On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 39
Post Office Box 5214
Riverside, CA 92517
3403 10th Street, Suite 610
Riverside, CA 92501
2078 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Full Name:
Mark Allan Takano
Gender:
Male
Family:
Single
Birth Date:
12/10/1960
Birth Place:
Riverside, CA
Home City:
Riverside, CA
Religion:
Methodist
MFA, Creative Writing for the Performing Arts, University of California at Riverside, 2010
Certified, Teaching, University of California at Riverside, 1987
BA, Government, Harvard College, 1983
Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 39, 2023-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 39, 2022, 2024
Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 41, 2012-2023
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1992, 1998
Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Ranking Member, Veterans' Affairs
Ranking Member, House Veterans' Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-present
Former Member, Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2023-present
Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2015-2016, 2023-present
Member, Health Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives, 2015-2016, 2023-present
Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022, 2023-present
Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022, 2023-present
Member, Affordable Medicines Caucus, present
Member, Alzheimer's Disease Task Force, present
Member, American Sikh Congressional Caucus, present
Member, Army Aviation Caucus, present
Member, Baby Caucus, present
Member, Black Men and Boys Caucus, present
Member, Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers, present
Whip, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Automotive and Motorsports Caucus, present
Co Chair, Congressional Battery Energy Storage Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Deaf Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Maker Caucus, present
Vice-Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Water Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Work for Warriors Caucus, present
Member, Democratic Israel Working Group, present
Member, HIV/AIDS Caucus, present
Member, Hepatitis Caucus, present
Member, History Caucus, present
Member, Humanities Caucus, present
Member, International Conservation Caucus, present
Member, Japan Caucus, present
Member, Kidney Caucus, present
Co-chair, LGBT Equality Caucus, present
Member, National Guard and Reserve Caucus, present
Member, Olympic and Paralympic Caucus, present
Member, Out of Poverty Caucus, present
Member, P3 Caucus, present
Member, Public Transportation Caucus, present
Member, Renewable Energy and Efficiency Caucus, present
Member, Small Brewers Caucus, present
Member, Small Business Caucus, present
Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, present
Member, US Philippines Friendship Caucus, present
Member, Veterans Jobs Caucus, present
Member, Wire and Wire Products Caucus, present
Former Member, Energy Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, House Committee on Education and Labor
Former Member, House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization
Former Member, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, United States House of Representatives
Former Teacher, Rialto Unified School District, 1992-2013
Advisor, Rialto High School Gay Straight Student Alliance, 2009-present
Member, Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education, present
Member, Association of California Asian American Trustees, present
Board Member, Advisory Center, Chancellor's Asian Pacific Islander Community, University of California, Riverside
Charter Member, Assoc. of Latino Community College Trustees
Former Member, Community Advisory Board, Children's Spine Foundation
Former Member, President's Council, Greater Riverside Urban League
Former Member, Board of Directors, Riverside Ballet Theatre
Former Member, Riverside Mayor's Task Force
Chairman, Riverside Mayor's Task Force on the Digital Divide
Member/President, Board of Trustees, Riverside Community College District, 1990-2012
Awards:
Martin Luther King Visionaries Award