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Jimmy Panetta's Biography

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 19

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1200 Aguajito Road
Suite 003
Monterey, CA 93940

800 Pine Street
Paso Robles, CA 93446

841 Blossom Hill Road
Suite 209
San Jose, CA 95123

701 Ocean Street
Room 318C
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

304 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

James 'Jimmy' Varni Panetta

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Carrie; 2 Children: Siri, Gia

Birth Date:

10/01/1969

Birth Place:

Washington, DC

Home City:

Carmel Valley, CA

Religion:

Catholic

JD, Santa Clara University, 1993-1996

BA, International Relations and Affairs, University of California at Davis, 1989-1991

AA, Monterey Peninsula College, 1987-1989

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

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 19, 2022, 2024

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 20, 2017-2023

Member, Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Member, House Committee on Budget, United States House of Representatives, 2019-2020, 2023-present

Member, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Committee on Armed Services, United States House of Representatives, 2021-present

Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, United States House of Representatives, 2021-present

Memeber, Subcommittee on Trade, United States House of Representatives, 2021-present

Former Member, Committee on the Budget, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, House Armed Service Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Former Member, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research

Former Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Former Member, Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, United States House of Representatives, 2019-2020

Prosecutor/Deputy District Attorney, Monterey County District Attorney's Office, 2010-2016

Intelligence Officer, United States Navy Reserve, 2003-2011

Prosecutor/Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, 1996-2010

Outreach Coordinator, Legal Services for Seniors, 1993

Research Associate, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1992-1993

Ordinary Seaman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1992

Clerk, United States Department of State, 1992

Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Foundation, 2012- present

Member, Advisory Council, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Member, American Legion

Member, Board of Directors, Community Foundation of Monterey County

Member, Board of Directors, National Steinbeck Center

Member, Board of Directors, Rancho Cielo

Former Member, Board of Directors, Veterans Transition Center

Member, California Councils on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

Former Chair, Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, Monterey Peninsula College

Member, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Associate Member, Monterey County Farm Bureau

Board Member, Rancho Cielo Youth Campus

Associate Member, Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau

Former Trustee, University of California Santa Cruz Foundation

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars

Vice Chair, Monterey County Democratic Central Committee, 2012-2016

Awards:

Bronze Star

Monterey County Veteran of the Year in 2015

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