Former Rep. Ellen Tauscher

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TAUSCHER, Ellen O’Kane, a Representative from California; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 15, 1951; B.S., Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., 1974; investment banker, New York Stock Exchange, 1977-1979; founder, Child Care Registry, Inc., 1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses until her resignation on June 26, 2009 (January 3, 1997-June 26, 2009); Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State, 2009-present.

Biographical

Full Name: Ellen O'Kane Tauscher
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: Nov. 15, 1951
Date of Death: April 29, 2019 (age: 67)
Place of Birth: Newark, NJ
Religion: Catholic

Wikipedia

Family:

Previous relationship: Divorced

Relations with people in our database:

Mother of Katherine O'Kane Tauscher

Social Networking:

LinkedIn

Education

Seton Hall University - BS, early childhood education (1969-1974)

Office History

Congressional Offices:

U.S. House of Representatives (Jan. 3, 1997-June 26, 2009) Resigned, Died, April 29, 2019

Member, 10th Congressional District of California

Election Results

2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 65.12%
Democrat

Nicholas Gerber, 31.13%
Republican

Eugene E Ruyle, 3.75%
Peace and Freedom
2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 66.43%
Democrat

Darcy Linn, 33.54%
Republican
2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 65.71%
Democrat

Jeff Ketelson, 34.29%
Republican
2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 75.59%
Democrat

Sonia Esther Harden, 24.41%
Libertarian
2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 52.63%
Democrat

Claude B. Hutchison Jr., 44.24%
Republican

Valerie Irene Janlois, 3.13%
Natural Law
1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 53.46%
Democrat

Charles Ball, 43.44%
Republican

Valerie Janlois, 1.66%
Natural Law

John Place, 1.44%
Reform Party
1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

10th Congressional District of California

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher, 48.63%
Democrat

William Pond Baker (Bill), 47.19%
Republican

John Place, 2.24%
Reform Party

Valerie Janlois, 1.08%
Natural Law

Employment History

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC (Aug. 2012-April 2019)

Strategic Adviser
U.S. Department of State (June 2009-Feb. 2012)

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs

Associated Organizations

Board membership:

University of California System
Regent, Vice Chair of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee; Chair of Labs Subcommittee
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
BAE Systems Inc.
Edison International
eHealth Inc.
Chair
Los Alamos National Security LLC
Invacare Corp.

Board membership:

Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Aug. 2013-Dec. 2017)
Independent Board Chairman
SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment Inc. (Dec. 2014-Oct. 2017)
NCCN Foundation (June 2012-March 2017)
Chair

Awards

Honorary doctorate (California State University, East Bay) (2012)

Privately Financed Travel

25 trips taken between 2001 - 2008 costing $50,944

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Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Annual: 2008, 2007, 2007 (Amendment), 2006, 2005, 2004, 2004 (Amendment), 2003
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Congressional Staff

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Office Median Annual Salary: $59,902.20
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