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john garamendi

john raymond garamendi -lrb- born january 24 , 1945 -rrb- is an american rancher , businessman , politician and member of the democratic party who has represented areas of northern california between san francisco and sacramento , including the city of fairfield , in the united states house of representatives since november 2009 .
garamendi was previously the california insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007 , the u.s. deputy secretary of the interior from 1995 to 1998 and the 46th lieutenant governor of california from 2007 until his election to congress .
garamendi was born in camp blanding , florida and raised in mokelumne hill , california .
he earned a b.a. in business from the university of california , berkeley and an m.b.a. from harvard business school , then served in the peace corps in ethiopia from 1966 to 1968 .
he was elected to the california state assembly in 1974 , serving a single term before being elected to the california state senate in 1976 , where he served for four terms until 1990 .
during this time he had a spell as majority leader and ran unsuccessfully for the democratic nominations for governor of california in 1982 and for california state controller in 1986 .
in 1990 , he was elected to be the first california insurance commissioner , serving from 1991 to 1995 .
rather than seek re-election , he ran for governor in the 1994 election , losing in the democratic primary .
he left public office and served as president bill clinton 's deputy secretary of the interior from 1995 to 1998 , then worked for the peace corps again .
he was elected insurance commissioner again in 2002 and briefly ran for governor again in the 2003 recall , before dropping out to support lieutenant governor cruz bustamante .
in 2006 , he was elected lieutenant governor to succeed the term-limited bustamante .
garamendi had planned to run for governor for a fourth time in 2010 but after democratic u.s. representative ellen tauscher of resigned to become undersecretary of state for arms control and international security , garamendi won a november 2009 special election to succeed her .
he was re-elected in 2010 and , after redistricting , for the in 2012 and 2014 .
