LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Stanford University - BA (1955)

• Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (San Francisco, Calif.) - Diploma (1951)

Office History

Election Results

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for California (Class 1)
  Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, 54.16%

  Democrat
  Kevin Alexander de León, 45.84%

  Democrat

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for California (Class 1)
  Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, 62.52%

  Democrat
  Elizabeth Emken, 37.48%

  Republican

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for California (Class 1)
  Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, 59.43%

  Democrat
  Dick Mountjoy, 35.02%

  Republican
  Todd Chretien, 1.72%

  Green
  Michael S. Metti, 1.57%

  Libertarian
  Marsha Feinland, 1.38%

  Peace and Freedom

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for California (Class 1)
  Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, 55.84%

  Democrat
  Thomas John Campbell (Tom), 36.59%

  Republican
  Medea Susan Benjamin, 3.08%

  Green
  Gail Katherine Lightfoot, 1.77%

  Libertarian
  Diane Beall Templin, 1.27%

  American Independent

• 1995 (Nov. 8, 1994 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for California (Class 1)
  Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, 46.74%

  Democrat
  Michael Huffington, 44.83%

  Republican
  Elizabeth Cervantes Barron, 3.00%

  Peace and Freedom
  Richard Benjamin Boddie, 2.10%

  Libertarian
  Paul Meeuwenberg, 1.68%

  American Independent
  Barbara Blong, 1.65%

  Green

Employment History

• Bank of California (1988-1989)

  Director

• City and County of San Francisco, Calif. (1978-1988)

  Mayor

Associated Organizations

• Feinstein for Senate (California)

• Fund for the Majority

• San Francisco (Calif.) Education Fund (1988-1989)

  Co-Chair

• California Women’s Board of Terms and Parole (1960-1966)

• San Francisco (Calif.) Board of Supervisors (1970-1978)

  President (1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1978)

Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award (Community Based, Advocacy Focused, Data Driven, Coalition Building Association) (2024)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Freedom to Fly Award (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) (March 2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Ansel Adams Award (Wilderness Society) (2016)

• Friend of the National Parks Award (National Parks Conservation Association) (July 2015)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Charles Dick Medal of Merit (National Guard Association of the United States) (Oct. 2007)

• Legislator of the Year (California County Superintendents Educational Services Association) (2007)

• Grammy on the Hill (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc.) (Sept. 2006)

• Congressional Leader of the Year Award (League of California Cities) (May 2006)

• William Penn Mott Jr. Park Leadership Award (National Parks Conservation Association) (April 2006)

• Outstanding Member of the U.S. Senate Award (National Narcotics Officers Associations Coalition) (Feb. 2005)

• Jefferson-Lincoln Award (Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy) (2005)

• Women of Achievement Award (Century City (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce) (Oct. 2004)

• Funding Hero Award (Breast Cancer Research Foundation) (Oct. 2004)

• Dr. Nathan Davis Award (American Medical Association) (2002)

• Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) (2001)

Publications

• Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate (2000)

  Co-authors: Mikulski, Barbara Ann; Stabenow, Deborah Ann Greer; Cantwell, Maria Ellen; Boxer, Barbara Levy; Murray, Patricia Lynn; Collins, Susan Margaret
  

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

2 trips taken between 2001 - 2003 costing $584

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 12/12/2002: Wicker basket containing cookies, nuts, candies, cheeses, crackers and other edibles from Qatar ($200.00)
• 6/9/2006: Book of Illustrations by Manmoud Farshcian from Iran ($600.00)
• 4/29/2012: 4? x 6? handwoven wool carpet from Afghanistan ($400.00)
• 12/13/2012: 4? x 6? Afghan rug from Afghanistan ($400.00)
• 12/27/2012: Chivas Brothers scotch whiskey from Pakistan ($250.00)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Feinstein staffer blasts off to SpaceX

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 20, 2021
  A Democratic Senate staffer has launched a new career with SpaceX. read more

• Rep. Phillips latest member to use blind trust

  Posted by Christian Stafford on Aug. 30, 2021
  Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) recently disclosed that he has transferred millions of dollars in assets into a blind trust, joining a small list of other members who have done the same this year. read more

• Short-lived lobbyist rejoins California delegation

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 15, 2021
  A Democratic staffer is back on the Hill after a very brief lobbying stint. read more

• Rep. Torres replaces chief of staff bound for OPM

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 9, 2021
  Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) will soon have a new chief after losing her old one to the Biden administration. read more

• Facebook snags House legislative director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 3, 2018
  In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has added another Hill staffer to its lobbying team. read more

• J Street scores Senate Narcotics aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 23, 2018
  The newest member of J Street's lobbying team comes from an unlikely source: the Senate Narcotics Caucus. read more

• Animal-welfare group working to ban kittens from tables

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 8, 2016
  Ever wanted to sink your teeth into Fido? Then you might have a bone to pick with Social Compassion in Legislation, an animal-welfare group that's lobbying to prohibit the consumption of dog and cat meat. read more

• GOPer joins all-Democratic lobbying firm

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 5, 2016
  Rep. Ken Calvert's (R-Calif.) former chief of staff has joined Kadesh & Associates as the small lobbying firm's only Republican — and indeed, the only non-alumnus of the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). read more

• GOP hires flurry of former lobbyists to Hill offices this year

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 3, 2015
  Republican members of Congress are picking up more former lobbyists this year than in any year since 2011 after their last mid-term election success. read more

• LegiStorm tracks 169 staffers through the revolving door so far in 2015

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 27, 2015
  More Republican staffers than Democratic staffers have made the jump from the Hill to K Street so far in 2015. read more

• Agriculture lobbyist passes fourth time through the revolving door

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 12, 2015
  A returning legislative aide for Dick Durbin is back in familiar territory after moving a fourth time through the revolving door between K Street and the Capitol. read more

• Lobbyists fill payrolls of all but 45 congressional offices

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 24, 2014
  Only 45 congressional offices, 15 Democratic and 30 Republican, have never had a former lobbyist on staff, a LegiStorm analysis shows. read more

• Sen. Feinstein's tribal issues aide heads to the lobbying world

  Posted by Katie Barrows on Dec. 17, 2013
  A tribal expert with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has joined a lobbying firm with a history of Native American clients. read more

• Sen. Feinstein's committee aide joins a West Coast-focused consulting firm as a lobbyist

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 24, 2013
  A committee aide for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has joined a Seattle-based consulting firm as a lobbyist. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Nov. 14, 2012
  Bob Hope and Bing Crosby may not have joined them, but congressional staff embarked on the road to Morocco for a privately financed trip partly courtesy of the charitable arm of a state-owned firm in the phosphate business that lobbies. read more

• Posted by Jock Friedly on Dec. 19, 2011
  A former aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Daniel Witt, has become the latest revolving door lobbyist by filing on behalf of Palo Alto's Tesla Motors Inc. read more