Jared Huffman
Jared Huffman | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Wally Herger |
Member of the California State Assembly from the 6th district | |
In office December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Joe Nation |
Succeeded by | Beth Gaines |
Personal details | |
Born |
Jared William Huffman February 18, 1964 Independence, Missouri, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Susan |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater |
University of California, Santa Barbara Boston College |
Website | House |
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.[1] His congressional district covers the North Coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border.
Early life, education, and legal career
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 member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. At UCSB, Huffman was a three-time All-American volleyball player. 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. He went on to graduate cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990.[2]
Huffman became a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases. Among his court victories was a case on behalf of the National Organization for Women, which required all California State University campuses to comply with Title IX.[3] Huffman was a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was also a publicly elected director of the Marin Municipal Water District for twelve years, including three terms as board president.[2]
California State 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 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
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.[11] 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.[12] In November, Huffman defeated Republican candidate Dan Roberts 71%–29%.[13][14]
Subsequent elections
In his first re-election campaign in 2014, Huffman dominated the open primary, receiving 67.9% of the vote against 22.3% for second-place finisher Dale Messing, a Republican. Huffman went on to defeat Messing in the fall general election by 75 to 25%.[15] The 2016 results were similar, with Huffman receiving 68.3% of the primary vote against 15.7% for Messing, who again finished second, and defeating Messing in the general election by 76.5% to 23.5%.[16]
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
Proposed legislation
The following is a partial list of legislation introduced by Huffman.
- California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2013 – a bill that "would expand the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument to include 1,255 acres of federal land known as the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands; the new land is currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the bill would require the BLM to manage that land as part of the National Landscape Conservation System."[17] The bill was freshman Congressman Huffman's first bill to be passed.[18][19]
Opposed legislation
- Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America – 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."[20] 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."[21]
- Water Rights Protection Act – 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.[22] 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."[23] Huffman opposed the bill and accused the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power of being unnecessarily "adversarial" and having "unfairly vilified" the Forest Service after a committee hearing about the bill.[23]
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).[24]
Electoral history
California Assembly 6th District Democratic Primary Election, 2006 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman | 22,544 | 32.5 |
Democratic | Pamela Torliatt | 19,518 | 28.2 |
Democratic | Cynthia Murray | 12,617 | 18.2 |
Democratic | Damon Connolly | 8,470 | 12.1 |
Democratic | John Alden | 5,150 | 7.4 |
Democratic | Alex Easton-Brown | 1,135 | 1.6 |
California Assembly 6th District Election, 2006 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman | 106,589 | 65.9 |
Republican | Michael Hartnett | 43,864 | 27.1 |
Green | Cat Woods | 6,922 | 4.3 |
Libertarian | Richard Olmstead | 4,519 | 2.7 |
California Assembly 6th District Election, 2008 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman (inc.) | 145,142 | 69.5 |
Republican | Paul Lavery | 50,053 | 24.0 |
Libertarian | Timothy Hannan | 13,790 | 6.5 |
California Assembly 6th District Democratic Primary Election, 2010 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman (inc.) | 53,534 | 81.8 |
Democratic | Patrick Connally | 11,938 | 18.2 |
California Assembly 6th District Election, 2010 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman (inc.) | 119,753 | 70.5 |
Republican | Bob Stephens | 50,218 | 29.5 |
California 2nd Congressional District Primary Election, 2012 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman | 63,922 | 37.5 |
Republican | Daniel Roberts | 25,635 | 15.0 |
Democratic | Norman Solomon | 25,462 | 14.9 |
Democratic | Stacey Lawson | 16,946 | 9.9 |
Democratic | Susan Adams | 14,041 | 8.2 |
Republican | Mike Halliwell | 10,008 | 5.9 |
Independent | Brooke Clarke | 3,715 | 2.2 |
Democratic | Tiffany Renée | 3,033 | 1.8 |
Independent | John Lewallen | 2,488 | 1.5 |
Democratic | William Courtney | 2,385 | 1.4 |
Democratic | Andy Caffrey | 1,737 | 1.0 |
Democratic | Larry Fritzlan | 1,151 | 0.7 |
California 2nd Congressional District Election, 2012 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman | 226,216 | 71.2 |
Republican | Daniel Roberts | 91,310 | 28.8 |
California 2nd Congressional District Primary Election, 2014 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman (inc.) | 99,186 | 67.9 |
Republican | Dale Mensing | 32,614 | 22.3 |
Democratic | Andy Caffrey | 14,245 | 9.8 |
California 2nd Congressional Election, 2014 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman (inc.) | 163,124 | 75.0 |
Republican | Dale Mensing | 54,400 | 25.0 |
California 2nd Congressional District Primary Election, 2016 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic | Jared Huffman (inc.) | 157,897 | 68.3 |
Republican | Dale Mensing | 36,187 | 15.7 |
Democratic | Erin Schrode | 20,998 | 9.1 |
Independent | Matthew Robert Wookey | 16,092 | 7.0 |
Democratic/Write-in | Andrew Augustine Caffrey | 6 | 0.0 |
References
- ↑ Halstead, Richard. "Assemblyman Jared Huffman easily defeats Roberts". marinij.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- 1 2 "Full Biography". Congressman Jared Huffman. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ↑ "Board Members". www.cvfpb.ca.gov. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- 1 2 Richard Halstead (June 8, 2010). "Huffman leads comfortably in early returns". marinij.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ sonomanews.com Archived June 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ assembly.ca.gov
- ↑ Deborah Gage (April 18, 2008). "Bill toughening anti-spam law in works". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Nancy Isles Nation (August 18, 2008). "Huffman's anti-spam bill passes". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Shane Goldmacher (October 1, 2008). "BillWatch: Action on the final bills". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Bill Text: CA AB376 #124; 2011-2102 | Regular Session | Introduced". legiscan.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Campaign News and Updates". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ↑ "CA - District 02 - Open Primary". Our Campaigns. July 13, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ "CA - District 02". Our Campaigns. December 14, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Halstead, Richard. "Assemblyman Jared Huffman easily defeats Roberts". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ↑ "General Election - Statement of Vote - November 4, 2014" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ Kovner, Guy (November 8, 2016). "Mike Thompson, Jared Huffman easily win re-election to Congress". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ "CBO - H.R. 1411". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ↑ LOrion (July 22, 2013). "CA Freshman Congressman gets First House Bill passed by 113th!.. protecting environment yet.". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ↑ "House of Representatives Passes Congressman Huffman's First Bill". Representative Huffman's Office. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ↑ "H.R. 2824 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ Beans, Laura (August 8, 2013). "House Republicans Use Fear Mongering In Fight for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining". EcoWatch. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ↑ "H.R. 3189 - CBO". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- 1 2 Hudson, Audrey (October 11, 2013). "Tipton Bill Seeks to Stop Feds from Trampling Water Rights". The Colorado Observer. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Congressman Jared Huffman official U.S. House website
- Jared Huffman for Congress
- Jared Huffman at DMOZ
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Wally Herger |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd congressional district 2013–present |
Incumbent |
United States order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
Preceded by Richard Hudson |
United States Representatives by seniority 326th |
Succeeded by Hakeem Jeffries |