Biography:
— 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).