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Julia Brownley's Biography

Office:

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 26

Contact Information

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223 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 220
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

201 East Fourth Street, Suite 209B
Oxnard, CA 93036

2262 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

Julia A. Brownley

Gender:

Female

Family:

2 Children: Fred, Hannah

Birth Date:

08/28/1952

Birth Place:

Aiken, SC

Home City:

Westlake Village, CA

Religion:

Episcopalian

MBA, American University, 1979

BA, Political Science, Mount Vernon College, George Washington University, 1975

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 26, 2012-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 26, 2022, 2024

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2006-2012

Member, Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present

Ranking Member, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present

Former Member, Budget Subcommittee Number 2 on Education Finance, California State Assembly

Former Member, Committee on Higher Education, California State Assembly

Former Member, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Health Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, House Natural Resources Committee

Former Member, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Former Member, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Employee, Burroughs Corporation

Former Employee, Pitney Bowes

Former Sales Employee, Steelcase Incorporated

Member, California Commission on the Status of Women

Legislative Liaison, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission

Legislative Participant, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

Former Member, State Allocation Board

President/Member, Board of Education, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, 1994-2006

Awards:

Lifetime Perfect Score, California League of Conservation Voters
"Legislator of the Year" awards, California Association for Bilingual Education, the California Council for Adult Education and California Adult Education Administrators Association, the Congress of California Seniors, the California School Boards Association, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the California Federation of Teachers, and by the California League of High Schools
2010 Environmental Champions Award, Environmental Working Group
Honored as one of "12 Remarkable Women," National Women's Political Caucus, Los Angeles Westside
Woman of the Year, YWCA (2005)

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Julia Brownley is running to represent California's 26th District in Congress because she believes the people of Ventura County deserve a strong economy with good paying jobs, access to quality affordable health care and a first class education system to prepare our children to compete in a global economy.

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