Xavier Becerra

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Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
In office
1993 - present
Preceded by Hilda Solis
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born January 26, 1958
Sacramento, California
Political party Democratic
Spouse Carolina Reyes
Religion Roman Catholic

Xavier Becerra (born January 26, 1958), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 31st District of California (map), which is based in Los Angeles. He was born in Sacramento, California, earned his B.A. and J.D. from Stanford University, and was a lawyer, a staff member for California State Senator Art Torres, Deputy Attorney-General of California, and a member of the California State Assembly before entering the House.

Becerra ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He finished with 6 percent of the vote, fishing behind Councilman Joel Wachs, former California State Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa, and the eventual winner, then-City Attorney James Hahn.

He is the only member of Congress from Southern California on the Committee on Ways and Means.

He is a Roman Catholic.

He is also a frequent guest on Kudlow & Company.

He was featured on The Colbert Report's Better Know a District on August 17, 2006.

Becerra considered running for the position of Democratic Caucus Vice chairman for the 110th congress; however, he deferred to incumbent John Larson after Rahm Emanuel chose to run for caucus chair which is the position Larson had been running for.[1]. He is also mentioned as a possible DCCC chairman [2].

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Preceded by:
Matthew G. Martinez		 United States Representative for the 30th Congressional District of California
1993–2003		 Succeeded by:
Henry Waxman
Preceded by:
Hilda Solis		 United States Representative for the 31st Congressional District of California
2003–present		 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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