Laura Richardson
| Laura Richardson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th district |
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In office August 21, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Juanita Millender-McDonald |
| Succeeded by | Karen Bass |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 55th district |
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In office 2006–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jenny Oropeza |
| Succeeded by | Warren Furutani |
| Member of the Long Beach City Council | |
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In office 2000–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Doris Topsy Elvord |
| Succeeded by | Dee Andrews |
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April 14, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Residence | Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Printing executive |
Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for California's 37th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
She previously represented the 55th district in the California State Assembly for the 2007 term until she was elected to the House of Representatives for California's 37th congressional district in a special election on August 21, 2007, to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Juanita Millender-McDonald. She was reelected to represent that district in 2008 and 2010. Following the decennial reorganization of Congressional districts in 2012, most of Richardson's territory became the 44th District. She ran against fellow Democratic Congresswoman Janice Hahn in the 2012 Congressional elections cycle. On November 6, 2012, she was defeated in her bid for re-election by Representative Hahn by a landslide 20 percentage points.
Richardson was born in Los Angeles and lives in Long Beach. She was raised by a single mother after her parents divorced when she was two. Her father was a member of the Teamsters. Her father was black and her mother was white. Richardson has said that racism against their mixed-race family was "what got me since the age of about six of wanting to be a public servant."
Richardson was previously married to Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts. During the marriage, she took the name Laura Richardson-Batts. She graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. In 1987, she joined Xerox Corporation where she worked for 14 years. In 1996, Richardson received her MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.
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