A Representative from California; born in Salina, Mayes County, Okla., April 21, 1948; A.A., Modesto Junior College, Modesto, Calif., 1970; B.A., California State College, Stanislaus, Calif., 1972; Ceres, Calif., city council, 1972-1976; mayor of Ceres, Calif., 1974-1976; member of the Stanislaus County, Calif., board of supervisors, 1976-1982; member of the California state assembly, 1982-1989; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Anthony L. Coelho, and reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (September 12, 1989-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.