10 Facts About James Barcia

James Allan Barcia was born on February 25,1952 and is an American Democratic politician from Michigan.

James Barcia has served successively in the Michigan House of Representatives, the Michigan Senate, the United States House of Representatives and then again the Michigan Senate, from which he was term-limited in January 2011.

James Barcia has served as County Executive of Bay County, Michigan, since January, 2017.

James Barcia was staff assistant to United States Senator Philip A Hart of Michigan in 1971.

James Barcia was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, from 1977 to 1983.

James Barcia left the House after being elected to the Michigan Senate, where he served until he resigned in 1993 to enter the United States House of Representatives.

James Barcia was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 5th congressional district to the 103rd Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3,1993, to January 3,2003.

Under the circumstances, James Barcia opted to run for his old seat in the State Senate and won.

On October 10,2002, Jim James Barcia was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the invasion of Iraq.

In 2016, Barcia won a heated election to the position of Bay County Executive, after winning the Democratic primary against long-time incumbent Thomas L Hickner in August.