1. Katherine Moore Porter was born on January 3,1974 and is an American politician and lawyer who served as a US representative from California from 2019 to 2025.
39 Facts About Katie Porter
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Katie Porter was elected as part of a Democratic wave in Orange County, flipping the 45th district.
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In 2023, Katie Porter announced her candidacy for the US Senate, forgoing reelection to the House of Representatives.
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Katie Porter was defeated after failing to advance from the nonpartisan primary won by Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey.
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Katie Porter is currently a candidate for governor of California for the 2026 election.
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Katie Porter was born on January 3,1974, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Katie Porter's father, Dan Porter, was a farmer and banker.
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Katie Porter was a member of Grace Hopper College at Yale.
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Katie Porter later attended Harvard Law School, where she was the notes editor for the Harvard Women's Law Journal and a member of the Board of Student Advisers.
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Katie Porter practiced with the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP in Portland, Oregon, and was the project director for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Business Bankruptcy Project.
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Katie Porter was an associate professor of law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Law.
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In 2008, Katie Porter testified before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit alongside then-Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren on a proposed Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, which was later signed into law.
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In March 2012, California attorney general Kamala Harris appointed Katie Porter to be the state's independent monitor of banks in a nationwide $25 billion mortgage settlement.
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Katie Porter faced off against Walters in the general election on November 6,2018.
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Walters led at the end of election night, but in the following days, as more ballots were tabulated, Katie Porter gained votes and eventually overtook Walters.
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On November 15,2018, the Associated Press called the race for Katie Porter, marking the first Democratic victory in the district since its 1953 creation.
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Katie Porter's win contributed to a wave for Democrats in Orange County that saw them flip four seats centered in the county, resulting in Democratic control of all seven seats including the historically Republican County.
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In June 2019, Katie Porter became one of the first Democrats in a swing district to support an impeachment inquiry following Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation.
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Katie Porter voted for both the first and second impeachments of Donald Trump.
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Katie Porter voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 5,2021.
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Katie Porter was among the 46 House Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
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In December 2023, Katie Porter called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war after Hamas is removed "from operational control of Gaza" and blamed Hamas for the "shortages of food, clean water, fuel and medicine" over the years in Gaza.
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In March 2019, Katie Porter questioned Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan, arguing that he contradicted his lawyers' "corporate puffery".
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Katie Porter asked Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Kathy Kraninger to solve basic math problems about annual percentage rates on payday loans, which Kraninger declined to do.
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At an August 24,2020, congressional hearing, Katie Porter questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
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Katie Porter admitted to her that he did not know the cost of mailing a postcard or a smaller greeting card, the starting rate for US Priority Mail, or how many Americans voted by mail in the 2016 elections.
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In January 2021, Katie Porter was removed from the Financial Services Committee after opting to serve instead on the House Natural Resources and House Oversight committees.
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Katie Porter argued that federal government investment in housing is needed in response to California's housing crisis.
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Katie Porter supports increased funding for section 8 vouchers and an increase in the low-income housing tax credit.
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Katie Porter served as one of three co-chairs of Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.
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On January 10,2023, Katie Porter announced her candidacy in the 2024 election for the US Senate from California.
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Katie Porter raised over $1 million in donations in the 24 hours after announcing her candidacy, with an average donation of $38.
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Katie Porter's supporters formed a super PAC called Women Have Initiative To Elect, Boost, and Organize for A Real Democrat.
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The loss ensured that Katie Porter, who did not seek reelection to her House seat, would leave Congress by January 2025.
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Katie Porter claimed that the "rigging" criticism referred to Schiff's campaign and allies raising and spending $11 million in the nonpartisan primary to boost a Republican candidate and knock her out of the general election.
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In 2003, Katie Porter married Matthew Hoffman, with whom she has three children.
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Hoffman lives outside of California, and Katie Porter is the main caregiver for their children.
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The university then continually granted Katie Porter no-pay leave, as is the norm for faculty providing service to the nation such as NSF Program officer or member of Congress, allowing her to keep her residence on campus during her congressional tenure.
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The Pew Research Center reported in 2023 that Katie Porter is an Episcopalian.