Jim Costa

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Jim Costa
Jim Costa
In office
2005 - present
Preceded by Cal Dooley
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born April 13, 1952
Fresno, California
Political party Democratic
Spouse single
Religion Roman Catholic

James Manuel "Jim" Costa (born April 13, 1952) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of California. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in November 2004 to represent the 20th Congressional District of California. (map) The district takes in large and predominantly Latino portions of Fresno and Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley.

Born in Fresno, Costa is a third-generation family farmer. His grandparents emigrated from Portugal's Azores Islands in the early 20th century. He graduated from Fresno State in 1974. He was a state legislator for 24 years, serving in the California State Assembly from 1978 until 1991, and in the California State Senate from 1994 until 2002.

In the U.S. House election on November 2, 2004, Costa defeated Republican Party state senator Roy Ashburn. The Republicans pumped a considerable amount of money into the district, even though it was 63% Latino and gave Al Gore his highest vote total outside the state's two large conurbations, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area in the north and Los Angeles and San Diego to the south. The campaign was fairly negative with plays on Congressman Costa's name, "Costa's going to cost ya" and linking him with former Governor Gray Davis calling them, "two taxing twins" However, in the end, Costa won by a decisive eight-point margin. Ashburn carried Kings County by a large margin, but this was only enough to hold the margin of defeat below double digits.

Costa is running unopposed for reelection in 2006.


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Preceded by:
Cal Dooley		 U.S. Representative from California's 20th Congressional District Succeeded by:
Incumbent
California's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators: Dianne Feinstein (D) · Barbara Boxer (D)

Representative(s): Mike Thompson (D) · Wally Herger (R) · Dan Lungren (R) · John T. Doolittle (R) · Doris Matsui (D) · Lynn C. Woolsey (D) · George Miller (D) · Nancy Pelosi (D) · Barbara Lee (D) · Ellen Tauscher (D) · Richard Pombo (R) · Tom Lantos (D) · Pete Stark (D) · Anna Eshoo (D) · Mike Honda (D) · Zoe Lofgren (D) · Sam Farr (D) · Dennis Cardoza (D) · George Radanovich (R) · Jim Costa (D) · Devin Nunes (R) · Bill Thomas (R) · Lois Capps (D) · Elton Gallegly (R) · Howard McKeon (R) · David Dreier (R) · Brad Sherman (D) · Howard Berman (D) · Adam Schiff (D) · Henry Waxman (D) · Xavier Becerra (D) · Hilda Solis (D) · Diane Watson (D) · Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) · Maxine Waters (D) · Jane Harman (D) · Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) · Grace Napolitano (D) · Linda Sánchez (D) · Ed Royce (R) · Jerry Lewis (R) · Gary Miller (R) · Joe Baca (D) · Ken Calvert (R) · Mary Bono (R) · Dana Rohrabacher (R) · Loretta Sanchez (D) · John Campbell (R) · Darrell Issa (R) · Brian Bilbray (R) · Bob Filner (D) · Duncan Hunter (R) · Susan Davis (D)

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