Julia Brownley
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 26th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | David Dreier |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 41st district |
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In office December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Fran Pavley |
| Succeeded by | Chris Holden |
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August 28, 1952 Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Children | 2 |
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Mount Vernon College for Women American University |
| Religion | Episcopalianism |
Julia Andrews Brownley (born August 28, 1952) is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for California's 26th congressional district since 2013. Previously she served in the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2012. She is a Democrat. Before her political career, she worked in marketing and sales.
Brownley grew up in Virginia in a Republican family. Brownley received a bachelor's degree in political science from Mount Vernon College for Women in 1975 and a master's degree in business administration from American University in 1979.
Brownley served on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education from 1994-2006. During her time on the school board, she served three terms as president.
In 2006, she ran for the California State Assembly in California's 41st Assembly District. Brownley won a five-way Democratic primary with 35% of the vote. Brownley won the general election with 62% of the vote. In 2008, she won re-election to a second term with 66% of the vote. In 2010, she won re-election to a third term with 59% of the vote. Brownley was term-limited in 2012, having served the maximum of three terms in the Assembly permitted under California law.
She was endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters.
In 2010, Brownley authored a bill that would have banned all plastic shopping bags. The bill did not pass.
Brownley served on the following California State Assembly committees:
In February 2012, Brownley announced her candidacy for California's 26th congressional district. The district had previously been the 24th district, represented by 13-term Republican Elton Gallegly. In the general election, Brownley defeated Republican Tony Strickland by a margin of 53%-47%.
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