Sam Farr

Farr was born in San Francisco, the son of Janet Emerson (née Haskins) and Frederick Sharon "Fred" Farr. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was acting mayor of Los Angeles William Hartshorn Bonsall, and one of his paternal great-great-grandfathers was the brother of Nevada Senator William Sharon.http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/farr.htm {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}} He grew up in Carmel, where he still lives. His father was a California state senator from 1955 to 1967.[https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fred-Farr-2822337.php Fred Farr], SF Gate, June 12, 1997. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

He was educated at Willamette University, Santa Clara University and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Farr is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Willamette University.

Farr joined the Peace Corps in 1964 and served for two years as a volunteer in Colombia. He spent his time in a poor barrio near Medellin, teaching community development skills.[http://www.worldviewmagazine.com/issues/article.cfm?id=233&issue=50 "A Congressman finds a model for urban recovery"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130210033053/http://www.worldviewmagazine.com/issues/article.cfm?id=233&issue=50 |date=February 10, 2013 }}. "Worldview Magazine, Winter 2007.

While Farr was serving in Colombia, his mother died from cancer. Following her death, his father visited with Farr's sisters. While riding horses, his sister Nancy was thrown and hit her head. She died on the operating table in a Colombian hospital.{{Cite web|title=Sam Farr's Monterey County legacy|url=https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2017/01/31/sam-farr-congress-jeff-mitchell-public-service/97272472/|access-date=2020-06-20|website=The Salinas Californian|language=en}}

Since his Peace Corps service ended, Farr has visited Colombia often. He went there for his honeymoon and has returned several other times for both personal and official business. During a trip in 2007, Farr spoke before the Colombian Congress and was awarded the Orden del Congreso de Colombia.Colombian Senate [http://abc.senado.gov.co/prontus_senado/site/artic/20070828/pags/20070828184936.html "Sam Farr, congresista demócrata de E. U. recibe condecoración del Senado"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. "August 28, 2007."

Farr's public service career began in the California State Assembly, where he worked as a staffer on budget issues for a decade. In 1975, he ran for and won a seat on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors.

In 1980 he was elected to a seat in the Assembly, where he became a champion for the organics industry and wrote one of the country's strictest oil-spill liability laws. He served in the Assembly until his election to Congress in 1993. {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

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File:Representative Sam Farr's swearing in ceremony.jpg during his swearing in ceremony]]

Farr was elected to the House of Representatives in a 1993 special election. He succeeded Leon Panetta, who resigned to become President Bill Clinton's budget director. Farr defeated Republican Bill McCampbell with 52 percent of the vote, and then was elected to his first full term in 1994, defeating McCampbell again with 52 percent of the vote. Both contests were the closest in the district since Panetta claimed the seat for the Democrats in 1977, and to date are the only times since then that a Republican has crossed the 40 percent mark. The district quickly reverted to form, and Farr was re-elected ten more times with no substantive opposition, never dropping below 64 percent of the vote.

• Farr introduced the "Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act" ([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr21: H.R. 21] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009201431/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr21: |date=October 9, 2008 }}) in January 2007. The bill would consolidate national management of oceans, creating a system of regional governance; make the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the chief oceans agency; create an ocean advisor in the president's Cabinet; create regional and national ocean advisory committees; and create an Oceans and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund. It received a subcommittee markup in April 2008 and passed by a vote of 11–3.{{cite web |title=Ocean Champions Community Pushes for "OCEANS-21" Bill |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/06/idUS142606+06-Mar-2008+MW20080306 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913222636/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS142606+06-Mar-2008+MW20080306 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |date=6 March 2008}}
• Farr's "Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2008" ([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr1084: H.R. 1084] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220065420/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr1084: |date=December 20, 2014 }}) was approved by the House but stalled in the Senate. The bill would create capacity within the State Department to quickly deploy civilian expertise and coordinate the government response to crises abroad. President [George W. Bush] supported the program and approved initial creation of the group. Farr participated in a rollout of the group with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in July 2008.{{cite web |title=Remarks At the Civilian Response Corps Rollout |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/07/107083.htm |access-date=12 January 2023 |date=16 July 2008}}

File:Jack and Sam Farr.png]] Farr was active in several congressional caucuses, including the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, the Congressional Bike Caucus, the Congressional Organic Caucus, the International Conservation Caucus, and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.{{cite web |url=http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=39 |title=The Online Office of Congressman Farr - Congressman Farr's Caucuses |access-date=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730213151/http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=39 |archive-date=July 30, 2008 |df=mdy-all }} Congressman Farr's Caucuses

He served as co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida). Farr actively supported the travel industry, boosting membership in the caucus to more than 100 and hosting caucus events, including a June 2008 gathering of travel executives and congressional leaders--The Economic Roundtable: Travel's Significance to the U.S. Economy.{{cite web |url=http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php/travelcaucus |title=Home |access-date=2015-01-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228212554/http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php/travelcaucus |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.politickernv.com/jkcooper/1942/porter-farr-host-travel-and-tourism-economic-roundtable |title=PORTER, FARR HOST TRAVEL AND TOURISM ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE | Politicker NV |access-date=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005134551/http://www.politickernv.com/jkcooper/1942/porter-farr-host-travel-and-tourism-economic-roundtable |archive-date=October 5, 2008 |df=mdy-all }} "Porter, Farr Host Travel and Tourism Economic Roundtable."

Farr also was active as co-chair of the House Oceans Caucus, which he co-chaired with four other members. Each year the caucus helps sponsor Capitol Hill Oceans Week, known as CHOW, which draws hundreds of ocean experts from across the country. Farr also co-chaired the Congressional Organic Caucus and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.

Farr served on the [http://hdac.house.gov House Democracy Assistance Commission], a group established by the House and mandated to work with emerging democracies throughout the world. The group engages in "peer-to-peer cooperation to build technical expertise in partner legislatures that will enhance accountability, transparency, legislative independence, access to information, and government oversight."{{Cite web|url=http://hdp.house.gov/home|title=House Democracy Partnership (HDP)|website=House Democracy Partnership (HDP)}}

He also is the former chairman of the California Democratic congressional delegation, the largest state delegation in Congress.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}

• Committee on Appropriations
• Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)
• Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

• Farr was one of 31 House members who voted to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.{{cite web |title=Counting and Tabulation of the Electoral Vote by Congress - 2004 |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/EC-Tabulation.phtml |website=www.thegreenpapers.com |access-date=January 23, 2021}}
• He opposed the USA PATRIOT Act and is pro-choice. He received a 91% progressive rating by Progressive Punch, ranking him the 42nd most progressive member of congress.{{cite web|url=http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?search=selectName&member=CA17&chamber=Senate&zip=&x=22&y=10|title=Progressive Punch Rating|access-date=October 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005013355/http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?search=selectName&member=CA17&chamber=Senate&zip=&x=22&y=10|archive-date=October 5, 2008|df=mdy-all}}
• Farr took a leadership role for the House Democrats in opposing the Central American Free Trade Agreement because he did not think it had good environmental and worker protections.
• He voted against the invasion of Iraq and was actively against the Iraq War.
• Farr voted for the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
• He received a perfect 100% rating for the 110th, 111th, and 112th United States Congresses from the Human Rights Campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/112thCongressionalScorecard_2012.pdf|title=Human Rights Campaign Scorecard|access-date=October 21, 2012|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615000855/https://hrc.org/files/assets/resources/112thCongressionalScorecard_2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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• Farr is a proponent of ocean protection and conservation. In addition to H.R. 21, Farr introduced the Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/3639 H.R. 3639]) and the Clean Cruise Ship Act ([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr6434: H.R. 6434] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020034405/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr6434: |date=October 20, 2008 }}).
• He opposes opening new areas to offshore drilling, instead supporting the drilling of {{convert|68000000|acre|km2}} of federally owned land already under lease, including {{convert|33000000|acre|km2}} on the Outer Continental Shelf. Farr also supports ending subsidies to oil companies.http://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/NEWS01/807310304/1002 {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "Poll: Residents back oil drilling off state's coast," Salinas Californian"
• Farr has worked closely with Central Coast cities and the Army on the re-use of the former Fort Ord. He was integral in securing $29 million for the creation of California State University, Monterey Bay. He also played a role in making sure land on the former installation included significant amounts of affordable housing.
• He supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes a guest worker program for farm workers, allowing undocumented students to remain in the country (known as the DREAM Act), and deporting undocumented felons in U.S. jails.{{cite web |url=http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=418 |title=The Online Office of Congressman Farr - Immigration (Summer 2008 E-Newsletter) |access-date=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730214144/http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=418 |archive-date=July 30, 2008 |df=mdy-all }} Immigration (Summer 2008 E-Newsletter)

• Farr consistently opposed the war in Iraq. He voted against the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" that started the war. Farr cosponsored several bills including [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hres1329: H.Res. 1329] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020011310/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hres1329: |date=October 20, 2008 }}, which supported a timetable for troop withdrawal, and [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr5626: H.R. 5626] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020011444/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr5626: |date=October 20, 2008 }} and [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr4959: H.R 4959] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020011221/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr4959: |date=October 20, 2008 }}, which called for congressional approval for any long-term agreements with Iraq.[http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=411 Iraq and Iran (Summer 2008 E-Newsletter)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730214228/http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=411 |date=July 30, 2008 }}
• He was vocal in efforts to prevent military action against Iran, cosponsoring H. Con. Res 33, which would require congressional approval before any incursion into Iran, and [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr3119: H.R. 3119] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020011403/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:hr3119: |date=October 20, 2008 }}, a bill to prohibit the use of funds for military operations in Iran.
• Farr parlayed his experience in Colombia to become a congressional leader on Colombian affairs. He was an active supporter of rebalancing funds dedicated to Plan Colombia, the U.S. anti-drug effort, to include more support for economic redevelopment efforts. He hosted a wide range of Colombian political leaders in his Washington office including then-President Álvaro Uribe and former President Andrés Pastrana.

On February 26, 2008, at the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Farr said "the public image of (the ICE agents)" has become "not (a) compassionate law enforcement agency but essentially a Gestapo-type agency that is knocking down doors"{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_8434872?nclick_check=1|title=Salinas lawmaker attacked over Gestapo remark|date=March 3, 2008 |access-date=March 7, 2008}} when conducting raids on illegal immigrants. Julie Myers, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, responded to Farr's comments by saying, "We are not the Gestapo. The men and women of this agency have a very difficult job...and I think they do that with distinction and great honor.".{{cite web|url=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39368&dcn=todaysnews|title=House panel urges faster deportation of jailed illegal immigrants|access-date=February 26, 2008}} Farr replied that he knew and appreciated this, but reiterated that there is "there is a very ill will public opinion in the counties (he) represent(s), about ICE".

File:Congressman Sam Farr and Luci Baines Johnson.jpg at the Bixby Creek Bridge in 2015]]

On July 12, 2007, Farr joined 11 cosponsors of H.Res. 333, which laid out three articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. The bill maintained that the vice president purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States (1) by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and (2) about an alleged relationship between Iraq and Al-Qaeda in order to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests, and (3) that Cheney had openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States.

"Many residents in the Central Coast support the removal of Cheney from office, and I am proud to represent their values in Congress," Farr said in a brief statement.{{Cite web |url=http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_6355617?nclick_check=1 |title=MontereyHerald.com : - Farr signs resolution to impeach Cheney |access-date=July 21, 2007 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012105/http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_6355617?nclick_check=1 |url-status=dead }}

On July 30, 2007, Farr received the Senator David Pryor Special Achievement Award for his ongoing advocacy for communities with military bases presented by the Association of Defense Communities. The award is given to an individual who advocates for communities with active or closed military bases. "Communities with active or closed military bases face many special concerns, from land use to economic development to ordnance disposal," said Farr. "I have been lucky enough to assist in the transition efforts at Fort Ord, and that experience has helped me push those issues locally and nationwide." As vice-chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Farr successfully increased clean-up funds from $221 million to $271 million for military bases closed prior to 2005.

Farr is married to the former Shary Baldwin and has one daughter, Jessica. He is an Episcopalian.{{cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/11/113-congress-relig-affil.pdf|title=THE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OF EACH MEMBER OF CONGRESS |publisher=Pew Research Center}}

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|party = American Independent Party

|candidate = Jerome N. "Jerry" McCready

|votes = 293

|percentage = 0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = California Democratic Party

|candidate = Ed Frey

|votes = 257

|percentage = 0.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Peter James

|votes = 164

|percentage = 0.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = James Ogle

|votes = 120

|percentage = 0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = California Democratic Party

|candidate = Richard H. Kraus

|votes = 101

|percentage = 0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = California Democratic Party

|candidate = Art Dunn

|votes = 100

|percentage = 0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = California Democratic Party

|candidate = Jack Mitchener

|votes = 85

|percentage = 0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = W. Gene Humphrey (write-in)

|votes = 3

|percentage = 0.0

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 91,570

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

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{{Election box begin no change | title=17th Congressional District of California Special election (round 2), June 8, 1993[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=170293 Our Campaigns] "California District 17 – Special Election Race – June 8, 1993," (retrieved on August 9, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = California Democratic Party

|candidate = Sam Farr

|votes = 53,675

|percentage = 52.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = California Republican Party

|candidate = Bill McCampbell

|votes = 43,774

|percentage = 42.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = American Independent Party

|candidate = Jerome N. "Jerry" McCready

|votes = 1,689

|percentage = 1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party of California

|candidate = Kevin Gary Clark

|votes = 1,226

|percentage = 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party of California

|candidate = Richard J. Quigley

|votes = 948

|percentage = 0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Peter James

|votes = 943

|percentage = 0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = James Ogle

|votes = 444

|percentage = 0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Tom Shannon (write-in)

|votes = 33

|percentage = 0.0

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 102,732

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = California Democratic Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 87,222

|percentage = 52.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Bill McCampbell

|votes = 74,380

|percentage = 44.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party (United States)

|candidate = E. Craig Coffin

|votes = 5,591

|percentage = 3.3

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 167,193

|percentage = 100

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 115,116

|percentage = 58.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jess Brown

|votes = 73,856

|percentage = 37.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Natural Law Party (United States)

|candidate = John Black

|votes = 6,573

|percentage = 3.3

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 195,545

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 103,719

|percentage = 64.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Bill McCampbell

|votes = 52,470

|percentage = 32.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Rick Garrett

|votes = 2,791

|percentage = 1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Natural Law Party (United States)

|candidate = Scott R. Hartley

|votes = 1,710

|percentage = 1.1

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 160,690

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title= United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," (retrieved on August 11, 2009)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 143,219

|percentage = 68.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Clint Engler

|votes = 51,557

|percentage = 24.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party (United States)

|candidate = E. Craig Coffin

|votes = 8,215

|percentage = 4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Rick S. Garrett

|votes = 2,510

|percentage = 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Reform Party (United States)

|candidate = Larry Fenton

|votes = 2,263

|percentage = 1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Natural Law Party (United States)

|candidate = Scott R. Hartley

|votes = 996

|percentage = 0.4

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 208,760

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf 2002 Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 101,632

|percentage = 68.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Clint Engler

|votes = 40,334

|percentage = 27.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party (United States)

|candidate = Ray Glock-Grueneich

|votes = 4,885

|percentage = 3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Jascha Lee

|votes = 2,418

|percentage = 1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = independent (politician)

|candidate = Alan Shugart (write-in)

|votes = 27

|percentage = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 149,296

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 148,958

|percentage = 66.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Mark Risley

|votes = 65,117

|percentage = 29.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party (United States)

|candidate = Ray Glock-Grueneich

|votes = 3,645

|percentage = 1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)

|candidate = Joe Williams

|votes = 2,823

|percentage = 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Joel Smolen

|votes = 2,607

|percentage = 1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = independent (politician)

|candidate = David Mauricio Munoz (write-in)

|votes = 75

|percentage = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 282,941

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 120,750

|percentage = 75.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Anthony R. DeMaio

|votes = 35,932

|percentage = 22.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = independent (politician)

|candidate = Jeff Edward Taylor (write-in)

|votes = 2,611

|percentage = 1.6

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 163,293

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," (retrieved on August 11, 2009).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 168,907

|percentage = 73.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jeff Taylor

|votes = 59,037

|percentage = 25.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = independent (politician)

|candidate = Peter Andresen (write-in)

|votes = 682

|percentage = 0.2

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 228,626

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520072810/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf |date=May 20, 2011 }} (retrieved on January 26, 2014).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr

|votes = 118,734

|percentage = 66.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jeff Taylor

|votes = 53,176

|percentage = 29.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party (United States)

|candidate = Eric Peterson

|votes = 3,397

|percentage = 1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Mary Larkin

|votes = 2,742

|percentage = 1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ronald Kabat (write-in)

|votes = 90

|percentage = 0.0

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 178,139

|percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = California Democratic Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] (retrieved on January 26, 2014).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 172,996

|percentage = 74.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jeff Taylor

|votes = 60,556

|percentage = 25.9

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 233,552

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2014[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2014-general/43-us-reps.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] (retrieved on March 16, 2025).]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Farr (incumbent)

|votes = 106,034

|percentage = 75.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ronald Kabat

|votes = 35,010

|percentage = 24.8

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 141,044

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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• {{CongLinks | congbio=f000030 | votesmart=26745 | fec=H4CA17021 | congress=sam-farr/368 }}
• [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Farr Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929171201/http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Farr |date=September 29, 2007 }} at SourceWatch
• [http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2020871.html Biography] from the Peace Corps
• [http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=7461 Sam Farr’s Plan for Ties with Cuba] from the Havana Times{{when|date=August 2013}}
• {{C-SPAN|30645}}

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