25 Facts About Ken Calvert

Kenneth Stanton Calvert was born on June 8,1953 and is an American businessman and politician serving as the US representative for, and previously the 44th, 42nd, and 43rd, serving since 1993 as a member of the Republican Party.

Ken Calvert chaired the Riverside County Republican Party form 1984 to 1988.

Ken Calvert worked in Veysey's Washington, DC, office as an intern after Veysey was re-elected in 1972.

In 1982, the 29-year-old Ken Calvert ran for the United States House of Representatives to represent a newly drawn district.

Ken Calvert narrowly lost the Republican primary to Riverside County Supervisor Al McCandless, who was the choice of the Republican establishment.

Ken Calvert was first elected to the US House in a new district in 1992, while McCandless was reelected in a different district.

In 2008, Ken Calvert defeated Democratic nominee Bill Hedrick by 25,582 to 15,952 votes.

Ken Calvert declared victory immediately, but Hedrick waited three weeks before conceding, due to unusually high turnout prolonging the vote-counting process.

Ken Calvert ran for a twelfth term and defeated Democratic candidate Tim Sheridan in the general election.

Ken Calvert ran for a thirteenth term and defeated Democratic candidate Tim Sheridan for a second time in the general election.

Ken Calvert ran for a fourteenth term and defeated Democratic candidate Julia Peacock in the general election.

Ken Calvert ran for a fifteenth term and defeated Democratic candidate Liam O'Mara in the general election.

Ken Calvert sought reelection in California's 41st congressional district due to redistricting.

Ken Calvert defeated Democrat Will Rollins in the general election, winning a sixteenth term in the US House.

Ken Calvert won a seventeenth term in a rematch against former prosecutor and 2022 Democratic candidate Will Rollins.

Ken Calvert worked to assemble a bipartisan group of 48 cosponsors for this legislation.

Ken Calvert assembled 40 bipartisan cosponsors for this bill and on July 19,2010, the bill passed the House with unanimous support.

Ken Calvert is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.

In 2025, Ken Calvert worked with California Governor Gavin Newsom to secure wildfire aid for California after the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.

In September 2023, Ken Calvert criticized far-right Republicans for stalling annual Pentagon funding legislation.

In December 2020, Ken Calvert signed onto the lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

In January 2021, Ken Calvert voted with six other Republican representatives from California to reject the certification of Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes.

Ken Calvert voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Ken Calvert is the original author of the E-Verify law, the only employment verification program available to employers to check the work authorization status of newly hired employees.

Ken Calvert told the police that he and the woman were "just talking".