page_title: Sam Farr
section_title: U.S. House of Representatives
hierarchical_section_title: Sam Farr / U.S. House of Representatives
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Representative Samuel Farr shaking hands with Speaker of the House Tom Foley during Farr's swearing in ceremony
context_page_description: Samuel Sharon Farr is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for California's 17th and 20th congressional districts. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. On November 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections.
context_section_description: Farr was elected to the House of Representatives in 1993 through a special election when former Congressman Leon Panetta resigned to become President Clinton's budget director, defeating Republican Bill McCampbell with 52 percent of the vote. Farr was elected to his first full term in 1994, defeating McCampbell again with 52 percent of the vote. Both contests were the closest in the district since Panetta claimed the seat for the Democrats in 1977. The district quickly reverted to form, and Farr was reelected ten more times with no substantive opposition, never dropping below 64 percent of the vote.
caption: Representative Farr shaking hands with Speaker of the House Tom Foley during his swearing in ceremony
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