A Representative from California. Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. , May 14, 1962. B. A. , University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1984. Sales representative. Business executive. Member of the Laguna Niguel, Calif. , city council, 1996-2004. Mayor of Laguna Niguel, Calif. , 2000. Member of the California state assembly, 2005-2008. Member of the California state senate, 2008-2015. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2019). Was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.