Jimmy Gomez

JIMMY GOMEZ, Democrat, of Los Angeles, CA; born in Fullerton, CA, November 25, 1974; education: attended Riverside Community College, 1993-96; B.A., political science major with urban planning minor, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1999; M.P.P., Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, 2003; professional history: field operations assistant, National League of Cities, 2005-06; political representative, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Los Angeles, 2006-09; political director, United Nurses Association of California, 2009-12; member, California State Assembly, 2012-17; election history: elected to the 115th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Representative Xavier Becerra, on June 6, 2017; reelected to the 116th Congress on November 6, 2018; reelected to each succeeding Congress.