A Representative from California; born in Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y., July 10, 1956; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1988; journalist; public policy analyst; member, California state assembly, 1982-1992, 1996-2000; member, California state senate, 2000-2008; unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1992; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California in 2003; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-present).