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About Kevin
Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a fourth-generation Kern County resident, was elected in November 2006 to represent the 22nd District of California in Congress.
McCarthy is committed to ensuring that the voice of the people of the 22nd District is heard in Washington, D.C. McCarthy is proud to represent the wide array of interests in his district including fertile agricultural lands, rich energy resources, strong military facilities, and growing communities.
McCarthy serves on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees our country’s investment companies, banks, savings and loans, credit unions, insurance industry, and housing services. On the Committee, McCarthy is working to put in place new and innovative ideas to help ensure our financial policies help America’s innovators and families realize their dreams and can access many opportunities to achieve growth and prosperity.
McCarthy was one of only three Republicans appointed by House Republican Leader John Boehner to serve on the House Administration Committee. He serves as an Assistant Whip on the House Republican Whip Team. Finally, McCarthy serves on the powerful House Republican Steering Committee, which controls the committee assignments of House Republican members. His rapid rise into leadership roles has not gone unnoticed – a Capitol Hill newspaper selected McCarthy as one of its “rising stars” in the 110th Congress and a few months later, a leading news magazine characterized Congressman McCarthy as a “young-gun” and dubbed him “the strategist” among three up and coming leaders in the House.
McCarthy has long been a champion for more government accountability and reforming the way government operates to better serve the people.
Congressman McCarthy was born in Bakersfield, California. Before his 21st birthday, McCarthy successfully opened and operated a small business, Kevin O’s Deli. The experience gave him a first hand understanding of the difficulties small-business owners face in navigating the bureaucratic process. His business was a success and he later sold it to help fund his college education. After selling his business and finishing his undergraduate degree and Masters in Business Administration at California State University, Bakersfield, McCarthy worked for former Congressman Bill Thomas, and successfully won his first election in 2000 as Trustee to the Kern Community College District
In 2002, McCarthy was elected to represent the 32nd Assembly District in the California State Assembly. As a freshman legislator, he was selected unanimously by his Republican colleagues to serve as the Assembly Republican Leader, becoming the first freshman legislator and the first legislator from Kern County to assume the top post. In this leadership role, McCarthy worked with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrat leaders in the state Assembly and Senate to address critical state issues, such as reducing California’s budget deficit, overhauling the state worker’s compensation system, and enhancing California’s poor business climate to create more opportunities for California workers and businesses.
McCarthy and his wife, Judy, have two children, Connor and Meghan, and reside in Bakersfield.
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