Jim Costa

Jim Costa

James Manuel "Jim" Costa (born April 13, 1952 in Fresno , California ) is an American politician . Since 2005 he has represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jim Costa attended San Joaquin Memorial High School until 1970 and then studied at California State University in Fresno until 1974 . He then began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1975 and 1978 he worked for Congressmen John Hans Krebs and Richard H. Lehman . From 1978 to 1994 he was a member of the California State Assembly ; between 1994 and 2002 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the 2004 congressional election , Costa was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 20th  constituency of California , where he succeeded Cal Dooley on January 3, 2005 . After six re-elections between 2006 and 2016 inclusive, he can continue to exercise his office today. His new legislative term runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018. Since 2013 he has represented the 16th congressional electoral district of his state. He is or was a member of the Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Natural Resources and a total of four sub-committees.

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• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

• Web presence at the congress
• Jim Costa in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)