Ken Calvert
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Miller |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 44th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Bono Mack |
| Succeeded by | Janice Hahn |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 43rd district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Packard |
| Succeeded by | Joe Baca |
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June 8, 1953 Corona, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Residence | Corona, California, U.S. |
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Chaffey College San Diego State University |
| Occupation |
Small business owner Real estate agent |
| Religion | Protestantism |
Kenneth Stanton "Ken" Calvert (born June 8, 1953) is the U.S. Representative for California's 42nd congressional district, and previously the 44th and 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of the Inland Empire and south Orange County areas of Southern California.
Calvert was born in Corona, California, to Marceline Hamblen and Ira D. Calvert, Jr., and still lives in Corona. In 1970, shortly after high school, he joined the campaigns of former state legislator Victor Veysey. Calvert worked in Veysey's Washington, D.C., office as an intern after a 1972 victory. He graduated from Corona High School in 1971.
Calvert received an Associate of Arts degree from Chaffey Community College in 1973 and a Bachelor of Arts degree San Diego State University in 1975. After graduation, he managed his family's restaurant, the Jolly Fox, in Corona for five years. He then entered the real estate industry and ran Ken Calvert Real Properties until he was elected to Congress.
In 1982, the 29-year-old Calvert ran for the United States House of Representatives to represent a newly drawn district. He narrowly lost the Republican primary to Riverside County Supervisor Al McCandless, who had been the choice of the Republican establishment. McCandless went on to win the general election.
Calvert was first elected to the House in 1992, when McCandless was re-elected in a different district. Calvert won the general election with 47% of the vote (a plurality, but he was the highest vote-getter), defeating Democrat Mark Takano by 519 votes. In 1994, he was challenged in the Republican primary by Joe Khoury and won renomination by only 51% to 49%. He was re-elected in the 1994 general election with 55 percent, again defeating Takano. Ironically, he now serves in the House alongside his former opponent; Takano was elected to Congress in an adjacent district in 2012.
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