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Ken Calvert's Biography

Office:

On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (CA) - District 41

Contact Information

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Post Office Box 2438
Corona, CA 92878

400 S. Vicentia Avenue, Suite 125
Corona, CA 92882

2205 Rayburn
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

Ken S. Calvert

Gender:

Male

Family:

Divorced

Birth Date:

06/08/1953

Birth Place:

Corona, CA

Home City:

Corona, CA

Religion:

Protestant

BA, Economics, San Diego State University, 1975

AA, Chaffey College, 1973

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 41, 2023-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 41, 2022, 2024

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 42, 1992-2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1982

Chair, Subcommittee on Defense, United States House of Representatives, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Member, Armenian Caucus, present

Member, Baltic Caucus, present

Member, Beef Caucus, present

Member, Boating Caucus, present

Member, Canada Caucus, present

Member, Coalition on Autism Research and Education, present

Member, Coastal Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, present

Member, Congressional Border Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine, present

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Internet Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Missing and Exploited Children Caucus, present

Member, Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, present

Member, Electronic Warfare Caucus, present

Member, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Caucus, present

Member, Fire Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Generic Drug Equity Caucus, present

Member, Goods Movement Caucus, present

Member, Heart and Stroke Coalition, present

Member, Hellenic Caucus, present

Member, House Cancer Caucus, present

Member, House Republican Steering Committee, present

Member, Human Rights Caucus, present

Member, Hydrogen Caucus, present

Member, Immigration Reform Caucus, present

Member, India Caucus, present

Member, International Anti-Piracy Caucus, present

Member, International Conservation Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Manufactured Housing Caucus, present

Member, Medical Technology Caucus, present

Member, Modeling & Simulation Training Caucus, present

Member, Moroccan Caucus, present

Member, National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, present

Member, Native American Caucus, present

Member, Navy-Marine Corps Caucus, present

Member, Real Estate Caucus, present

Member, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present

Member, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Caucus, present

Member, Shipbuilding Caucus, present

Member, Special Operations Forces Caucus, present

Member, Specialty Crop Caucus, present

Member, Sportsmen’s Caucus, present

Member, Suburban Agenda, present

Member, Travel and Tourism Caucus, present

Member, United States House Law Enforcement Caucus, present

Member, Western Caucus, present

Member, Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus, present

Former Chair, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Wine Caucus

Member, Appropriations Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-Present

Congressional Aide, Office of Representative Victor Veysey, United States House of Representatives

General Manager, Jolly Fox Restaurant, 1975-1991

President, Ken Calvert Real Estate Properties, 1980-1991

Employee, Marcus W. Meairs Company, 1979-1981

Member, Norco Republican Assembly, present

Former President, Corona Chamber of Commerce

Member, Corona Republican Assembly

Former President, Corona Rotary Club

Former Member, Monday Morning Group

Founder, Riverside County Lincoln Club

Chair, Riverside County Republican Party, 1984-1988

Astrological Sign:

Gemini

Favorite Book:

History books, war history, American history, biographies.

Favorite Movie:

I'm a fan of all of John Wayne's movies.

Favorite TV Shows:

Sports, news, history channel.

Priority Issues:

Enacting pro-growth policies that will help our struggling economy; reducing our national debt; reforming our tax code; supporting our military around the world and supporting the mission in Afghanistan; strengthening our borders and making the use of E-Verify mandatory for all employers in the U.S.; creating long-term solutions to California's energy and water problems; working towards the implementation and funding of new transportation corridors vital to Riverside County's future; reducing the time it takes to build infrastructure projects by making common sense, bi-partisan reforms to our environmental laws; and, much more

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