John Garamendi
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John Raymond Garamendi (born January 24, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who has represented parts of Northern California, including Fairfield and Suisun City, in the United States House of Representatives since November 2009.
Garamendi served as the California Insurance Commissioner from 1991 to 2002, as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 2007, and the 46th Lieutenant Governor of California from 2007 to Congress, and was raised in Mokelumne Hill, California.
He received a B.A. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School who served in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968.
He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1974 and served for a single term before being elected in 1976 to the California State Senate, where he served for four terms until 1990.
He served as Majority Governor and ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nominations for Governor of California in 1982 and 1986, respectively. He became the first elected California Insurance Commissioner in 1990, serving from 1991 to 1995.
Previously, Insurance Commissioners had been appointed by the Governor.
He ran for governor in 1994 rather than seeking re-election, but lost in the Democratic primary.
He went from public office and served as President Bill Clinton's Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, then returned to the Peace Corps.
He was elected insurance commissioner again in 2002 and briefly ran for governor again in the 2003 recall, before falling out to support Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante.
He was elected lieutenant governor to replace the term-limited Bustamante in 2006. Garamendi had intended to run for governor for a fourth time in 2010, but after Democratic California Senator Ellen Tauscher resigned to serve as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security in November 2009, Garamendi was elected to replace her.
He was re-elected in 2010 and 2014, but not after redistricting for the California's 3rd congressional district.
Early life and education
Garamendi was born in Camp Blanding, Florida, and was raised in Mokelumne Hill, California, the son of Mary Jane (née McSorley) and Raymond V. Garamendi. His paternal grandparents were Basque migrants from Spain, and his mother was of half Irish and half Italian descent. Garamendi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Management from the University of California, Berkeley, where he competed and wrestled, as well as a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968. Garamendi is an Eagle Scout and a member of Sigma Chi, as well as a brother of Berkeley's Alpha Beta Chapter.
Personal life
Garamendi is married to Patricia Wilkinson, who has worked as agriculture consultant for the California Exposition and State Fair as well as deputy secretary of California's Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. President Clinton appointed her as associate director of the Peace Corps in 1993 and deputy administrator in the Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service in 1998. Garamendi and Wilkinson are from Walnut Grove and have six children and 13 grandchildren.