Jim Costa

A Representative from California; born in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., April 13, 1952; B.A., California State University, Fresno, Calif., 1974; member of the California state assembly, 1978-1994; member of the California state senate, 1994-2002; private advocate; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).