Tony Cárdenas

Democrat Representative of California's 29th district

Representative
California, district 29
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
California, district 29
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
California, district 29
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
California, district 29
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
California, district 29
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
California, district 29
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

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March 31, 1963 (61 years old)

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Has served as the United States representative for a California congressional district since January 2013.
Previously served on the Los Angeles City Council, representing a district that covers parts of the northeast San Fernando Valley.
Served three consecutive terms in the California State Assembly and chaired the budget committee.
Elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2003 and reelected in 2007 and 2011.
Announced not seeking re-election in 2024.
Born in Pacoima, Los Angeles, as one of 11 children to parents who immigrated from Jalisco, Mexico.
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986.
Secured funding for new school construction and reformed California’s gang prevention and intervention programs during his tenure in the state assembly.
As a city council member, authored legislation creating Los Angeles’s first Animal Cruelty Task Force and supported green energy initiatives.
Has served on various committees in the U.S. House of Representatives, including the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Member of several caucuses, including the New Democrat Coalition and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Voted in line with Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time as of October 2021.
Opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade and voted against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022.
Supported providing aid to Israel following a 2023 attack.
Was the subject of a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of a minor in 2007, which was later dropped, and he was vindicated.
Brother-in-law to Chicano literature author Luis J. Rodriguez.