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Jared Huffman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded byLynn Woolsey
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 6th district
In office
December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Preceded byJoe Nation
Succeeded byBeth Gaines
Personal details
Born
Jared William Huffman[1]

(1964-02-18) February 18, 1964 (age 60)
Independence, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSusan
Children2
Residence(s)San Rafael, California
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Boston College Law School
OccupationPolitician
Professionconsumer attorney
WebsiteRepresentative Jared Huffman

Jared William Huffman (born February 18, 1964) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for California's 2nd congressional district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

From 2006 to 2012, Huffman was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 6th district. Huffman chaired the Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee and also chaired the Assembly Environmental Caucus. He was elected to Congress in November 2012 with more than 70% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Dan Roberts.[2] His congressional district covers the North Coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border.

Huffman graduated from William Chrisman High School in 1982 and later received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science magna cum laude from University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a three-time All-American volleyball player. He went on to graduate cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990.[3]

Huffman was a member of USA Volleyball Team in 1987 when the team was ranked #1 in the world and had recently won the World Championship.

Huffman became a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases. Among his court victories was an historic case on behalf of the National Organization for Women, which required all California State University campuses to comply with Title IX, creating new athletic opportunities for thousands of female scholar-athletes throughout California. Huffman was also a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Huffman was also a publicly elected director of the Marin Municipal Water District for twelve years, including three terms as board president.

California Assembly

Elections

Huffman won the Democratic nomination for the 6th district in a hotly contested primary in June 2006 in which he surprised the political establishment with a victory over opponents Pamela Torliatt, a Petaluma city councilwoman, and Cynthia Murray, a Marin County Supervisor who was initially considered the frontrunner. Huffman also defeated Assistant State Attorney General Damon Connelly, Marin County Democratic Chairman John Alden, and sociologist Alex Easton-Brown.

Huffman defeated Republican opponent Dr. Michael Hartnett by a more than 2:1 margin in the general election on November 7, 2006.

Huffman faced two opponents in the November 2008 general election: Republican Paul Lavery and Libertarian Timothy Hannan. He won with 70% of the vote and the 137,873 votes he received were among the most by any California Assembly candidate in 2008. In the Democratic primary, Huffman was unopposed and received 57,213 votes—the most of any California Assemblymember in that election.

In the June 8, 2010, California primary, Huffman easily defeated[4] a fellow Democratic challenger Patrick Connally.[5] Huffman faced Republican nominee Robert Stephens in the November 2010 general election.[4] He won overwhelmingly with more than 70% of the vote—the highest winning margin of any candidate on the ballot in the North Bay that year. Due to California term limits, Huffman would have been unable to seek a fourth Assembly term in 2012.

Tenure

In his first four years as a legislator, Huffman authored and passed more than 40 pieces of legislation.[6]

In 2008, Huffman sponsored a bill (AB 2950), which he wrote with internet attorney Daniel Balsam that aimed to close what its proponents characterized as loopholes in the CAN-SPAM Act which made it more difficult to bring lawsuits against deceptive spammers.[7] Although the bill passed the State Assembly and Senate, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill.[8][9] On February 14, 2011, Jared Huffman cosponsored a bill with Paul Fong, California Assembly Bill 376, to make it illegal to possess, distribute, or sell shark fins, unless for research or commercial purposes.[10]

Committee assignments

Upon his swearing-in on December 4, 2006, Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez immediately named Huffman the Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. In August 2008, the new Assembly Speaker Karen Bass named Huffman to Chair the Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee.

U.S. House of Representatives

2012 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012

After 20-year Democratic incumbent Lynn Woolsey announced her retirement, Huffman entered the race to run for her seat in the 2nd District, which had been renumbered from the 6th in redistricting.[4] California's 2nd congressional district now covers six counties: Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Trinity, Humboldt, and Del Norte.

Huffman finished first in the "top-two" primary with 37% of the vote.[11] In November, Huffman defeated Republican candidate Dan Roberts 71%–29%.[12][13]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Proposed legislation

The following is a partial list of legislation introduced by Rep. Huffman.

Opposed legislation

  • Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America (H.R. 2824; 113th Congress) - is a bill that would "amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require state programs for regulation of surface coal mining to incorporate the necessary rule concerning excess spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams published by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on December 12, 2008."[17] Huffman opposed the bill, arguing that it should be opposed because the supporters "believe coal companies should be allowed to blow the tops off mountains and dump the waste into streams, no matter what the science says about the consequence for our environment and the public health."[18]
  • Water Rights Protection Act (H.R. 3189; 113th Congress) - a bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States in order to use public lands.[19] The bill was a reaction to the United States Forest Service's decision to pursue a "new regulation to demand that water rights be transferred to the federal government as a condition for obtaining permits needed to operate 121 ski resorts that cross over federal lands."[20] Huffman opposed the bill and accused the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power of being unnecessarily "adversarial" and having "unfairly villified" the Forest Service after a committee hearing about the bill.[20]

Personal life

Before he was elected, Huffman lived in San Rafael with his wife Susan and their two children, a daughter, Abigail (born c. 2000) and a son, Nathan (born c. 2003). He enjoys fishing, tennis, and home winemaking.[21]

References

  1. ^ http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/148669
  2. ^ Halstead, Richard. "Assemblyman Jared Huffman easily defeats Roberts". marinij.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Assembly Member Jared Huffman". Retrieved 2009-07-18.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b c Richard Halstead (June 8, 2010). marinij.com "Huffman leads comfortably in early returns". marinij.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help) Cite error: The named reference "marinij.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ sonomanews.com[dead link]
  6. ^ assembly.ca.gov[dead link]
  7. ^ Deborah Gage (April 18, 2008). San Francisco Chronicle Bill toughening anti-spam law in works http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-04-18/business/17145605_1_anti-spam-law-spammers-spam-filters Bill toughening anti-spam law in works. Retrieved March 10, 2013. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Nancy Isles Nation (August 18, 2008). "Huffman's anti-spam bill passes". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  9. ^ Shane Goldmacher (October 1, 2008). "BillWatch: Action on the final bills". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  10. ^ "Bill Text: CA AB376 #124; 2011-2102 | Regular Session | Introduced". legiscan.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  11. ^ "CA - District 02 - Open Primary". Our Campaigns. July 13, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  12. ^ "CA - District 02". Our Campaigns. December 14, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  13. ^ Halstead, Richard. "Assemblyman Jared Huffman easily defeats Roberts". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved December 4, 2012.[dead link]
  14. ^ "CBO - H.R. 1411". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  15. ^ LOrion (July 22, 2013). "CA Freshman Congressman gets First House Bill passed by 113th!.. protecting environment yet". Daily Kos. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  16. ^ "House of Representatives Passes Congressman Huffman's First Bill". Representative Huffman's Office. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  17. ^ "H.R. 2824 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  18. ^ Beans, Laura (8 August 2013). "House Republicans Use Fear Mongering In Fight for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining". EcoWatch. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  19. ^ "H.R. 3189 - CBO". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  20. ^ a b Hudson, Audrey (11 October 2013). "Tipton Bill Seeks to Stop Feds from Trampling Water Rights". The Colorado Observer. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  21. ^ "A Legislator Who Gets Things Done". jaredhuffman.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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Further reading

  • Jim Wood (March 2009). "Jared Huffman". Marin Magazine. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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