Representative Huffman Political Analysis
Intro
From California’s 2nd Congressional District, Representative Jared W. Huffman is a Democrat from the Northern region of California. Beginning with Huffman’s first experiences, he began as a local government official, and then moved up a state representative, and then all the way to Congress, where he is in his 3rd term. Huffman’s ideology might be considered a stereotype of California, that is to say, solidly a progressive Democrat, although he has a particular focus on environmental policy. Therefore, when examining the election data, it is no surprise that Huffman has dominated the competition, especially considering the location of his district. While some, namely Republicans would consider Huffman a Progressive extremist, it would appear that this is just an ineffective misnomer upon examination of policies introduced and general views of how the government should function.
Biography
Like many politicians, Representative Huffman began his career with university, first, graduating magna cum laude from UC Santa Barbara in 1987, and later graduating cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990 (Huffman, n.d.). Unlike other politicians, before attending Boston College for law school, Huffman was a champion volleyball player, playing for the USA Men’s Volleyball Team, which was ranked number one in the …show more content…
During the early stages of Huffman’s political career, he was first elected to the position of Director for Marin County’s largest special water district, the Marin Municipal Water District, with a tenure of twelve years, from 1994 to 2006 (Huffman, n.d.). Although Director of a Municipal Water District is not incredibly noteworthy, the position would lead him to his next political position. Indeed, after Huffman’s tenure as Director, he began to set his sights a bit higher, to the California State
From California’s 2nd Congressional District, Representative Jared W. Huffman is a Democrat from the Northern region of California. Beginning with Huffman’s first experiences, he began as a local government official, and then moved up a state representative, and then all the way to Congress, where he is in his 3rd term. Huffman’s ideology might be considered a stereotype of California, that is to say, solidly a progressive Democrat, although he has a particular focus on environmental policy. Therefore, when examining the election data, it is no surprise that Huffman has dominated the competition, especially considering the location of his district. While some, namely Republicans would consider Huffman a Progressive extremist, it would appear that this is just an ineffective misnomer upon examination of policies introduced and general views of how the government should function.
Biography
Like many politicians, Representative Huffman began his career with university, first, graduating magna cum laude from UC Santa Barbara in 1987, and later graduating cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990 (Huffman, n.d.). Unlike other politicians, before attending Boston College for law school, Huffman was a champion volleyball player, playing for the USA Men’s Volleyball Team, which was ranked number one in the …show more content…
During the early stages of Huffman’s political career, he was first elected to the position of Director for Marin County’s largest special water district, the Marin Municipal Water District, with a tenure of twelve years, from 1994 to 2006 (Huffman, n.d.). Although Director of a Municipal Water District is not incredibly noteworthy, the position would lead him to his next political position. Indeed, after Huffman’s tenure as Director, he began to set his sights a bit higher, to the California State