Laura Richardson

A Representative from California. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. , April 14, 1962. B. A. , University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1984. M. B. A. , University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1996. Businesswoman. Staff, United States Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald of California, 1996-1998. Member, Long Beach, Calif. , city council, 2000-2006. Staff, lieutenant governor Cruz Bustamante of California, 2001-2006. Member, California state assembly, 2006-2007. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (August 21, 2007-January 3, 2013). Reprimanded by the U. S. House of Representatives on August 2, 2012, for compelling official congressional staff to work on her political campaign. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012. Member of the California state senate, 2024-present.