Henry A.Waxman

Democratic

CA Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1968	Democratic	AD-61	57036	Win
11-03-1970	Democratic	AD-61	54371	Win
11-07-1972	Democratic	AD-61	63947	Win
11-05-1974	Democratic	CD-24	87521	Win
11-02-1976	Democratic	CD-24	108296	Win
11-07-1978	Democratic	CD-24	85075	Win
11-04-1980	Democratic	CD-24	93569	Win
11-02-1982	Democratic	CD-24	88516	Win
11-06-1984	Democratic	CD-24	97340	Win
11-04-1986	Democratic	CD-24	103914	Win
11-08-1988	Democratic	CD-24	112038	Win
11-06-1990	Democratic	CD-24	71562	Win
11-03-1992	Democratic	CD-29	160312	Win
11-08-1994	Democratic	CD-29	129413	Win
11-05-1996	Democratic	CD-29	145278	Win
11-03-1998	Democratic	CD-29	131561	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	CD-29	180295	Win
11-05-2002	Democratic	CD-30	130604	Win
11-02-2004	Democratic	CD-30	216682	Win
11-07-2006	Democratic	CD-30	151284	Win
11-04-2008	Democratic	CD-30	242792	Win
11-02-2010	Democratic	CD-30	153663	Win
11-06-2012	Democratic	CD-33	171860	Win

Website:	bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000215

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Janet Jagiello (in 1971)
Children: Michael and Shai Abramson

2008: Delegate, Democratic National Convention

Waxman was the youngest member of the Assembly in 1968 at age 29.
TENURE:Waxman retired from Congress after 40 years in office. He is tied with George Miller andPete Stark as the longest-serving US Representatives in California history. Of the three, Stark was the only one to hold the record the longest (he reached 40 years two years before the other two), Waxman had the longest overall political career (having also served six years in the State Assembly) and Miller received the most votes during his campaigns for Congress (a total of 2,751,224) compared to 2.66 million for Waxman and 2.28 million votes for Stark.
LEGISLATION: Waxman was the Assembly coauthor of SJR 22 (1971),Dymally was the author, which provided California's ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18. (Res. Chapt. 45, Stats of 1971)

Source:California Blue Book (1971)