Mark Takano

A Representative from California. Born in Riverside, Riverside County, Calif. , December 10, 1960. Graduated from La Sierra High School, Riverside, Calif. , 1979. A. B. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1983. M. F. A. , University of California, Riverside, Calif. , 2010. Teacher. Member of the Riverside Community College district board of trustees, 1990-2012, president, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992 and One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present). Chair, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).