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</div><div>Harley Edwin Rouda Jr. (born December 10, 1961) is an American lawyer, realtor, technology entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.state" title="U.S. state" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">state</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">California</a>. A member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Democratic Party</a>, he serves in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">United States House of Representatives</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_48th_congressional_district" title="California's 48th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">California's 48th congressional district</a>, encompassing south-western coastal portions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,California" title="Orange County, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Orange County</a> including the cities of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Huntington Beach" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Huntington Beach</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa,California" title="Costa Mesa, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Costa Mesa</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport Beach" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Newport Beach</a>. He first ran for office in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,2018" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2018" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">2018 elections</a>, where he defeated 15-term incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Rohrabacher" title="Dana Rohrabacher" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Dana Rohrabacher</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-roudanyt-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[1]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="direction: ltr; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;">
</div><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Early_life_and_education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1Early life and education</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Early_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Early career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Earlier_political_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Earlier political career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4U.S. House of Representatives</a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.1Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.2Caucus memberships</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6Electoral history</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">8External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Early life and education[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life and education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Rouda was born December 10, 1961, in Columbus, Ohio,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> the son of Marlese Rouda and the late Harley Edwin Rouda Sr.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> He is the youngest of 4 children.As a young law student, Rouda worked as a law clerk. This experience made him interested in becoming a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">lawyer</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-roudanyt-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a>Rouda received his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bachelor of Science</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Kentucky</a>, where he was a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Tau_Delta" title="Delta Tau Delta" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Delta Tau Delta</a> social fraternity. He also earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Master of Business Administration</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ohio State University</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Juris Doctor</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_University_Law_School" title="Capital University Law School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Capital University Law School</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Early career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Following passage of the Ohio <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_examination" title="Bar examination" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">bar examination</a>, Rouda worked at the law firm of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLP" class="mw-redirect" title="LLP" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">LLP</a> in Columbus, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ohio</a> until 1990.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-roudajoin-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> As a lawyer, Rouda specialized in business with a focus on securities work, business formation, and intellectual property.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> He also contributed to the firm's pro bono efforts with nonprofit organizations to tackle problems in Columbus during the 1980s. Since then, he has been active in numerous charities and civic organizations especially those involving fighting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness" title="Homelessness" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">homelessness</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">domestic violence</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a>He left the firm to join his family business, HER Realtors. He would rise to become general counsel of the company in 1997.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-Roudaprofile-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Earlier political career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Earlier political career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Long before Rouda would run for a political office, he considered running for a city council seat before backing out, preferring to focus on expanding his business.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> Being raised by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican</a> parents, he would first register as a Republican in his youth until 1997, when he left the party and became an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_voter" title="Independent voter" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">independent</a> because he felt it had been moving into the "wrong direction" when it comes to the social issues.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a> Since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2004 elections</a> he would always vote for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Democratic_Party_presidential_tickets" title="List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic presidential nominees</a>, however Rouda donated only to Republican congressional candidates during the same period before 2007. Shortly before registering as a Democrat, Rouda donated to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich_2016_presidential_campaign" title="John Kasich 2016 presidential campaign" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John Kasich 2016 presidential campaign</a>. John Kasich would suspend his campaign shortly before he was defeated by Donald J. Trump in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_California_Republican_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 California Republican primary" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California primaries</a>. Due to these donations respectively, he was criticized by Democrats as insufficiently loyal to the party or being a "Republican in disguise" during the campaign.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">U.S. House of Representatives[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>On March 2, 2017, Rouda announced his candidacy for U.S. Representative from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_48th_congressional_district" title="California's 48th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 48th congressional district</a>, challenging the incumbent, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Rohrabacher" title="Dana Rohrabacher" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dana Rohrabacher</a>, shortly after changing his party registration from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">no party preference</a> into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democrat</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-roudajoin-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> His primary opponent, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Keirstead" title="Hans Keirstead" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hans Keirstead</a>, was endorsed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic Party of California</a> at the party convention.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a> Rouda received the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> endorsement in May 2018.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_blanket_primary" title="Nonpartisan blanket primary" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">nonpartisan blanket primary</a> election, Rouda secured the second spot over Keirstead on the ballot by 125 votes (from a total of 174,024), thus allowing him to face Rohrabacher in the general election.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a>On October 25, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Michael Bloomberg</a> announced he would be supporting Rouda's campaign by donating $4 million to his PAC, Independence USA. That made Rouda's race against Rohrabacher the most expensive House race in the 2018 election cycle.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a>On November 6, the election was too close to call, as Rouda held a narrow lead over Rohrabacher.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a> Rouda's lead would expand shortly after,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> until the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Associated Press</a> called the race for Rouda on November 10.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a><h3 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Committee assignments[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/images/bullet-icon.svg?872f1"); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform</a><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/images/bullet-icon.svg?872f1");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Oversight_Subcommittee_on_Environment" title="United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Environment</a> (Chair)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Oversight_Subcommittee_on_National_Security" title="United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on National Security</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/images/bullet-icon.svg?872f1");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Highways_and_Transit" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Highways and Transit</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Water_Resources_and_Environment" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Caucus memberships[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/images/bullet-icon.svg?872f1"); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus" title="Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democrat_Coalition" title="New Democrat Coalition" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">New Democrat Coalition</a></li></ul><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Personal life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Rouda&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Rouda has been married since 1990 to author Kaira Sturdivant Rouda. They have four children. They moved to California after Rouda sold the family firm.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Rouda#cite_note-roudanyt-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a><div>
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</div><div>Rouda was elected to Congress in 2018 after a historic campaign in Orange County, California.  It was the very first political campaign of his life.  As a successful businessman, husband, father and patriot, Harley ran for elected office to make politics and policymaking work again for families in Orange County and across the nation.As a Freshman member in Congress, Harley is dedicated to working with Democrats and Republicans on bipartisan legislation that makes a difference in people's lives -- legislation that makes his community, and his country, healthier, safer, more sustainable and more prosperous in the 21st Century.Harley believes that by working together, by embracing patriotic purpose, and by espousing common sense and values, our nation can tackle the critical challenges of addressing climate change, of rebuilding a crumbling infrastructure, of confronting homelessness and protecting Social Security and Medicare.  Harley believes that we can make health care and prescription drugs available and affordable for all; we can make a world class college education attainable for every young person; we can forge an economy that gives everyone their chance to share in the American Dream.The values of hard work and honesty drive Harley as he pursues this crucial and principled work in Congress.  Harley learned these values in his career as a leader dedicated to growing businesses and driven to creating and supporting thousands of jobs.Community service has also been a core part of Harley's adult life. He has spent decades fighting homelessness and domestic violence; working with Human Rights Watch; supporting education for the underserved and underrepresented, as well as supporting access to higher education; saving military jobs; and working with civic organizations to drive economic development.Harley's dedication to serving his community and his country has reached its highest expression with his election to the People's House.*Harley is a frequent guest on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and other news outlets who welcome his commonsense approach to solving issues. He holds an MBA from The Ohio State University, and a J.D. from Capital University Law School. Harley lives in Laguna Beach, California and is married to award-winning author, Kaira Sturdivant Rouda.  They have four children who constantly inspire them.</div><div>===</div></div>