Jared Huffman

Democrat Representative of California's 2nd district

  • Representative

    California, district 2

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

202-225-5161

@RepHuffman

huffman.house.gov

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6

Congresses Served

6

House Terms

February 18, 1964 (60 years old)

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  • Served as the U.S. representative for California’s 2nd congressional district since 2013
  • Previously represented the 6th district in the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2012
  • Chaired the Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee and the Assembly Environmental Caucus
  • Elected to Congress in 2012 with more than 70% of the vote
  • Describes himself as religiously unaffiliated and a secular humanist, openly rejecting the existence of God
  • Born in Independence, Missouri
  • Graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a three-time All-American volleyball player
  • Earned a law degree cum laude from Boston College Law School
  • Worked as a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases and was a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Served on the board of the Marin Municipal Water District for 12 years, including three terms as its president
  • Authored and passed more than 40 pieces of legislation in his first four years as a legislator
  • Co-sponsored a bill to make it illegal to possess, distribute, or sell shark fins in California, except for research or commercial purposes
  • Launched the Congressional Freethought Caucus in April 2018 with stated goals including promoting the separation of church and state
  • Accused the Catholic Church of “weaponizing” its religion and suggested it should lose its tax-exempt status following a vote by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis
  • Opposed legislation that he believed would harm the environment, including bills related to coal mining and water rights
  • Called the overturning of Roe v. Wade “sad, outrageous,” and criticized the U.S. Supreme Court as “extreme, out of touch” and “right-wing”
  • Voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
  • Voted against a House resolution condemning support of Hamas and Hezbollah on university campuses, later disavowing his vote and issuing a public apology
  • Lives in San Rafael with his wife, Susan, and their two children, and has a hobby of winemaking
  • Identified as a humanist in a 2017 interview, stating he does not believe in God