Zoe Lofgren CA-18

Zoe Lofgren

Summary

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 18 since 1995 (formerly 19th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
District:    all of San Benito County and parts of Santa Clara and Monterey counties, including Salinas, Hollister, Watsonville, Gilroy, Soledad, and downtown and eastern San Jose.
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A company can simultaneously be helping people get vaccinated & spreading misinformation. When it comes to Facebook, like President Biden, I am concerned about the latter.

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About

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Zoe Lofgren 1Zoe Lofgren has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995. She represents the 18th District of California, which serves communities in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.

A lifelong Bay Area resident and the daughter of a truck driver and a cafeteria cook and, later, a secretary. Zoe attended public schools and attended Stanford University on a California State Scholarship, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1970. Prior to attending Stanford, Lofgren worked the night shift at the Eastman Kodak plant in Palo Alto to save money for non-tuition college expenses not covered by her scholarship. After graduating from Stanford, she attended Santa Clara University School of Law with the help of a scholarship, graduating cum laude in 1975. She served as a member of Congressman Don Edwards’ staff for eight years in both his San Jose and Washington DC offices from 1970 to 1978. She practiced and taught immigration law, and was a founder and first executive director of the nonprofit Community Housing Developers. She was first elected to the San Jose Evergreen Community College Board in 1979. In 1980, she was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, where she served for 14 years. Following Congressman Don Edwards’ retirement in 1994 after 32 years in Congress, Zoe was elected to the House of Representatives.

She is currently the Ranking Member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and serves on the House Judiciary Committee. Zoe is also the elected Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation. It is the most diverse delegation in the House and outnumbers all other state House delegations.

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS LEADER

Zoe is known for her steadfast advocacy for immigrant communities and her expertise on U.S. immigration law and policy. She led Democrats on the House Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee during eight consecutive sessions of Congress. During the 116th Congress, Zoe led a group of bipartisan lawmakers in negotiations that resulted in the Farm Workforce Modernization Act – a comprehensive agricultural workforce reform bill that provides a path to legal status for an estimated 1.5 million farmworkers and improves the H-2A temporary agricultural visa program. The legislation was negotiated with input from farmers, agricultural stakeholders, labor organizations, and farmworker advocates. The sensible compromise is fully supported by the United Farmworkers of America and growers. The bill passed the House with overwhelming support in both the 116th and 117th Congresses. Zoe has consistently sought to cut through the divisive political rhetoric to advance commonsense immigration policy solutions, including efforts to address family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visa backlogs and to create a new visa program for immigrant entrepreneurs.

She is also a champion of top-to-bottom immigration reform, and her leadership includes extensive efforts during the 113th Congress as part of an eight-person bipartisan House working group and an original cosponsor and advocate for the U.S. Citizenship Act in the 117th Congress. Additionally, throughout her tenure in Congress, and especially during the Trump Administration, Zoe led colleagues in addressing a multitude of immigration-related crises, including increased instability in the Northern Triangle region, and calling out constitutional and other abuses of power, including Trump’s Muslim travel ban, the Migrant Protection Protocols (“Remain in Mexico” policy), and the “Zero Tolerance” policy that resulted in the separation of children from their parents at the border. Zoe also shepherded House passage of the American Dream and Promise Act for Dreamers and TPS and DED recipients, has been a constant advocate for those requiring humanitarian protection (including by promoting TPS for UkraineEl SalvadorHaitiLiberiaCameroon, and Lebanon), and has worked to improve and safeguard institutions so immigrants receive humane treatment, benefits, fairness, and due process.

FOCUSED ON INNOVATION AND TECH POLICY

Zoe is also known for her work on patent reform, copyright issues, internet privacy, digital rights, and net neutrality. She successfully fought to initiate the “e-rate” that provides affordable internet access for schools, libraries, and rural health centers, and she led a bipartisan effort in the House to decontrol encryption technology. A staunch advocate for digital rights, Zoe was the lead early opponent of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and led a successful fight to stop the bill in the House Judiciary Committee. In 2014, Zoe successfully spearheaded a bipartisan effort to close backdoor loopholes on unwarranted government surveillance, and in early 2020, she led bicameral reform efforts to protect Americans’ civil liberties during FISA reauthorization negotiations. In the 116th Congress, along with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Zoe introduced the 132-page Online Privacy Act, sweeping legislation that creates user rights, places obligations on companies to protect users’ data, establishes a new federal agency to enforce privacy protections, and strengthens enforcement of privacy law violations.

As the top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Zoe is focused on spurring innovation, fostering scientific advancement, and cultivating the nation’s STEM pipeline. She specifically plans to push Congress and the Administration to double down and accelerate research on fusion energy and, using her on-the-ground California expertise, work to bolster the federal scientific agenda on wildfires, as nearly year-long fire seasons cause increasing devastation. Zoe also plans to expand technological innovation to the agricultural sector.

DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

Zoe has been a longtime leader on anti-corruption, campaign finance, and pro-democracy reforms. She is a constitutional expert who is keenly focused on protecting Americans’ right to vote and the country’s tradition of having a peaceful transfer of power. Zoe shepherded H.R. 1, the For the People Act, through the legislative process in the 116th and 117th Congresses, culminating with its House passage twice. The sweeping package would put power back in the hands of the American people by limiting the dominance of big money in politics, making it easier – not harder – to vote, and ensuring that politicians actually serve the public interest.

In the 117th Congress, Zoe served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, which unveiled the multifaceted effort by ex-President Trump to keep power contrary to the 2020 election results. Along with former Rep. Liz Cheney, Zoe led the House in passing the bipartisan Presidential Election Reform Act.

Zoe also served as a House Manager in the 2020 impeachment trial of Donald Trump and is the first woman in U.S. history to ever present a presidential case to the Senate. She is also the only Member of Congress to have participated in all four modern impeachment proceedings.

Personal

Full Name: Zoe Lofgren

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: John; 2 Children: John, Sheila

Birth Date: 12/21/1947

Birth Place: San Mateo, CA

Home City: San José, CA

Religion: Lutheran

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Education

JD, University of Santa Clara School of Law, 1975

BA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1970

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 18, 2023-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 19, 2013-2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 18, 2022

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 16, 1994-2013

Member, Board of Supervisors, Santa Clara County, 1981-1994

Professional Experience

Adjunct Professor, Immigration Law, School of Law, University of Santa Clara, 1981-1994

Executive Director, Community Housing Developers, 1978-1981

Immigration Law Teacher, University of Santa Clara School of Law, 1977-1980

Law Partner, Webber and Lofgren, 1978-1980

Director, Community Housing Developer, 1978-1979

Staff Assistant, Representative Don Edwards, United States House of Representatives, 1970-1978

Offices

San Jose Office
635 North First Street Suite B
San Jose, CA 95112

Washington, DC Office
1401 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Contact

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Politics

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Election Results

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Finances

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Committees

CAUCUS MEMBERSHIP

Aerospace Caucus
Artificial Intelligence Caucus
California Aerospace Caucus
California Democratic Congressional Delegation (Chair)
Congressional Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus
Congressional Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus
Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
Congressional Armenian Caucus
Congressional Autism Caucus
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
Congressional Bipartisan Affordable Childcare Caucus
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Congressional Caucus on Vietnam (Co-Chair)
Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Congressional Fusion Caucus
Congressional Hispanic-Serving Institution’s (HSI) Caucus
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus
Congressional Labor Caucus
Congressional Lupus Caucus
Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus
Congressional MS Caucus
Congressional Native American Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Congressional Parkinson’s Caucus
Congressional Refugee Caucus (Co-Chair)​
Congressional Sleep Health Caucus (Co-Chair)
Congressional Taiwan Caucus
Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
Congressional Task Force on Down Syndrome
Congressional Tourette Syndrome Caucus
Earth and Space Science Caucus
Expand Social Security Caucus
Foster Youth Caucus
FreeThought Caucus
General Aviation Caucus
Graduate Research and Development Caucus (Co-Chair)
Green Schools Caucus
HIV/AIDS Caucus
House High Speed and Passenger Rail Modernization Caucus
House Manufacturing Caucus
LGBT Equality Caucus
NASA Caucus
National Service Congressional Caucus
Planetary Science Caucus
Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus
Public Education Caucus
Research and Development Caucus
Safe Climate Caucus
Semiconductor Caucus (Co-Chair)
Specialty Crop Caucus
Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights
Urban Regional Studies Caucus
Voting Rights Caucus
Youth Challenge Caucus

New Legislation

Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Lofgren.

Issues

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Education is one of the most important issues Zoe deals with as a Member of Congress. The stakes are enormous and Zoe takes seriously her responsibility to ensure that the federal government plans and positions well in making resources available to local school districts to help educate our children.

Zoe knows that when it comes to energy policy, it is time to move away from the failed policies of the past to a new direction where protecting the environment and powering our society spur new U.S. industries that grow our economy.

As an active Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, Zoe understands the actions of all nations must be measured against the standards of international behavior to which they have agreed. Having laws alone does not guarantee that they will be enforced or respected.

As much of the United States has recovered from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression in 2008, and unemployment levels have plunged, Zoe continues fighting to give Santa Clara families and businesses tools to grow their enterprises.

Expanding access to quality, affordable health care has been one of Zoe’s driving causes as an elected official.


Zoe is the granddaughter of immigrants. She became an immigration lawyer and, before elected office, taught immigration law at the University of Santa Clara Law School. She knows that the country’s immigration laws must be reformed if the United States is to succeed in the 21st Century.

Innovation is the driving force behind a strong and growing economy, and nowhere is that better exemplified than in Silicon Valley, America’s hub of innovation. As a recognized leader and respected voice on technology issues, Zoe advocates strongly for Silicon Valley in Washington, D.C.

Securing our digital infrastructure and sensitive information from malicious actors and data breach is critically important in the Digital Age.


Zoe knows that when it comes to energy policy, it is time to move away from the failed policies of the past to a new direction where protecting the environment and powering our society spur new U.S


From an early age when Zoe spent time with her family outdoors in California’s many parks and natural places, she developed the belief that we all have a responsibility to be good stewards of the e

Our surveillance laws provide intelligence and law enforcement agencies with vast powers, but overbroad government surveillance is harmful to both civil liberties and business interests alike.


As the only advanced nation in the world that suffers from a seemingly unending string of mass shootings, it is clear Congress must take reasonable steps to address this public health crisis and ensure our communities are safe. Zoe supports the creation of a Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention in the House to examine our existing firearms purchaser background check system as well as other methods to prevent and reduce gun violence.

As an original member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Zoe knows that our national security does not need to violate our constitutionally protected rights.

Patents are a critical source of our economic vitality, but abusive patent litigation takes a tremendous toll on government and private sector resources.


Our U.S.


The right to free speech is the bedrock of a strong democracy.


A free and open Internet is essential to America’s economic and cultural prosperity.


The bedrock of American democracy is our right to vote in fair and open elections, which are followed by a peaceful transfer of power.

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Services

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District

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California’s 18th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Democrat Zoe Lofgren. Since the 2022 election, the district is landlocked and includes all of San Benito County and parts of Santa Clara and Monterey counties, including Salinas, Hollister, Watsonville, Gilroy, Soledad, and downtown and eastern San Jose.

Due to the presence of Silicon Valley, the district had a median household income of $149,375, the second highest of any congressional district in the country. After redistricting, the district picked up agricultural areas of Monterey County, and its median household income dropped substantially, to $90,456.

Wikipedia

Susan EllenZoeLofgren (/ˈz ˈlɒfɡrɪn/ ZO LOFF-grin;[1][2] born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 14th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired the House Administration Committee in the 116th and 117th Congresses.

Lofgren was the 16th district‘s first female U.S. representative, before part of the district was redistricted into the 19th congressional district. The district covers much of Santa Clara County, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and most of San Jose. Representing a district covering much of Silicon Valley, Lofgren has been noted for her activity in tech-related policy areas such as net neutrality and digital surveillance.[3]

Early life, education and career

Lofgren was born in San Mateo, California, the daughter of Mary Violet, a school cafeteria employee, and Milton R. Lofgren, a beer truck driver.[4][5][6] Her grandfather was Swedish.[7] Lofgren attended Gunn High School (1966) in Palo Alto,[8] and while in high school, Lofgren was a member of the Junior State of America, a student-run political debate, activism, and student governance organization.[9] She earned her B.A. degree in political science from Stanford University in 1970 and her Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1975.[2]

After graduating from Stanford, Lofgren worked as a staffer for Congressman Don Edwards. He served on the House Judiciary Committee when the committee prepared articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon in 1973.[10]

In 1978, Lofgren married John Marshall Collins.[8] Returning to San Jose, she worked in Don Edwards’s district office while earning her J.D. degree. After two years as partner at a San Jose immigration law firm, she was elected to the board of San Jose City College. In 1981, she was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing downtown San Jose and nearby communities, where she served for 13 years.[11]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 1994, Lofgren entered a six-way Democratic primary in what was then the 16th district, when Edwards retired after 32 years in Congress. The district, then as now, is a Democratic stronghold, and it was understood that whoever won the Democratic primary would be only the second person to represent this district since its creation in 1963 (it was numbered as the 9th district from 1963 to 1975, as the 10th from 1975 to 1993, the 16th from 1993 to 2013, and has been the 19th since 2013). A decided underdog, she managed to defeat the favorite, former San Jose mayor Tom McEnery, by just over 1,100 votes. She breezed to victory in November, and has since been reelected with no substantive opposition.

During the 2004, 2006 and 2008 elections, Lofgren’s campaign paid approximately $350,000 to two businesses her husband operates: Collins and Day and John Marshall Collins P.C. over a six-year period to support campaign efforts.[12]

Tenure

Lofgren during the
109th Congress

Lofgren chairs the 46-member California Democratic Congressional Delegation. She serves on the Judiciary Committee and chairs the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. In 2007, she co-sponsored[13] the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, which the ACLU characterized as “legislating against thought”.[14] In April 2011, she became the first member of Congress to call for federal investigation into the Secure Communities deportation program.[15]

Beginning in 2009, Lofgren served as chair of the House Ethics Committee. In doing so, she presided over a rare sanction of censure, against longtime member Charles B. Rangel.[16] In 2009, Lofgren was appointed and served as an impeachment manager in the impeachment trial of Judge Samuel B. Kent.[17] In 2010, Lofgren was appointed and served as an impeachment manager (prosecutor) in the impeachment trial of Judge Thomas Porteous.[18]

In the Stop Online Piracy Act House Judiciary Committee hearings, she defended the current state of the internet in opposition of the bill. She has also opposed the data retention requirements in the H.R. 1981 (the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011).[19]

In February 2013, Lofgren became one of the sponsors of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act to expedite open access to taxpayer-funded research.[20]

In May 2016, Lofgren was publicly reprimanded during a House Judiciary Committee hearing after calling witness Gail Heriot of the United States Commission on Civil Rights an “ignorant bigot” because Heriot’s written testimony before the hearing had suggested that calling oneself a female does not cause one to be a female.[21] Following the oral warning from acting committee chairman Steve King, Lofgren responded, “I cannot allow that kind of bigotry to go into the record unchallenged”.[22]

In January 2020, Lofgren was selected as one of seven impeachment managers who presented the impeachment case against President Donald Trump during his first trial before the United States Senate.[23] This marked her third time serving as an impeachment manager.[17]

As of October 2021, Lofgren had voted in line with Joe Biden‘s stated position 100% of the time.[24]

Lofgren speaking to the California Democratic Party State Convention in June 2019

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:[25]

Caucuses

Political positions

Abortion

Lofgren is pro-choice[34] and has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, an organization that advocates for abortion rights and tracks congressional records on the topic.[35] In 2013, she was chosen as the lead House Democrat to argue against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have banned abortions after the mother was 20 weeks pregnant. Lofgren said, “Passage of the bill is wrong. It’s the wrong policy for the freedom of American women.”[34] She opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it “a bleak day” and vowing to keep abortion safe and accessible in California.[36]

Tech policy

Lofgren, whose district covers much of Silicon Valley, has been noted for her activity in tech industry regulation and privacy policy.[3] In 2012, she was one of two Democrats in Congress to oppose the Federal Trade Commission‘s (FTC) then-ongoing antitrust probe of Google.[37] Lofgren criticized the European Commission‘s decision to fine Google $2.7 billion in 2017 over alleged anti-competitive behavior, arguing that the fine was “unfair to the U.S. companies participating in European markets”.

In 2013, in the wake of the prosecution and subsequent suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz (who used a script to download scholarly research articles in excess of what JSTOR terms of service allowed), Lofgren introduced a bill, Aaron’s Law (H.R. 2454, S. 1196[38]) to exclude terms of service violations from the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and from the wire fraud statute.[39] By May 2014, Aaron’s Law had stalled in committee. Brian Knappenberger, author of a documentary on Swartz, alleges this occurred due to Oracle Corporation‘s financial interest in maintaining the status quo.[40]

In 2021, Lofgren opposed a series of bipartisan proposals aiming to “break up” Big Tech companies through antitrust enforcement.[41] Alongside a group of other members of the California congressional delegation, she criticized the “antitrust package” due to concerns about its impact on the U.S. tech industry.[42] Following allegations that Lofgren’s opposition to antitrust measures were potentially influenced by her daughter’s employment as a corporate counsel for Google, Lofgren was defended by colleagues Ro Khanna and Anna Eshoo, who called these criticisms “ad hominem attacks”.[43]

In 2022, Lofgren was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.[44][45]

Energy policy

Lofgren has routinely voted for bills that would expand renewable energy investments. She believes that a clean energy infrastructure is required to curb the effects of climate change.[46][47][48] In 2018, Lofgren co-sponsored the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act.[49] In February 2019, she co-sponsored the Green New Deal resolution (H.Res. 109).[50]

Health care

Lofgren is a member of the Medicare for All Caucus and co-sponsored the legislation introduced by Representative John Conyers in 2017. She rescinded her sponsorship of a similar bill introduced by Representative Pramila Jayapal in 2019, arguing that the bill’s two-year timeline was not feasible.[32] Lofgren continues to support a public option for health insurance,[51] and 2021 co-sponsored Jayapal’s bill to lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60.[52]

Net neutrality

Lofgren is a supporter of net neutrality policies to prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from engaging in data discrimination.[3] In 2018, she signed a discharge petition to force a vote on net neutrality protections in Congress.[53]

Electoral history

California’s 16th congressional district

California’s 16th congressional district Democratic Primary election, June 7, 1994[54]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren 16,168 45.3
DemocraticTom McEnery15,03742.2
DemocraticDick Lane1,5374.3
DemocraticCynthia Williamson1,4144.0
DemocraticTom Harney7802.2
DemocraticEdward R. Dykes7212.0
Total votes35,657 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 1994[55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren 74,935 65.0
RepublicanLyle J. Smith40,40935.0
No partyFred Luke Barraza (write-in)80.0
Total votes115,352 100.0
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Democratic hold
California’s 16th congressional district election, 1996[56]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 94,020 65.7
RepublicanChuck Wojslaw43,19730.2
LibertarianDavid Bonino4,1242.8
Natural LawAbaan Abu-Shumays1,8661.3
Total votes143,207 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 1998[57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 85,503 72.82
RepublicanHorace Eugene Thayn27,49423.42
Natural LawJohn H. Black4,4173.76
Total votes117,414 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 2000[58]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 115,118 72.1
RepublicanHorace “Gene” Thayn37,21323.3
LibertarianDennis Michael Umphress4,7423.0
Natural LawEdward J. Klein2,6731.6
Total votes159,746 100.0
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Democratic hold
California’s 16th congressional district election, 2002[59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 72,370 67.1
RepublicanDouglas Adams McNea32,18229.8
LibertarianDennis Michael Umphress3,4343.1
Total votes104,556 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 2004[60]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 129,222 70.9
RepublicanDouglas Adams McNea47,99226.4
LibertarianMarkus Welch5,0672.7
Total votes182,281 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 2006[61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 98,929 72.8
RepublicanCharel Winston37,13027.2
Total votes136,059 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 2008[62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 146,481 71.3
RepublicanCharel Winston49,39924.1
LibertarianSteven Wells9,4474.6
Total votes205,327 100.0
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California’s 16th congressional district election, 2010[63]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 105,841 67.9
RepublicanDaniel Sahagun37,91324.3
LibertarianEdward M. Gonzalez12,3047.8
Total votes156,058 100.0
Democratic hold

California’s 19th congressional district

California’s 19th congressional district election, 2012[64]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)60,72665.2
RepublicanRobert Murray21,42123.0
RepublicanPhat Nguyen7,1927.7
No party preferenceJay Cabrera3,8294.1
Total votes93,168 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 162,300 73.2
RepublicanRobert Murray59,31326.8
Total votes221,613 100.0
Democratic hold
California’s 19th congressional district election, 2014[65][66]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)63,84576.0
DemocraticRobert Murray20,13224.0
Total votes83,977 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 85,888 67.2
DemocraticRobert Murray41,90032.8
Total votes127,788 100.0
Democratic hold
California’s 19th congressional district election, 2016[67][68]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)107,77376.1
RepublicanG. Burt Lancaster33,88923.9
Total votes194,251 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 181,802 73.9
RepublicanG. Burt Lancaster64,06126.1
Total votes245,863 100.0
Democratic hold
California’s 19th congressional district election, 2018[69][70]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)97,09699.0
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera (write-in)7920.8
RepublicanKarl Ryan (write-in)1600.2
American IndependentRobert Ornelas (write-in)70.0
Total votes98,055 100.0
General election
Democratic Zoe Lofgren (incumbent) 162,496 73.8
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera57,82326.2
Total votes220,319 100.0
Democratic hold
California’s 19th congressional district election, 2020[71][72]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)104,45662.7
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera20,46912.3
RepublicanIgnacio Cruz19,10911.5
DemocraticIvan Torres18,91611.4
No party preferenceJason Mallory3,5162.1
Total votes166,466 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 224,385 71.7
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera88,64228.3
Total votes313,027 100.0
Democratic hold
California’s 18th congressional district, 2022[73]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)50,10456.1
RepublicanPeter Hernandez27,93531.3
DemocraticLuis Acevedo-Arreguin11,25312.6
Total votes89,292 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 99,677 65.8
RepublicanPeter Hernandez51,70434.2
Total votes151,381 100.0

Publications

Articles

  • Congress hands China another win, The Hill, March 22, 2024[74]

Personal life

In 1978, Lofgren married John Marshall Collins, an attorney.[8][75] The couple met at an election party.[76] They have two children and twin grandsons.[77] Lofgren’s daughter, Sheila Collins, is a corporate counsel at Google.[78][79]

See also

References

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  7. ^ “Rep. Zoe Lofgren on President Obama’s Call for Immigration Reform”. January 29, 2013.
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  46. ^ King, Katie (September 25, 2020). “South Bay legislators split on clean energy legislation”. San Jose Spotlight. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
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Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren (/ˈz ˈlɒfɡrɪn/ ZO LOFF-grin;[1][2] born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 14th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired the House Administration Committee in the 116th and 117th Congresses.

Lofgren was the 16th district's first female U.S. representative, before part of the district was redistricted into the 19th congressional district. The district covers much of Santa Clara County, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and most of San Jose. Representing a district covering much of Silicon Valley, Lofgren has been noted for her activity in tech-related policy areas such as net neutrality and digital surveillance.[3]

Early life, education and career

Lofgren was born in San Mateo, California, the daughter of Mary Violet, a school cafeteria employee, and Milton R. Lofgren, a beer truck driver.[4][5][6] Her grandfather was Swedish.[7] Lofgren attended Gunn High School (1966) in Palo Alto,[8] and while in high school, Lofgren was a member of the Junior State of America, a student-run political debate, activism, and student governance organization.[9] She earned her B.A. degree in political science from Stanford University in 1970 and her Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1975.[2]

After graduating from Stanford, Lofgren worked as a staffer for Congressman Don Edwards. He served on the House Judiciary Committee when the committee prepared articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon in 1973.[10]

In 1978, Lofgren married John Marshall Collins.[8] Returning to San Jose, she worked in Don Edwards's district office while earning her J.D. degree. After two years as partner at a San Jose immigration law firm, she was elected to the board of San Jose City College. In 1981, she was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing downtown San Jose and nearby communities, where she served for 13 years.[11]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 1994, Lofgren entered a six-way Democratic primary in what was then the 16th district, when Edwards retired after 32 years in Congress. The district, then as now, is a Democratic stronghold, and it was understood that whoever won the Democratic primary would be only the second person to represent this district since its creation in 1963 (it was numbered as the 9th district from 1963 to 1975, as the 10th from 1975 to 1993, the 16th from 1993 to 2013, and has been the 19th since 2013). A decided underdog, she managed to defeat the favorite, former San Jose mayor Tom McEnery, by just over 1,100 votes. She breezed to victory in November, and has since been reelected with no substantive opposition.

During the 2004, 2006 and 2008 elections, Lofgren's campaign paid approximately $350,000 to two businesses her husband operates: Collins and Day and John Marshall Collins P.C. over a six-year period to support campaign efforts.[12]

Tenure

Lofgren during the
109th Congress

Lofgren chairs the 46-member California Democratic Congressional Delegation. She serves on the Judiciary Committee and chairs the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. In 2007, she co-sponsored[13] the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, which the ACLU characterized as "legislating against thought".[14] In April 2011, she became the first member of Congress to call for federal investigation into the Secure Communities deportation program.[15]

Beginning in 2009, Lofgren served as chair of the House Ethics Committee. In doing so, she presided over a rare sanction of censure, against longtime member Charles B. Rangel.[16] In 2009, Lofgren was appointed and served as an impeachment manager in the impeachment trial of Judge Samuel B. Kent.[17] In 2010, Lofgren was appointed and served as an impeachment manager (prosecutor) in the impeachment trial of Judge Thomas Porteous.[18]

In the Stop Online Piracy Act House Judiciary Committee hearings, she defended the current state of the internet in opposition of the bill. She has also opposed the data retention requirements in the H.R. 1981 (the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011).[19]

In February 2013, Lofgren became one of the sponsors of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act to expedite open access to taxpayer-funded research.[20]

In May 2016, Lofgren was publicly reprimanded during a House Judiciary Committee hearing after calling witness Gail Heriot of the United States Commission on Civil Rights an "ignorant bigot" because Heriot's written testimony before the hearing had suggested that calling oneself a female does not cause one to be a female.[21] Following the oral warning from acting committee chairman Steve King, Lofgren responded, "I cannot allow that kind of bigotry to go into the record unchallenged".[22]

In January 2020, Lofgren was selected as one of seven impeachment managers who presented the impeachment case against President Donald Trump during his first trial before the United States Senate.[23] This marked her third time serving as an impeachment manager.[17]

As of October 2021, Lofgren had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.[24]

Lofgren speaking to the California Democratic Party State Convention in June 2019

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:[25]

Caucuses

Political positions

Abortion

Lofgren is pro-choice[34] and has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, an organization that advocates for abortion rights and tracks congressional records on the topic.[35] In 2013, she was chosen as the lead House Democrat to argue against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have banned abortions after the mother was 20 weeks pregnant. Lofgren said, "Passage of the bill is wrong. It's the wrong policy for the freedom of American women."[34] She opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it "a bleak day" and vowing to keep abortion safe and accessible in California.[36]

Tech policy

Lofgren, whose district covers much of Silicon Valley, has been noted for her activity in tech industry regulation and privacy policy.[3] In 2012, she was one of two Democrats in Congress to oppose the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) then-ongoing antitrust probe of Google.[37] Lofgren criticized the European Commission's decision to fine Google $2.7 billion in 2017 over alleged anti-competitive behavior, arguing that the fine was "unfair to the U.S. companies participating in European markets".

In 2013, in the wake of the prosecution and subsequent suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz (who used a script to download scholarly research articles in excess of what JSTOR terms of service allowed), Lofgren introduced a bill, Aaron's Law (H.R. 2454, S. 1196[38]) to exclude terms of service violations from the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and from the wire fraud statute.[39] By May 2014, Aaron's Law had stalled in committee. Brian Knappenberger, author of a documentary on Swartz, alleges this occurred due to Oracle Corporation's financial interest in maintaining the status quo.[40]

In 2021, Lofgren opposed a series of bipartisan proposals aiming to "break up" Big Tech companies through antitrust enforcement.[41] Alongside a group of other members of the California congressional delegation, she criticized the "antitrust package" due to concerns about its impact on the U.S. tech industry.[42] Following allegations that Lofgren's opposition to antitrust measures were potentially influenced by her daughter's employment as a corporate counsel for Google, Lofgren was defended by colleagues Ro Khanna and Anna Eshoo, who called these criticisms "ad hominem attacks".[43]

In 2022, Lofgren was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.[44][45]

Energy policy

Lofgren has routinely voted for bills that would expand renewable energy investments. She believes that a clean energy infrastructure is required to curb the effects of climate change.[46][47][48] In 2018, Lofgren co-sponsored the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act.[49] In February 2019, she co-sponsored the Green New Deal resolution (H.Res. 109).[50]

Health care

Lofgren is a member of the Medicare for All Caucus and co-sponsored the legislation introduced by Representative John Conyers in 2017. She rescinded her sponsorship of a similar bill introduced by Representative Pramila Jayapal in 2019, arguing that the bill's two-year timeline was not feasible.[32] Lofgren continues to support a public option for health insurance,[51] and 2021 co-sponsored Jayapal's bill to lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60.[52]

Net neutrality

Lofgren is a supporter of net neutrality policies to prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from engaging in data discrimination.[3] In 2018, she signed a discharge petition to force a vote on net neutrality protections in Congress.[53]

Electoral history

California's 16th congressional district

California's 16th congressional district Democratic Primary election, June 7, 1994[54]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren 16,168 45.3
DemocraticTom McEnery15,03742.2
DemocraticDick Lane1,5374.3
DemocraticCynthia Williamson1,4144.0
DemocraticTom Harney7802.2
DemocraticEdward R. Dykes7212.0
Total votes35,657 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
California's 16th congressional district election, 1994[55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren 74,935 65.0
RepublicanLyle J. Smith40,40935.0
No partyFred Luke Barraza (write-in)80.0
Total votes115,352 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 1996[56]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 94,020 65.7
RepublicanChuck Wojslaw43,19730.2
LibertarianDavid Bonino4,1242.8
Natural LawAbaan Abu-Shumays1,8661.3
Total votes143,207 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 1998[57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 85,503 72.82
RepublicanHorace Eugene Thayn27,49423.42
Natural LawJohn H. Black4,4173.76
Total votes117,414 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 2000[58]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 115,118 72.1
RepublicanHorace "Gene" Thayn37,21323.3
LibertarianDennis Michael Umphress4,7423.0
Natural LawEdward J. Klein2,6731.6
Total votes159,746 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 2002[59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 72,370 67.1
RepublicanDouglas Adams McNea32,18229.8
LibertarianDennis Michael Umphress3,4343.1
Total votes104,556 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 2004[60]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 129,222 70.9
RepublicanDouglas Adams McNea47,99226.4
LibertarianMarkus Welch5,0672.7
Total votes182,281 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 2006[61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 98,929 72.8
RepublicanCharel Winston37,13027.2
Total votes136,059 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 2008[62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 146,481 71.3
RepublicanCharel Winston49,39924.1
LibertarianSteven Wells9,4474.6
Total votes205,327 100.0
Turnout{{{votes}}}
Democratic hold
California's 16th congressional district election, 2010[63]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 105,841 67.9
RepublicanDaniel Sahagun37,91324.3
LibertarianEdward M. Gonzalez12,3047.8
Total votes156,058 100.0
Democratic hold

California's 19th congressional district

California's 19th congressional district election, 2012[64]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)60,72665.2
RepublicanRobert Murray21,42123.0
RepublicanPhat Nguyen7,1927.7
No party preferenceJay Cabrera3,8294.1
Total votes93,168 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 162,300 73.2
RepublicanRobert Murray59,31326.8
Total votes221,613 100.0
Democratic hold
California's 19th congressional district election, 2014[65][66]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)63,84576.0
DemocraticRobert Murray20,13224.0
Total votes83,977 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 85,888 67.2
DemocraticRobert Murray41,90032.8
Total votes127,788 100.0
Democratic hold
California's 19th congressional district election, 2016[67][68]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)107,77376.1
RepublicanG. Burt Lancaster33,88923.9
Total votes194,251 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 181,802 73.9
RepublicanG. Burt Lancaster64,06126.1
Total votes245,863 100.0
Democratic hold
California's 19th congressional district election, 2018[69][70]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)97,09699.0
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera (write-in)7920.8
RepublicanKarl Ryan (write-in)1600.2
American IndependentRobert Ornelas (write-in)70.0
Total votes98,055 100.0
General election
Democratic Zoe Lofgren (incumbent) 162,496 73.8
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera57,82326.2
Total votes220,319 100.0
Democratic hold
California's 19th congressional district election, 2020[71][72]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)104,45662.7
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera20,46912.3
RepublicanIgnacio Cruz19,10911.5
DemocraticIvan Torres18,91611.4
No party preferenceJason Mallory3,5162.1
Total votes166,466 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 224,385 71.7
RepublicanJustin James Aguilera88,64228.3
Total votes313,027 100.0
Democratic hold
California's 18th congressional district, 2022[73]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent)50,10456.1
RepublicanPeter Hernandez27,93531.3
DemocraticLuis Acevedo-Arreguin11,25312.6
Total votes89,292 100.0
General election
DemocraticZoe Lofgren (incumbent) 99,677 65.8
RepublicanPeter Hernandez51,70434.2
Total votes151,381 100.0

Publications

Articles

  • Congress hands China another win, The Hill, March 22, 2024[74]

Personal life

In 1978, Lofgren married John Marshall Collins, an attorney.[8][75] The couple met at an election party.[76] They have two children and twin grandsons.[77] Lofgren's daughter, Sheila Collins, is a corporate counsel at Google.[78][79]

See also

References

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