Mark DeSaulnier

A Representative from California. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. , March 31, 1952. Graduated from Cranwell Preparatory School, Lenox, Mass. , 1970. B. A. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. , 1974. Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 2003. Deputy probation officer. Warehouse worker. Hotel service employee. Restaurant worker. General manager. Small business owner. Member of the Concord, Calif. , city council, 1991-1994. Mayor of Concord, Calif. , 1993. Member of the Contra Costa County, Calif. , board of supervisors, 1994-2006, chairman, 1994. Member of the California state assembly, 2006-2008. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination, by special election, to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2009. Member of the California state senate, 2008-2014. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).