Raul Ruiz (politician)
| Raul Ruiz | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 36th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Janice Hahn |
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August 25, 1972 Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Monica Rivers |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles Harvard University |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventism |
| Website | House website |
Raul Ruiz /rɑːˈuːl ruːˈiːz/ (born August 25, 1972) is an American physician and politician. A Democrat, he has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since winning election in 2012. In what was considered a major upset, Ruiz defeated redistricted, incumbent Republican representative Mary Bono Mack in the November 2012 general election in California's 36th congressional district. Ruiz was reelected to Congress in the 2014 election, after what was considered one of the most competitive congressional races in the country.
Ruiz was born on August 25, 1972 in Zacatecas, Mexico and raised in Coachella, California. His parents were farmworkers. He graduated from Coachella Valley High School at age 17, and went to UCLA in 1990, graduating magna cum laude before attending Harvard Medical School. He was the first Hispanic to receive three graduate degrees from Harvard University: an M.D. from the Harvard Medical School; an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; and an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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