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Eric Swalwell

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Current Position: US Representative of CA District 15 since 2013 (formerly 15th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee
District:    Alameda County and includes the cities of Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore, Union City, Castro Valley, and parts of Dublin and Fremont
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When I say “letting democracy die” what does that mean? “Democracy” is not just a concept. It’s concrete. It’s something you own and possess. It’s your right to vote. That right is being taken from Texas voters.

After college, Swalwell returned to California and worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County. He was appointed to multiple municipal commissions in Dublin and later served two years on the Dublin City Council.

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Eric Swalwell 1It’s not something Democrats typically say about themselves, but Congressman Eric Swalwell was raised by Republicans.

His father was a cop, and his mother ran a small business. They brought him into the world in Sac City, Iowa, then raised him in Dublin, California, the oldest of four boys. His childhood was about family, sports, and hard work – from running a paper route at the age of 10, to sanding and installing window frames as a teenager. A Division One soccer scholarship allowed him to become the first in his family to go to college.

While attending the University of Maryland as an undergrad, Eric served as an intern on Capitol Hill for Representative Ellen Tauscher. After graduating from the University of Maryland School of Law, he became a prosecutor in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, where he led the Hate Crimes Unit. In 2012, Eric was elected to be a city councilmember in his hometown of Dublin.

This experience served as perfect preparation for representing the people of California’s 14th Congressional District in the East Bay.

As a representative in Washington, Eric served eight years on the House Intelligence Committee where he was the chairman and ranking member overseeing the CIA. On the Intelligence Committee, Eric helped lead the House Investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, and later, the first and second impeachments of Donald Trump. As a member of the House Democrats’ leadership team, Eric was on the House Floor on January 6. A week after the attack, Eric was appointed as a House Impeachment Manager for the former president’s Senate trial.

Eric currently serves on the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees. He is also Chairman Emeritus and founder of Future Forum, a group of young Democratic members focused on issues and opportunities for millennial Americans. Eric is also founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Critical Materials Caucus, and Personalized Medicine Caucus. Every day Eric strives to make sure if you work hard it adds up to doing better for yourself and dreaming bigger for your family.

Eric and his wife Brittany, a small business owner in hospitality, are the happy parents of three young children: Nelson, Cricket, and Hank. The kids are growing up as Democrats.

 

 

Personal

Full Name: Eric Michael Swalwell

Gender:  Male

Family: Wife: Brittany; 2 Children: Nelson, Kathryn

Birth Date: 11/16/1980

Birth Place: Sac City, IA

Home City: Dublin, CA

Religion: Protestant

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Education

JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 2003-2006

BA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 2003

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 14, 2023-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 15, 2013-2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 14, 2022

Candidate, President of the United States of America, 2020

Member, Dublin City Council, 2010-2012

Professional Experience

Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, 2006-2012

Law Clerk, Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, 2005

Offices

District Office
20990 Redwood Road
Castro Valley, CA 94546
Phone: 510-370-3322
Hours: M-F 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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174 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5065
Hours: M-F 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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California’s 14th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2023.

As of the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, the 14th district is in Alameda County and includes the cities of Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore, Union City, Castro Valley, and parts of Dublin and Fremont.[3] Immediately prior to that, the district included most of San Mateo County and the southwest side of San Francisco.

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/ˈswɑːlwɛl/; born November 16, 1980) is an American former politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 2013 to 2026. A member of the Democratic Party, Swalwell previously served on the city council for Dublin, California from 2010 to 2013.

A graduate of the University of Maryland, Swalwell worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County from 2006 to 2012. He was elected to Congress after defeating Democratic incumbent Pete Stark in 2012. He unsuccessfully ran for his party’s nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election and the 2026 California gubernatorial election.

In April 2026, allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct led him to suspend his gubernatorial campaign and resign from Congress. He continues to deny any wrongdoing amid criminal investigations into the allegations.[1][2]

Early life and education

Swalwell was born on November 16, 1980, in Sac City, Iowa. He is the oldest of four sons of Eric Nelson Swalwell and Vicky Joe Swalwell, both of whom are Republicans.[3] During his early childhood, his father served as police chief in Algona, Iowa. After leaving Iowa, the family eventually settled in Dublin, California.[4] He graduated from Dublin High School in 1999.[5]

Swalwell attended Campbell University and played soccer on a scholarship for the Campbell Fighting Camels from 1999 to 2001.[6] He lost his scholarship in 2001 after breaking both his thumbs.[4][7] He transferred to the University of Maryland, College Park and interned for U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher between 2001 and 2002. After his internship, he used his role in the Student Government Association to create a program for children who lost parents in the September 11 attacks.[8] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in government and politics in 2003.[9] In 2006, he received a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law.[10]

Early political career

From 2006 to 2012, Swalwell worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County.[9] He served on the Dublin Heritage & Cultural Arts Commission from 2006 to 2008 and on the Dublin Planning Commission from 2008 to 2010 before winning election to the Dublin City Council in 2010.[11] While he was running for the U.S. Congress, an anonymous group attempted to recall Swalwell from the city council,[12][13] but the effort was later abandoned.[14]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2012

Swalwell gives a speech after being elected to the 15th Congressional District.
Swalwell with his staff and family in Capitol Hill, 2013

In September 2011, Swalwell filed to run for Congress in California’s 15th congressional district.[15] The district had previously been the 13th, represented by 20-term incumbent Democrat Pete Stark. Swalwell took a leave of absence from the Dublin City Council to run for the seat.[4]

Even though he was a Democrat, Swalwell was able to contest Stark in the general election because of California’s “top two” primary system put in place by Proposition 14. Under that system, the top two primary vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.[16] In the June primary, Stark finished first with 41.8% of the vote, Swalwell placed second with 36%, and independent candidate Chris Pareja third with 22.2%.[17]

In the November general election, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News both endorsed Swalwell.[18][19][20] The Stark campaign accused Swalwell of being a Tea Party candidate and refused to debate Swalwell during the campaign. In response, Swalwell organized a mock debate with an actor playing Stark, quoting him verbatim when answering the moderator. Other campaign gimmicks included rubber ducks that stood in for rubber chickens and suggested that Stark was too “chicken” to debate. Stark pointed out that the ducks were made in China and criticized Swalwell for not “buying American”.[21][22]

Swalwell defeated Stark, 52.1% to 47.9%.[23]

2014

Swalwell was challenged by Republican Hugh Bussell, a senior manager at Workday, Inc., and by Democratic State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett of Hayward. Corbett, placed third in June’s primary, not earning enough votes to make the general election.[24] Swalwell defeated Bussell in the November general election, 69.8% to 30.2%.[25] He was sworn into his second term on January 3, 2015.

2016

Swalwell was challenged by Republican Danny Reid Turner of Livermore.[26] He defeated Turner in the November general election, 73.8% to 26.2%.[27] He was sworn into his third term on January 3, 2017.

2018

Swalwell was challenged by Republican Rudy Peters of Livermore.[28] He defeated Peters in the November general election, 73.0% to 27.0%.[29] He was sworn into his fourth term on January 3, 2019.

2020

Swalwell won the 2020 election against Republican challenger Alison Hayden, 70.9% to 29.1%.[30]

2022

In early 2022, Swalwell was redistricted to California’s 14th congressional district.[31] He went up against and defeated Republican Alison Hayden, 69.3% to 30.7%.[32] He was sworn into his sixth term on January 3, 2023.

2024

Swalwell was challenged by Republican Vin Kruttiventi. He defeated Kruttiventi in the November general election, 67.8% to 32.2%.[33] He was sworn into his seventh and final term on January 3, 2025.

Tenure

Swalwell visits US Pipe in Union City, California, 2020

In his first term, Swalwell served on the House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. He helped lead the fight against Transportation Security Administration administrator John S. Pistole‘s decision to lift the ban on pocketknives at airport security;[34] the decision eventually was reversed.

During a House vote on June 18, 2013,[35] Swalwell used his mobile phone to record a video of his vote against a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks (the video was a six-second clip of him pressing the “nay” button on the electronic voting machine) and uploaded it to Vine, an internet video service.[36] House rules bar “the use of mobile electronic devices that impair decorum” and provide that “No device may be used for still photography or for audio or video recording.”[36] Swalwell defended the action, saying, “We operate under rules that were created in the 18th century, and I think it’s time that the Congress start to act more like regular Americans do. I did not see this as impairing the decorum. I think what this did was highlight, for all to see, the democratic process.”[36]

On December 12, 2013, Swalwell introduced the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act into the House.[37] The bill allowed Americans to deduct from their 2013 taxes any charitable donations made between January 1 and April 15, 2014, for the relief of victims in the Republic of the Philippines of Typhoon Haiyan.[37] On March 25, 2014, President Barack Obama signed this legislation into law.[38]

By the conclusion of his first term, Swalwell had successfully passed three bills through the House, with two becoming law—more than any other first-term member.[39]

In 2014, Swalwell served as chairman of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley‘s PAC’s Young Professionals Leadership Circle due to his friendship with O’Malley. Although he made clear that his support was about the 2014 midterm elections and not an endorsement of a potential presidential bid by O’Malley in 2016,[40] Swalwell endorsed O’Malley for president in July 2015.[41]

Swalwell questions FBI director Kash Patel on the Epstein files on September 17, 2025.

As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, Swalwell investigated the links between Trump associates and Russian officials during his third term.[42] In 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration seized Swalwell’s personal data.[43] The record seizure also targeted Adam Schiff, who chaired the House Intelligence Committee.[44]

Swalwell served as an impeachment manager during President Donald Trump‘s second impeachment trial.[45]

On March 5, 2021, Swalwell filed a civil lawsuit against Trump, Trump’s son Donald Jr., Representative Mo Brooks, and Rudy Giuliani, seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol.[46]

In January 2023, Speaker Kevin McCarthy expelled Swalwell and Adam Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee.[47][48]

Contact with suspected Chinese spy

In December 2020, Swalwell was named in an Axios story about suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang (方芳; Fāng Fāng[49]), known as Christine Fang,[50][51][52] who, since at least 2012, had been cultivating contacts with California politicians who the Chinese government believed had promising futures in politics.[53][54] Axios reported that Fang participated in fundraising for Swalwell’s 2014 congressional election bid, met Swalwell at events, and helped place an intern inside his congressional office.

Swalwell ended ties with Fang in 2015 after U.S. intelligence briefed him and top members of Congress on concerns that Chinese agents were attempting to infiltrate Congress. Axios reported that Swalwell was not accused of any impropriety, and that officials did not believe that Fang had obtained classified information from her contacts.[50] The San Francisco Chronicle quoted an unnamed FBI official familiar with the investigation as saying that “Swalwell was completely cooperative and under no suspicion of wrongdoing”.[55] In August 2026, according to newly declassified documents released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, Swalwell told FBI investigators he had physical relations with Fang.[56]

Swalwell suggested that someone in the Trump administration may have leaked the information to the press, as he had been a vocal critic of Trump, and had served on committees involved in both of Trump’s impeachments.[57] Following the Axios report, Swalwell received death and rape threats against himself and his family.[58]

In March 2021, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy moved to remove Swalwell from his seat on the House Intelligence Committee; his motion was rejected on a party-line vote.[59] After McCarthy became Speaker in January 2023, resumed removing Swalwell from the committee, saying, “If you got the briefing I got from the FBI, you wouldn’t have Swalwell on any committee.” Swalwell characterized McCarthy’s action as “purely vengeance”. Intelligence Committee members are term-limited and Swalwell’s membership expired in January 2023.[60][61][62]

The House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into Swalwell in April 2021. The committee wrote him in May 2023 that the investigation had been closed with no further action while also cautioning members to “be conscious of the possibility that foreign governments may attempt to secure improper influence through gifts and interactions”.[63][64]

Resignation

On April 11, 2026, in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations which caused Swalwell to drop out of the 2026 California gubernatorial election, Axios reported that Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna intended to file a bill forcing the expulsion of Swalwell and representative Tony Gonzales, another member of the House of Representatives accused of sexual misconduct. On April 13, both Swalwell[65] and Gonzales[66][67] resigned from Congress.

Committee assignments

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Caucus memberships

2020 presidential campaign

Eric Swalwell speaking to the California Democratic Party State Convention in June 2019

On April 8, 2019, Swalwell launched his candidacy for president on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,[77][78] followed by a formal declaration at Dublin High School on April 14, 2019.[79][80]

Swalwell participated in one presidential debate. During the debate, he commented that he was six years old when Joe Biden spoke of passing the torch to a younger generation.[81] Swalwell’s polling average never rose above 1%. On July 8, 2019, he withdrew from the race.[82][83] At the time, he was at risk of not qualifying for the second set of debates.[84]

Endorsements

2026 gubernatorial campaign

Swalwell launched his gubernatorial campaign on November 20, 2025, to succeed term-limited Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[85] For the majority of his campaign, Swalwell was the top-polling Democrat in the jungle primary, usually performing better than his Democratic opponents which included former congresswoman Katie Porter, former presidential candidate Tom Steyer, and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.[1]

Allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct


On April 10, 2026, the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN reported that more than four women had accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct including rape. One former Swalwell staffer claimed Swalwell had raped her, recalling one incident in which Swalwell had sex with her while she was blacked out and another in which he continued grabbing her as she told him to stop and tried to push him off.[86][87][88] Two other women claimed Swalwell sent them unsolicited images of his penis and had requested nude images of them.[89] Politico reported that a former Swalwell employee signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) pertaining to employment discrimination when they left his office. Although the agreement was not related to sexual harassment, it directly contradicted Swalwell’s previous claims that no one on his staff signed an NDA.[90] Swalwell described the allegations as “lies” and claimed that they were intended to damage his campaign for governor.[91][92] The Los Angeles Times reported that Swalwell’s attorney had sent a cease and desist letter to the staffer and threatened to sue her for defamation.[93]

On April 11, Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, said his office was investigating Swalwell for alleged sexual assault.[94] Multiple high-level staffers resigned from Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign in advance of the report, including U.S. Representative and campaign chair Jimmy Gomez. Endorsers, including the California Teachers Association and U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego, rescinded their endorsements of Swalwell.[95] Some issued statements calling for Swalwell to drop out of the gubernatorial election, as did two of his gubernatorial opponents Tony Thurmond and Matt Mahan.[96][97][98] Senior staff members from his gubernatorial campaign and from California’s 14th Congressional District office issued a joint statement in which they distanced themselves from Swalwell and expressed support for the women who had come forward.[99][100]

Senator Adam Schiff and former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, both also from California, advised Swalwell to drop out of the race, and he did so on April 12.[1] Schiff had previously endorsed Swalwell.[101] Swalwell faced calls from both sides to be expelled from Congress; representative Anna Paulina Luna intended to file a motion to expel Swalwell.[102] On April 13, he resign from his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, effective the following day.[66] The following day, a fifth woman came forward, accusing Swalwell of rape, drugging her, and choking her unconscious, saying she thought she had died.[103][104]

Swalwell withdrew from the race on April 12, 2026, after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced.[1]

On August 15, 2026, federal agents seized Swalwell’s electronic devices at San Francisco International Airport, and the next day raided his home in Washington, DC, as part of an ongoing probe connected to sexual assault allegations.[105]

Political positions

Swalwell has called for greater authenticity from politicians, saying that they should not insult each other publicly and then expect to have friendly relationships “backstage”, and comparing some politicians’ behavior to a fake, entertainment-focused professional wrestling show.[106] He has proposed the idea of a “mobile Congress”, with members casting votes remotely while spending more time in their districts.[107][108]

Domestic policy

In 2019, Swalwell made gun control a signature issue of his presidential campaign, including a ban with a mandatory buyback of all firearms deemed assault weapons, and universal background checks.[109][110]

In 2022, Swalwell was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.[111][112]

In 2025, in response to masked ICE agents conducting increasingly violent and high-profile enforcement actions against both immigrants and citizens on behalf of the Trump administration, Swalwell said that ICE would be more credible if they did not wear masks, and advocated for legislation that would tie ICE’s funding to a ban on agents wearing masks in the course of their duties.[113][114]

Foreign policy

In 2017, Swalwell co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, a House bill designed to allow U.S. states to enact laws requiring contractors to sign pledges promising not to boycott any goods from Israel and Israeli-occupied territories or their contracts would be terminated.[115]

In 2019, Swalwell criticized Trump’s trade war against China.[116] He condemned the 2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria and called for possibly suspending Turkey‘s membership in NATO.[117]

In 2022, Swalwell proposed measures such as closing the Russian embassy in the United States and expelling Russian students as part of a broader response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His remarks drew criticism in some media and political commentary, while he defended his position on social media.[118][119][120]

Personal life

Swalwell married Melissa Maranda in 2007.[121] After a divorce, Swalwell married his second wife, Brittany Ann Watts, a sales director at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, in October 2016.[122] They have three children.[123] Swalwell identifies as Protestant.[124]

In 2020, Swalwell purchased a home for $1.2 million in Eckington, Washington, D.C.[125]

In April 2026, Citizenship and Immigration Services said it referred allegations of Swalwell illegally employing a Brazilian nanny several years ago to law enforcement officials at the Department of Homeland Security for investigation.[126]

Electoral history

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