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Birthday: 01/26/1958

Religion: Roman Catholic

Website: http://becerra.house.gov

BECERRA, Xavier, a Representative from California; born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., January 26, 1958; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1980; J.D., Stanford University School of Law, Stanford., Calif., 1984; lawyer, private practice; staff for California state Senator Art Torres, 1986; deputy attorney general, Office of the Attorney General, State of California, 1987-1990; member of the California state assembly, 1990-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present).