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 20}}

Panetta was reelected to a third term, defeating Republican challenger Jeff Gorman, a financial adviser,{{cite web |last1=Szydlowski |first1=Joe |title=Watsonville man challenges Central Coast congressman Jimmy Panetta in primary election |url=https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2019/10/15/watsonville-man-challenges-central-coast-congressman-jimmy-panetta-salinas-monterey-house-election/3988425002/ |website=The Californian |access-date=November 30, 2019 |date=October 15, 2019}} with 76.8% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-primary/complete-sov.pdf|title=STATEMENT OF VOTE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 3, 2020|access-date=2020-05-03|publisher=California Secretary of State Alex Padilla|archive-date=May 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517221055/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-primary/complete-sov.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=November 3, 2020, General Election - United States Representative|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/24-us-reps.pdf|website=California Secretary of State |access-date=December 22, 2020}}

Panetta was sworn into office on January 3, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20170103/NEWS/170109931|title=Freshman Congressman Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, sworn into office amid House ethics plan reversal|first=James|last=Herrera|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|date=January 3, 2017|access-date=January 26, 2017}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}} House Democrats selected him to be a regional whip for Northern California, the Central Coast, Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Islands.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-new-offices-20161205-story.html|title=This congressman will sleep in his office, and other tales from the incoming California freshmen|first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=December 13, 2016}}

Twice, in 2018 and in 2019, Panetta introduced a bill commonly stylized as the KITTEN Act, a legislative proposal to curtail certain types of animal testing.{{Cite web|date=2019-01-08|title=Rep. Jimmy Panetta honored for leadership in ending 'USDA kitten lab'|url=https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/01/08/rep-jimmy-panetta-honored-for-leadership-in-ending-usda-kitten-lab|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Monterey Herald|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Paws off these cats: Bill seeks to stop gov't 'slaughter' of kittens|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/paws-these-cats-bill-seeks-stop-gov-t-slaughter-kittens-n980321|access-date=2021-03-04|website=NBC News|date=March 7, 2019 |language=en}}

As of October 2021, Panetta had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/jimmy-panetta/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170130/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/jimmy-panetta/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2021|access-date=29 October 2021 |language=en |date=2021-10-22}}

In February 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Panetta signed a letter advocating for President Biden to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-21-2023/dems-join-f-16-call/ |title=Seven more lawmakers — including six Democrats — have signed on to a letter pushing Joe Biden to send F-16 jets to Ukraine. |author= |date=February 21, 2023 |website=Politico |publisher= |access-date=February 24, 2023 |quote=}}

During May 2024, Panetta joined a bipartisan House delegation that traveled to Taiwan to signal support for the newly elected pro-Taiwanese independence government in the aftermath of Chinese military exercises that simulated a blockade of Taiwan.{{Cite news |last=Ball |first=Molly |title=U.S. Lawmakers Meet With New Taiwan President Amid Tensions With China |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/china/u-s-lawmakers-meet-with-new-taiwan-president-amid-tensions-with-china-8417497f?mod=hp_lead_pos11 |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}}

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Jimmy Panetta |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000613 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=25 April 2023}}

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• Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
• Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
• Committee on the Budget
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As of 2020, Panetta has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and a F rating from the Susan B. Anthony List for his abortion-related voting history.{{cite web |title=Congressional Record |url=https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/laws-policy/congressional-record/#2020 |website=NARAL Pro-Choice America |access-date=27 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=Jimmy Panetta |url=https://sbaprolife.org/representative/jimmy-panetta |website=SBA Pro-Life America |access-date=27 June 2022}} He opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade.{{cite web |last1=Panetta |first1=Jimmy |title=Overturning Roe revokes the right to choose that women have relied on for 50 years. A majority of Americans support this right and are against this decision. The House passed the Women's Health Protection Act, but now all of us must fight to make our voices heard in November. |url=https://twitter.com/RepJimmyPanetta/status/1540362490458112001 |website=Twitter |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}

In 2022, Panetta was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/29/house-passes-antitrust-bill-raising-ma-fees.html | title=House passes antitrust bill that hikes M&A fees as larger efforts targeting tech have stalled | website=CNBC | date=September 29, 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2022/h460 | title=H.R. 3843: Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 -- House Vote #460 -- Sep 29, 2022 }}

Panetta is the youngest of the three sons of Leon Panetta, the former United States Secretary of Defense.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/07/30/jimmy-panetta-following-in-father-leons-footsteps/|title=Jimmy Panetta following in father Leon's footsteps|work=San Jose Mercury News|first=Virginia|last=Hennessey|date=July 30, 2013|access-date=November 1, 2016}} His wife, Carrie, is a judge on the Monterey County Superior Court. They have two daughters.{{cite web|url=http://www.montereyherald.com/article/ZZ/20130829/NEWS/130827849|title=Carrie Panetta appointed to Monterey superior court bench|work=Monterey Herald|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=November 1, 2016}}

• {{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Ukraine
• Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2024) – Awarded by Ukrainian Parliament; presented by Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.Congressman Jimmy Panetta (2024) receives Ukraine Parliament Medal. In: Dr R Don Green, PhD (23 JAN 2025). About the Ukraine Parliament Medal: awarded to Foreign Citizens “For services to Ukraine.” Archived in the Military Academy – Allied Defence Group, private Knights Univ. (Ko’G).[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ukrainian-parliament-awards-us-bipartisan-delegations-in-kyiv-302254471.html Ukrainian Parliament Awards US Bipartisan Delegation]. Link still valid, January 23, 2025.

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