Jared William Huffman was born on February 18,1964 and is an American lawyer and politician serving as the US representative for California's 2nd congressional district since 2013.
12 Facts About Jared Huffman
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Jared Huffman is the only elected member of the US House who openly describes himself as religiously unaffilated and a secular humanist.
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Jared Huffman is the only member of Congress who openly rejects the existence of God; independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema has been reported to be an atheist member of Congress, although she has rejected the label.
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Jared Huffman became a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases.
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Jared Huffman was a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Jared Huffman was a publicly elected director of the Marin Municipal Water District for 12 years, including three terms as board president.
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Jared Huffman won the Democratic nomination for the 6th district in a hotly contested June 2006 primary in which he surprised the political establishment with a victory over Pamela Torliatt, a Petaluma city councilwoman, and Cynthia Murray, a Marin County Supervisor who was initially considered the front-runner.
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Jared Huffman defeated Assistant State Attorney General Damon Connelly, Marin County Democratic Chairman John Alden, and sociologist Alex Easton-Brown.
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Jared Huffman defeated Republican nominee Michael Hartnett by a more than 2:1 margin in the 2006 general election.
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Jared Huffman faced two opponents in the 2008 general election: Republican Paul Lavery and Libertarian Timothy Hannan.
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On February 14,2011, Jared Huffman co-sponsored a bill with Paul Fong, California Assembly Bill 376, to make it illegal to possess, distribute, or sell shark fins, except for research or commercial purposes.
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Jared Huffman accused the Church of "weaponizing" its religion, and suggested that it should lose its tax-exempt status.