Jackie Speier – CA14

Jackie Speier

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Current Position: US Representative of CA District 14 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1986 – 1996

Other positions:  
Chair of the Military Personnel Subcommittee

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Biden defends Afghanistan policy amid mounting criticism of withdrawal
NBC News, Lauren Egan and Shannon Pettypiece – August 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday defended his administration’s decision to continue with the U.S. military drawdown in Afghanistan, blaming the U.S.-backed Afghan government and military for allowing the Taliban to take over.

“Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country; the Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight,” Biden said. “If anything, the developments of the past week reinforce that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision.”

Reps Speier, Lieu, Sherrill Lead Letter to President Biden Urging Immediate Evacuation of At-Risk Afghan Women
Government Website – August 24, 2021

Washington, DC – Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14), Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-33), and Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) led 64 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden today urging his Administration to prioritize the immediate evacuation of Afghan women, in addition to U.S. citizens and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders, applicants, and their families, from Afghanistan. The letter requested that President Biden issue humanitarian parole to vulnerable Afghan women; expand the Priority 2 refugee designation to include Afghan women civil servants, journalists, judges, activists, human rights defenders, and others vulnerable to Taliban attacks; work with regional partners to establish transit centers to aid in the rapid evacuation of at-risk populations; and prioritize Afghan women for Priority 1 refugee status.

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Congresswoman Jackie Speier (pronounced SPEAR) is a fearless fighter for women’s equality, LGBTQ rights and the disenfranchised who has dedicated her life to eliminating government corruption while working to strengthen America’s national and economic security. She was named to Newsweek’s list of 150 “Fearless Women” in the world and one of “Politico’s 50” most influential people in American politics for bringing the Me Too reckoning to Congress.

She proudly represents California’s 14th Congressional District, stretching from the southern portion of San Francisco through San Mateo County to East Palo Alto, and serves on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and as the Chair of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where she serves on the Subcommittees on Environment and Government Operations. Speier is also Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), the Congressional Armenian Caucus, the Bipartisan Task Force To End Sexual Violence, and the Gunviolence Prevention Task Force.

The CAA Reform Act went into effect in June 2019 and has already made tremendous progress in people’s lives. However, Congresswoman Speier’s work is not finished. She will be introducing additional legislation with her colleague Congressman Bradley Byrne to further bolster protections for staff and hold Members accountable for their discriminatory behavior.

She also continues to advocate for fundamental reforms to end the epidemic of sexual assault in the military and on college campuses, and she is leading the fight against sexism in the fields of science and technology and academia overall. And she is at the forefront of efforts to increase constitutional protections against sex discrimination through ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and to end gender-based discrimination in the pricing of goods and services through the passage of the Pink Tax Repeal Act.

During her 18 years in both chambers of the California Legislature, Congresswoman Speier had more than 300 bills signed into law by both Republican and Democratic governors. Speier secured justice for women and children with a series of bills that led to the collection of more than $2 billion in delinquent court-ordered child support payments. She authored a measure that gave the state the nation’s strongest financial privacy law and was integral to the passage of California’s Gender Tax Repeal Act in 1996.

Eliminating Government Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Corruption
Crusading for the safety, health, and rights of all Americans is one of Congresswoman Speier’s driving core principles; from getting tough on big banks to ending taxpayer bailouts, and from eliminating wasteful and fraudulent government spending at all levels to serving as a check on the federal government in the fight against corruption. She is equally dedicated to keeping housing and student loans affordable; protecting private information from cyberwarfare and cyberespionage as well as the dissemination of nonconsensual pornography, or so-called “revenge porn”; and stopping abusive practices like so-called “gay conversion therapy” and discrimination against our transgender military servicemembers. She is also a champion for funding and research for traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, and gun violence prevention. That includes her dedication to preventing children’s deaths caused by unsafe products and preventable tragedies like the 2010 San Bruno explosion that took the lives of eight people in her District.

Strong on National Defense
As Chair of the HASC Subcommittee on Military Personnel and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, Congresswoman Speier is committed to keeping the United States secure from terrorists and hostile nations and honoring and supporting our veterans, military servicemembers, and their families. That means ensuring that American troops have the right equipment to do their jobs and save taxpayers’ money by fighting for improved cyberdefenses and sound management practices at the Pentagon.

On these committees, and in her previous assignments, she has led numerous congressional investigations and hearings to protect the public by exposing a lack of oversight and enforcement of our laws and the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). That includes violations of UCMJ’s codes of conduct for the use of nonconsensual pornography against servicemembers and wasting billions of taxpayers’ dollars on disastrous programs like the F-35 and LCS. She has passed numerous amendments through the National Defense Authorization process to reduce sexual violence within our military and aid survivors, address misconduct by senior officers, and increase transparency about how our wars are funded and fought.

Prior to Congress
Speier first ran for Congress in 1979, facing a crowded field in a special election for a seat formerly held by Congressman Leo J. Ryan, for whom Speier had served as a legislative aide.

The special election was called after Ryan was shot to death in Jonestown, at the compound of the People’s Temple, a cult in Guyana that had previously been based in Ryan’s District. Speier traveled with Ryan on that trip in 1978 in an attempt to rescue some of the cult’s 900 members. She was left nearly lifeless on the airport tarmac after being shot five times at point blank range with an assault rifle.

Speier underwent multiple surgeries after the tragedy and while recovering she realized she had a choice to make: Did she want to be a victim or did she want to be a survivor?

Speier chose to be a survivor, noting that “looking death in the face can make you fearless.”

Speier received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Davis and her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law. Along with her husband, Barry Dennis, and her children, Jackson and Stephanie, she is a proud fan of the San Francisco Giants, the Golden State Warriors, and a lover of all things California. She enjoys any activity that allows her to spend time with her family, including their much-loved puppy Emma.

Committees

House Armed Services Committee, Military Personnel and Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Congresswoman Speier serves on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), is the Chair of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, and also serves on the Readiness Subcommittee.

HASC is responsible for funding and oversight of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the United States Armed Forces. That includes providing our military servicemembers with the best equipment available to carry out their current and future missions while ensuring that the Pentagon spends taxpayer dollars efficiently and effectively. This includes carefully examining our current policies and working to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse.

The Subcommittee on Military Personnel has jurisdiction over Department of Defense policy and programs and accounts related to military personnel and their families, Reserve Component integration and employment, military health care, military education, dependent schools, POW/MIA issues, Morale, Welfare and Recreation, commissaries, cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and military retirement issues.

The Subcommittee on Readiness has jurisdiction over Department of Defense policy and programs and accounts related to military readiness, training, logistics and maintenance, military construction, organic industrial base, the civilian and contract workforce, environment, military installations and real property management, family housing, base realignments and closures, and energy.

Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) is the Chair of the House Armed Services Committee.

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Congresswoman Speier serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), which is chaired by Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA). The Intelligence Committee is charged with overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies including components of the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury and Energy.

She also serves on the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation (C3) Subcommittee, which oversees the intelligence community’s ability to collect against and provide timely intelligence on terrorists, WMD proliferators, hard targets, and other malign actors. It also includes addressing the insider threat, as well as ensuring resource investments and policies support prioritized targeting, secure operations, and analytical integrity.

House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Congresswoman Speier serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR), which is chaired by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY). The Committee on Oversight and Reform is the main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. It has authority to investigate the subjects within the Committee’s legislative jurisdiction as well as “any matter” within the jurisdiction of the other standing House Committees. Rep. Speier also serves on the Government Operations and Environment subcommittees.

The Subcommittee on Government Operations has legislative and oversight jurisdiction over: the federal civil service; whistleblower protections; the U.S. Postal Service; government management and accounting measures; the economy, efficiency, and management of government operations and activities; government reorganization; intergovernmental affairs, including with state and local governments; federal information technology security, acquisition policy, and management; and federal property.

The Subcommittee on Environment has oversight jurisdiction over: global climate change; environmental protection, public lands, endangered species, air and water quality; oceans; public health; conservation; international agreements; energy policy, research and development; and oversight and legislative jurisdiction over regulatory affairs and federal paperwork reduction.

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Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier[1] (/spɪər/ SPEAR; born May 14, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving in Congress from 2008 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Speier represented much of the territory that her political mentor, Leo Ryan, represented.

In 1978, while working as his aide, Speier survived five gunshot wounds when Ryan was assassinated during the Jonestown massacre.[2] Speier served as a member of the California State Senate, representing parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. On April 8, 2008, she won the special election for the vacated United States House of Representatives seat of the late Congressman Tom Lantos.[3] In 2021, she announced that she would not seek reelection in the 2022 midterm elections.[4] She was elected as a member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in 2024.[5]

Early life and education

Speier was born in 1950 in San Francisco, and grew up in an apolitical family, the daughter of Nancy (née Kanchelian) and Manfred "Fred" Speier (German: [ˈʃpaɪ̯ɐ]).[6] Her mother, who was born in Fresno of Armenian descent, lost most of her extended family in the Armenian genocide, while her father was an immigrant from Germany.[7] He was the son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother.[8] Speier took Jacqueline as her confirmation name after Jackie Kennedy.[2] She is a graduate of Mercy High School in Burlingame. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Davis, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1976.[9]

Marriage and family

Speier's first marriage was to Steven Sierra, an emergency-room doctor, in 1987.[10] In 1988, they had a son, Jackson Kent, while she was a member of the California State Assembly.[2] Sierra died in a car crash in 1994 at age 53. At the time, Speier was two months pregnant with their second child, a daughter named Stephanie.[2] Stephanie is now a reporter for ABC's local affiliate in the San Francisco Bay Area.[11]

In 2001, Speier married Barry Dennis, an investment consultant.[12]

Jonestown shooting

Main article: Jonestown

Speier entered politics by serving as a congressional staffer for Congressman Leo Ryan.[13] Speier was part of his November 1978 fact-finding mission organized to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple followers, almost all of whom were American citizens who had moved to Jonestown, Guyana, with Jones in 1977 and 1978.[2]

On November 18, 1978, several Peoples Temple members ambushed the investigative team and others boarding the plane to leave Jonestown. Five people were killed, including Ryan. While trying to shield herself from rifle and shotgun fire behind small airplane wheels with other team members, Speier was shot five times and waited 22 hours before help arrived.[14] The same day, over 900 remaining members of the Peoples Temple died in Jonestown and Georgetown in a mass murder-suicide.

Political career

San Mateo County

Speier's political career began with an unsuccessful run to fill the vacancy caused by Ryan's death (the seat she held later).[2] She lost the Democratic primary to Ryan's former chief of staff, G. W. "Joe" Holsinger. He lost the special election to the Republican nominee, San Mateo County Supervisor Bill Royer,[15] who served the remaining 21 months of the term before losing to Tom Lantos.

Speier won her first election in 1980, when she ran for the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and defeated a 20-year incumbent. At the time, she was the youngest person ever elected to the board. She was reelected in 1984, and was later selected as chairwoman.[14]

In September 2023 Speier announced that she will run for the San Mateo County Board of supervisors in 2024, more than 40 years after she was first elected to the same board.[16]

California State Assembly

In 1986, midway through her second term on the Board of Supervisors, Speier ran for the California State Assembly from a district in northern San Mateo County. She won by a few hundred votes. She was reelected four more times, the last time as the nominee of both the Democratic and Republican parties.[17]

California State Senate

Speier while serving in the California state senate

State law prevented Speier from running for reelection to the Assembly in 1996, but in 1998 she was elected to the California State Senate. In 2002, she was elected to a second term with 78.2% of the vote.[18] As a state senator, Speier was instrumental in securing $127 million to start the "Baby Bullet" express service for Caltrain, for which the commuter rail agency named a new locomotive (no. 925) after her.[19] Speier also focused on representing consumer rights.[citation needed] She was termed out of the California State Senate in 2006. During her last term, she served as assistant president pro tempore of the State Senate.

Candidate for lieutenant governor of California

In 2006, Speier ran in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor of California against insurance commissioner John Garamendi and state senator Liz Figueroa. In the June 6 election, Garamendi defeated Speier with 42.5% of the vote. Speier received 39.7% and Figueroa the remaining 17.8%.[20]

U.S. House of Representatives

Tenure

Caltrain locomotive named after Jackie Speier

On January 13, 2008, Speier announced she was running in the Democratic primary for the 12th District, Ryan's old district. The seat was being vacated by 14-term incumbent Tom Lantos, who announced on January 2, 2008, that he was not seeking reelection. Speier had spent much of 2007 building support to challenge Lantos in the Democratic primary.[21]

On January 17, 2008, Lantos endorsed Speier as his successor. She also picked up endorsements from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Congressman Mike Thompson and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Lantos died on February 11, 2008. Speier won a special primary election on April 8, 2008, to fill the remainder of his term, which ended in January 2009. She won an outright majority, avoiding a runoff that would have been held on June 3, coinciding with the regular primary election.[22] She was elected to a full term in November with 75% of the vote and has been reelected three more times with no substantive opposition.

On July 11, 2008, Speier introduced her first bill, the Gasoline Savings and Speed Limit Reduction Act, which would set a national speed limit of 60 mph in urban areas and 65 mph on less-populated stretches of highway.[23]

In a January 2016 speech on the House floor, Speier announced that she would introduce legislation requiring schools to disclose disciplinary proceedings of faculty.[24]

On August 16, 2017, Speier advocated the use of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to remove President Trump from office because of erratic behavior and mental instability "that place the country in great danger",[25] following his response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and dealings with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.[26]

In September 2016, Speier proposed a bill to stop sexual abuse and harassment of women in STEM fields known as the Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act.[27]

On October 27, 2017, Speier, as part of the #MeToo movement, posted a video sharing her experience with sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.[28] She said that when she was in her 20s, G.W. "Joe" Holsinger, a chief of staff for Representative Leo Ryan, "kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth." Speier called Congress a breeding ground for hostile work environments and called for more sexual harassment training.[29]

Speier and Representative Bennie Thompson have been seeking to prohibit sleeping in United States Congress offices.[30]

Following the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States, Speier was mentioned as a possible contender for a position in his administration, owing to her experience on national security issues. She indicated she would be willing to serve in a role in the Biden administration, but was not chosen for a position.[31]

As of October 2021, Speier had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.[32]

On November 16, 2021, Speier announced she would not run for reelection to Congress in 2022.[33]

Committee assignments

Caucuses

Political views

Speier during the 110th United States Congress

Defense

Speier has worked to remove cases of sexual assault and serious felonies from the chain of command in the military justice system.[13] She introduced the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act, named for Army Spc Vanessa Guillén, on September 16, 2020, and reintroduced it on May 13, 2021. The bill would remove cases of sexual assault and sexual harassment from the chain of command, make sexual harassment a standalone offense in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and provide a process for compensating servicemembers who survive sexual violence when the military has been negligent. She has been quoted by CNN: "This piece of legislation is going to transform a tragedy into change."[37]

Speier introduced the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevent Act on Jun 23, 2021, which would move the decision to prosecute serious crimes in the military from the chain of command. She has been quoted by NPR: "We're here today for the service members who have spoken out or who have suffered in silence because the message and culture in the military has been clear: Shut up, suck it up and don't rock the boat."[38]

Speier is a critic of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. She has been quoted by CNN: "To continue pouring money into building planes that have ejector seat issues, cyber vulnerabilities, flawed aerodynamics, maintenance problems, an inability to fly at full speed while using weapons, and overheating issues is borderline malfeasance."[39]

Speier co-sponsored the Protecting NATO Skies Act of 2019 to prevent the delivery of F-35s to Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to purchase and deploy Russian S-400 air defense systems.[40]

Abortion

Speier supports legal abortion. When she took the National Political Awareness Test in 2002, she answered, "Abortions should always be legally available."[41] The organization NARAL Pro-Choice America rated Speier as 100% on interest group ratings because she supported the choice of abortion in her voting for legislation.[42] Also in 2008 the Planned Parenthood Organization gave Speier a 100% on her actions regarding abortion.[41] In a February 17, 2011, speech on the House floor, Speier said that she herself had undergone an emergency D&E procedure when complications developed in a wanted pregnancy.[43][44][45]

Speier opposed the Trump administration's reinstatement and expansion of the Mexico City Policy, which blocks foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. health aid from providing referrals for abortion services with their own funding. Research shows that by limiting access to care, this policy has previously led to a 14% decrease in contraceptive use, 12% increase in pregnancies, and 40% increase in abortion rates. She is a cosponsor of H.R. 1055, the Global HER Act,[46] to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule.[40]

Speier opposed the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling the decision "government mandated pregnancy."[47]

Gun laws

Speier believes in stricter gun control. According to her answers on the NPAT (National Political Awareness Test) she would like to require safety locks on all guns and background checks on prospective buyers as well as ban certain guns (other than for hunting) and strengthen state restrictions on buying and owning guns.[41] Gun Owners of America gave her an "F" grade and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Jack Berman Advocacy Center gave her a 100% rating.[41][42] The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) and Gun Owners of California also gave Speier consistently low grades on gun rights.[41][48]

Environment and energy

Speier is concerned for the protection of the environment. She cites the decline of salmon on the West Coast as evidence of global warming.[49] Speier believes global warming poses a growing danger and negatively affects the environment. When she spoke to the House on the subject, she expressed a desire "to craft a bipartisan and commonsense energy plan that makes polluters pay, provides for middle-class energy tax credits, and creates a new industry and lots of good, clean, green jobs".[50] Speier worked to improve energy legislation with the Clean Air Rebate Act of 2009, the Home Star Act and the American Clean Energy and Security Act.[51][52]

Foreign policy

In January 2019, Speier introduced H.R. 1028, the RIGHT Act, to prevent foreign money from influencing U.S. elections. She also introduced the PUTIN Act in 2017, legislation to prevent any federal funding for a cybersecurity unit with Russia, as proposed by then President Donald Trump.[40]

On June 27, 2019, Speier introduced a resolution condemning the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and demanding a reevaluation of the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia from the secretary of state in response to reports of numerous violations of the human rights of Saudi activists.[40]

She supports Israel in relation to the Israel-Hamas war.[53]

Human rights

Speier formed the bipartisan Congressional Unexploded Ordnance/Demining Caucus Archived July 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine in 2018 to address unexploded ordnance and mines from the U.S. and other countries throughout the world that impact post-conflict economic and social development.[40]

Speier led the successful effort to secure funding in the FY 2020 House-passed appropriations bill for humanitarian demining assistance and ensured that unclassified Department of Defense demining research would be shared with humanitarian demining organizations.[40]

In September 2017, as co-chair of the Ahmadiyya Caucus, Speier condemned the human rights abuses perpetrated against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and supported assistance programs that help partner nations build accountable, transparent governance structures.[40]

Speier opposed the Trump administration's unilateral cuts to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which works in more than 150 countries to end preventable maternal deaths, provide voluntary family planning, combat gender-based violence such as child marriage, and train health care workers. She led a letter Archived July 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine with 145 of her colleagues urging the administration to reverse its decision to withhold U.S. funding.[40]

Speier also supports efforts to educate girls worldwide, eradicate gender-based violence, promote women's participation in peace and security efforts, and ensure their access to jobs and an economic marketplace free from discrimination.[40]

As co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Armenian Caucus and an Armenian American, Speier works to build close U.S.-Armenia cooperation with Armenian American groups, the State Department, USAID, and the Armenian government. That includes her amendment that passed the House to provide more than $40 million to Armenian Democracy Assistance[54] and establish direct flights between California and Yerevan.[40]

LGBT equality

Speier supports same-sex marriage. She was a member of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus.[55]

Personal life

Speier is Roman Catholic.[56]

Electoral history

California Congressional District 11, special election (round 1) March 6, 1979[57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticG. W. Holsinger 20,908 24.3
RepublicanWilliam Royer 19,592 22.7
DemocraticGeorge Corey15,47018.0
DemocraticJackie Speier13,74416.0
RepublicanLes Kelting6,5787.6
RepublicanBruce Makar6,0127.0
DemocraticCurtiss Landers1,4751.7
RepublicanRoger B. Canfield9341.1
DemocraticCharles T. Plough7310.8
American IndependentNicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff3720.4
Peace and FreedomWilson Branch3100.4
Total votes86,126 100
Turnout 
California State Assembly District 19 election, 1986[58]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 56,809 73.9
RepublicanMichael Rocco20,01026.1
Total votes76,819 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 19 election, 1988[59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier (incumbent) 67,584 77.2
RepublicanRobert Silvestri18,24020.8
Peace and FreedomGene Pepi1,7322.0
Total votes87,556 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 19 election, 1990[60]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier (incumbent) 53,359 100
Total votes53,359 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 19 election, 1992[61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier (incumbent) 108,428 75.1
RepublicanEllyne Berger36,02024.9
Total votes144,448 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 19 election, 1994[62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier (incumbent) 100,602 93.1
Peace and FreedomDavid Reichard7,4596.9
Total votes108,061 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
California State Senate District 8 election, 1998[63]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 167,216 79.2
RepublicanJim Tomlin43,93620.8
Total votes211,152 100
Turnout 
Democratic gain from Independent
California State Senate District 8 election, 2002[64]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier (incumbent) 158,999 78.2
RepublicanDennis Zell38,88119.1
LibertarianRobert Fliegler5,5402.7
Total votes203,420 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
California Democratic Party Lieutenant Gubernatorial primary election, June 6, 2006[65]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJohn Garamendi 1,045,130 42.6
DemocraticJackie Speier975,54739.7
DemocraticLiz Figueroa436,86817.7
Total votes2,457,545 100
Turnout 
California's 12th Congressional District special election, April 8, 2008[66]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 66,279 77.7
RepublicanGreg Conlon7,9909.4
DemocraticMichelle McMurry4,5465.3
RepublicanMike Moloney4,5175.3
GreenBarry Hermanson1,9472.3
IndependentKevin Dempsey Peterson (write-in)2nil
Valid ballots85,281
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes85,281 100
Turnout 25.69
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 200,442 75.2
RepublicanGreg Conlon49,25818.5
Peace and FreedomNathalie Hrizi5,7932.2
GreenBarry Hermanson5,7762.1
LibertarianKevin Dempsey Peterson5,5842.0
Total votes266,853 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[68]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 152,044 75.6
RepublicanMike Moloney44,47522.2
LibertarianMark Paul Williams4,6112.2
IndependentJoseph Michael Harding (write-in)32nil
Total votes201,162 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[69]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 203,828 78.9
RepublicanDebbie Bacigalupi54,45521.1
Total votes258,283 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2014[70]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 114,389 76.7
RepublicanRobin Chew34,75723.3
Total votes149,146 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2016[71]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 231,630 80.9
RepublicanAngel Cardenas54,81719.1
Total votes286,447 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2018[72]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 211,384 79.2
RepublicanCristina Osmeña55,43920.8
Total votes266,823 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2020[73]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJackie Speier 278,300 79.3
RepublicanRan S. Petel72,70520.7
Total votes351,005 100
Turnout 
Democratic hold

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References

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  3. ^ John Wildermuth (April 9, 2008). "Voters send Jackie Speier to Washington". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Rep. Jackie Speier will not run for re-election: 'Time for me to come home'". KRON4. November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Former U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier appears to win San Mateo County supervisor seat - CBS San Francisco". www.cbsnews.com. March 5, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  6. ^ SFGate.com (September 6, 2012). "Manfred Speier Obituary – San Francisco, CA". San Francisco Chronicle.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 12th congressional district
2008–2013		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 14th congressional district
2013–2023		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded byas Chair of the Democratic Women's Working Group Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus
2019–2023
Served alongside: Lois Frankel, Brenda Lawrence		Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Representative 		Succeeded byas Former US Representative
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Speier

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