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</div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">julia Andrews Brownley (born August 28, 1952) is an American businesswoman and politician who has been 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 representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_26th_congressional_district" title="California's 26th 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 26th congressional district</a> since 2013. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party" 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;">Democrat</a>, she served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" 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 State Assembly</a> from 2006 to 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-autogenerated1-1" 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> Before her political career, she worked in marketing and sales.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-nj-2" 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;">[2]</a></div><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Early_life,education,and_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Early life, education, and career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#California_State_Assembly(2007%E2%80%932013)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2California State Assembly (2007–2013)</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.1Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Tenure" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.3Committee assignments</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#U.S.House_of_Representatives(2013%E2%80%93present)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3U.S. House of Representatives (2013–present)</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Elections_2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Political_positions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.2Political positions</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Committee_assignments_2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.3Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.4Caucus memberships</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4Electoral history</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#2020" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.12020</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#2018" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.22018</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.32016</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#2014" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.42014</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.52012</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#See_also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">8External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life, education, and career[</h2>Brownley grew up in Virginia, and attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Hall" title="Fairfax Hall" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fairfax Hall</a>, an established girls' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Boarding School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">boarding school</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waynesboro,Virginia" title="Waynesboro, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Waynesboro</a>, for four years. She came from a Republican family. Brownley received a bachelor's degree in political science from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon_College_for_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vernon College for Women" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mount Vernon College for Women</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">George Washington University</a> in 1975 and a master's degree in business administration from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University" title="American University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American University</a> in 1979.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-nj-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-wsj-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a>Brownley served on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica-Malibu_Unified_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District</a> Board of Education from 1994 to 2006. During her time on the school board, she served three terms as president.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">California State Assembly (2007–2013)[</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
In 2006, Brownley ran for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">California State Assembly</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_41st_Assembly_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 41st Assembly district" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">California's 41st Assembly district</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-wsj-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> She won a five-way Democratic primary with 35% of the vote<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-primary-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> and the general election with 62% of the vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-primary-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> In 2008, she was reelected with 66% of the vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> In 2010, she was reelected to a third term with 59% of the vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a> Brownley was term-limited in 2012, having served the maximum of three terms in the Assembly permitted under California law.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a></h3><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections[</h3>She was endorsed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">League of Conservation Voters</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tenure[</h3>In 2010, Brownley authored a bill that would have banned all plastic shopping bags. It did not pass.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments[</h3>Brownley served on the following California State Assembly committees:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Aging and Long-Term Care Committee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Education Committee (chair)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Higher Education Committee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Judiciary Committee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Legislative Budget Committee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Natural Resources Joint Legislative Budget Committee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Select Committee on Community Colleges</li></ul><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House of Representatives (2013–present)[</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections[</h3>
2012<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California#District_26" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 26</a></div>In February 2012, Brownley announced her candidacy for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_26th_congressional_district" title="California's 26th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">California's 26th congressional district</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> The district had previously been the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="California's 24th congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">24th district</a>, represented by 13-term <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Gallegly" title="Elton Gallegly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Elton Gallegly</a>. In the general election, Brownley defeated Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Strickland" title="Tony Strickland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tony Strickland</a>, 53%-47%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> She was endorsed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%27s_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily's List" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Emily's List</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Planned Parenthood</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2014</dt></dl><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California#District_26" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 26</a></div>Brownley was reelected over Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gorell" title="Jeff Gorell" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jeff Gorell</a> in the general election.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> She is a member of 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>'s Frontline Program, which is designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents. After Republican candidates garnered over 50% of the vote in the June blanket primary, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Cook Political Report" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cook Political Report</a> changed the rating of the race from "Leans Democratic" to "Toss-up."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a> The race did become close, making for closer scrutiny of the results. Initial results showed Brownley winning 51% to 49%, with about 4,000 votes separating the candidates.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political positions[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julia_Brownley&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political positions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Brownley supports the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act" title="DREAM Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">DREAM Act</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Affordable Care Act</a>, and same-sex marriage. She has advocated increased insurance company regulation, job training funds, toxic cleanup, and increased public education funding.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-daily-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a> Since her election to Congress, Brownley has voted with the Democratic Party 93% of the time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a> On November 19, 2015, she voted for HR 4038, legislation that would effectively halt the resettlement of refugees from Syria and Iraq to the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a>As of October 2021, Brownley had voted in line with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Joe Biden</a>'s stated position 100% of the time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julia_Brownley&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><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;">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Aviation" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Aviation</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Transportation_Subcommittee_on_Coast_Guard_and_Maritime_Transportation" title="United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation</a></li><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></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</a><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Veterans%27_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Economic_Opportunity" title="United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Veterans%27_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Health" title="United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Health</a> (Ranking Member)</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_Climate_Crisis" title="United States House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Select Committee on the Climate Crisis</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Caucus memberships[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julia_Brownley&action=edit&section=10&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><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><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Baltic_Caucus" title="House Baltic Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">House Baltic Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Arts_Caucus" title="Congressional Arts Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Arts Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Collar_Caucus" title="Blue Collar Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Blue Collar Caucus</a></li></ul><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">
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</div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">julia Brownley (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Democratic Party</a>) is a member of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. House</a>, representing <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_26th_Congressional_District" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">California's 26th Congressional District</a>. She assumed office on January 3, 2013. Her current term ends on January 3, 2023.</div>Brownley (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Democratic Party</a>) ran for re-election to the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. House</a> to represent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_26th_Congressional_District" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California's 26th Congressional District</a>. She won in the general election on <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_26th_Congressional_District_election,2020" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">November 3, 2020</a>.She was first elected to the seat in 2012. Brownley is a former member of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California State Assembly</a>, representing District 41 from 2006 to 2012.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-cnnr-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a> Brownley was ineligible to run for re-election to the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California State Assembly</a> in <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Assembly_elections,2012" title="California State Assembly elections, 2012" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">2012</a> due to <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Impact_of_term_limits_on_state_representative_elections_in_2012#California" title="Impact of term limits on state representative elections in 2012" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">term limits</a>.Brownley endorsed <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Hillary Clinton</a> in the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. To read about Brownley's positions on various issues, click <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#Issues" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>.Based on analysis of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#Analysis" title="Julia Brownley" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">multiple outside rankings</a>, Brownley is a more moderate left of center Democratic Party vote. As a result, she may break with the Democratic Party line more than her fellow members. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">Biography</h2>Brownley served on the Santa Monica-Malibu School Board from 1994-2006. She is a member of the California Commission on the Status of Women, Legislative Liaison for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission and Legislative Participant in the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy State Allocation Board.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">Career</h2>Below is an abbreviated outline of Brownley's academic, professional, and political career:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">2013-Present: U.S. Representative from <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_26th_Congressional_District" title="California's 26th Congressional District" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California's 26th Congressional District</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">2006-2012: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California State Assembly</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">1994-2006: Member of the Santa Monica-Malibu school district board</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">1979: Graduated from American University with M.B.A.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">1975: Graduated from Mount Vernon College with B.A.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">Committee assignments</h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House</h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2021-2022</h4>Brownley was assigned to the following committees:<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/oal.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[Source]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans'Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">House Committee on Veterans' Affairs</a></li><li class="subcommittee" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 20px; list-style-type: circle;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans'Affairs#Subcommittees" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Health</a>, Chair</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Natural Resources</a></li><li class="subcommittee" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 20px; list-style-type: circle;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Natural_Resources#Subcommittees" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Water, Oceans, and Wildlife</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a></li><li class="subcommittee" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 20px; list-style-type: circle;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure#Subcommittees" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Highways and Transit</a></li><li class="subcommittee" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 20px; list-style-type: circle;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure#Subcommittees" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Aviation</a></li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2019-2020</h4>Brownley was assigned to the following committees:<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/oal.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[Source]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans'Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">House Committee on Veterans' Affairs</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a></li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2017-2018</h4>At the beginning of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/115th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="115th Congress" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">115th Congress</a>, Brownley was assigned to the following committees:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</a></li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2015-2016</h4>Brownley served on the following committees:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Transportation and Infrastructure Committee</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure#Aviation" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Subcommittee on Aviation</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure#Coast_Guard.26_Maritime_Transportation" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure#Highways.26_Transit" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Subcommittee on Highways & Transit</a></li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Veterans' Affairs Committee</a></li></ul><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs#Disability_Assistance_and_Memorial_Affairs.28DAMA.29" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs#Health" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Subcommittee on Health</a>, Ranking member</li></ul></dd></dl><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2013-2014</h4>Brownley served on the following committees:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Veterans' Affairs Committee</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Ranking Member</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Subcommittee on Health</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Committee_on_Science,Space,and_Technology" title="United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Science, Space, and Technology Committee</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Subcommittee on Space</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Subcommittee on Environment</li></ul></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">California General Assembly</h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2011-2012</h4>In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brownley served on these committees:<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Budget_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Budget Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Budget Committee, California General Assembly</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Education_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Education Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Education Committee, California General Assembly</a>, Chair</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Higher_Education_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher Education Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Higher Education Committee, California General Assembly</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Legislative_Budget_Committee,California_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Budget Committee, California Legislature" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Legislative Budget Committee, California Legislature</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Natural_Resources_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Resources Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Natural Resources Committee, California General Assembly</a></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2009-2010</h3>In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Brownley served on these committees:<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Budget_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Budget Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Budget Committee, California General Assembly</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Education_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Education Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Education Committee, California General Assembly</a> (Chair)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Judiciary_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Judiciary Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Judiciary Committee, California General Assembly</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Natural_Resources_Committee,California_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Resources Committee, California General Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Natural Resources Committee, California General Assembly</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Key_votes" title="Key votes" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Key votes</a></h2><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;">See also: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Key_votes" title="Key votes" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Key votes</a></dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; 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</dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;">Legislative scorecard</h3><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Capitol_Weekly" title="Capitol Weekly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Capitol Weekly</a>, California's major weekly periodical covering the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">state legislature</a>, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1A,Tax_Increase_Extensions_Amendment(May_2009)" title="California Proposition 1A, Tax Increase Extensions Amendment (May 2009)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Proposition 1A (2009)</a>. On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-scorecard-113" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[113]</a><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-114" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[114]</a>On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Brownley ranked as a 100, along with eight other Democratic members of the state assembly.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley#cite_note-115" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[115]</a><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;">Sponsored legislation</h3>Brownley's sponsored legislation while a member of the Assembly included:<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">AB 68 - Solid waste: single-use carryout bags</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">AB 988 - Human trafficking: training content</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">AB 1182 - Public postsecondary education: reporting requirements</li></ul>For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data">House site</a>.<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">Elections</h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;">2020</h3>See also: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_26th_Congressional_District_election,2020" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California's 26th Congressional District election, 2020</a></dd></dl></dd></dl><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">=</div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">Tony Strickland (b. February 17, 1970, in Fort Ord, <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California" title="California" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">CA</a>) was a 2014 <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">Republican</a> candidate who sought election to the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.House_elections,2014" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House elections, 2014" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">U.S. House</a> to represent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_25th_Congressional_District_elections,2014" title="California's 25th Congressional District elections, 2014" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">the 25th Congressional District</a> of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California" title="California" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">California</a>.<span id="cite_ref-year_1-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Strickland#cite_note-year-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a> Tony Strickland lost the general election on November 4, 2014. He is also a former <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">Republican</a> member of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">California State Senate</a>, representing District 19 from 2008 to 2012.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">In 2012, Strickland ran for <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.House" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. House</a> representing <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_26th_Congressional_District_elections,2012" title="California's 26th Congressional District elections, 2012" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">the 26th Congressional District</a> of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California" title="California" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California</a>, losing to Democrat <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Brownley" title="Julia Brownley" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Julia Brownley</a> in the general election.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Strickland#cite_note-cnnr-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a> He initially planned to run again in 2014 but dropped out of the race once <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Gorell" title="Jeff Gorell" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Jeff Gorell</a> announced his candidacy. He then immediately endorsed Gorell.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Strickland#cite_note-rematch14-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Strickland#cite_note-gorell-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">Prior to joining the state senate, Strickland served in the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">California State Assembly</a> (District 37) from 1998 to 2004. He ran for the statewide position of California State Controller in 2006.<div>
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