Mark Takano
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 41st district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jerry Lewis |
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Mark Allan Takano December 10, 1960 Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Harvard University (BA) University of California, Riverside (MFA) |
| Website |
House website Campaign website |
Mark Allan Takano /təˈkɑːnoʊ/ (born December 10, 1960) is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for California's 41st congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Takano has served on the Riverside Community College Board of Trustees since 1990. Upon taking office, Takano became the first openly gay person of Asian descent in Congress.
Takano was born in 1960 in Riverside, California. His family was relocated and interned from California to a "War Relocation Camp" during World War II. He is Sansei, that is, the grandson of people born in Japan who immigrated to the United States. He attended La Sierra High School of the Alvord Unified School District, where he graduated as class valedictorian. In high school, he also participated in the Junior State of America, a national student-run organization centered around debate and civic engagement in young people, and was elected the Lieutenant Governor of the Southern California State. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Government in 1983. He later graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside in 2010.
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