1. Jose Luis Correa is an American businessman and politician serving as the US representative for since 2017.
25 Facts About Lou Correa
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Lou Correa's district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, as well as parts of Orange.
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Lou Correa's grandfather settled down in the US and started a family.
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Years later, Lou Correa's father got married and moved from Mexico to California.
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Lou Correa's mother was killed in a car accident in Mexico when he was two.
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Lou Correa's aunt cleaned hotel rooms making $1.50 an hour.
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Lou Correa struggled to learn English initially, but became fluent over time.
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Lou Correa graduated from Anaheim High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from California State University, Fullerton and a Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Lou Correa lost to Republican incumbent Jim Morrissey by just 93 votes.
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Lou Correa was reelected to the Assembly twice but was forced from office by California's term limits law, which restricted members from serving more than three two-year terms.
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In 2004, Lou Correa was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors, becoming the first Democrat to serve on the board since 1987.
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Lou Correa represented the first district, which includes the cities of Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and Westminster as well as unincorporated areas of the county including Midway City.
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In January 2006, Lou Correa entered the race for the Democratic Party nomination for the California State Senate 34th district, a seat vacated by termed-out State Senator Joe Dunn.
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Lou Correa was sworn into the State Senate on December 4,2006.
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In 2010, Lou Correa was reelected over Anaheim City Councilwoman Lucille Kring.
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Lou Correa ran for the United States Congress for the 46th district, which was being vacated by 10-term incumbent Loretta Sanchez, who was running for United States Senate.
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Lou Correa left the caucus after a disagreement over the group's rebranding.
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On July 29,2024, Lou Correa was announced as one of six Democratic members of a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
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Lou Correa was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count when supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol.
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Lou Correa was in the House Chamber when rioters tried to break through the chamber doors.
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Lou Correa hid in the gallery with other Congress members, holding a gas mask in case of tear gas.
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Lou Correa expressed concern that the airport police did not question or detain the harassers.
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Lou Correa supported efforts to impeach Trump and called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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In 2022, Lou Correa was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Lou Correa and his wife have four children, one of whom, Adan, has autism and is a cast member on the Netflix series Love on the Spectrum.