
U.S. Representative
Josh Harder
Democrat - California
After a successful business career, Josh Harder ran in 2018 to protect healthcare coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, like his adopted brother, who had spent the hospital when he was born prematurely. Harder’s parents were left with a $2 million medical bill and were only able to pay because his dad had good insurance. Harder is a strong advocate for protecting the environment, fighting corruption, and ensuring public safety, having introduced a Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Drug Trafficking.
“Our community knows firsthand the horrific toll that gun violence takes on all of us… I’m sick and tired of losing our loved ones to gun violence.”
- Rep. Josh Harder
POLITICAL CAREER
Prior to redistricting, the U.S. Representative from CA-10
COMMITTEES SERVED ON
Committee on Appropriations
INTERESTING FACTS
First Democrat from California's Central Valley in nearly 50 years to serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee
Family has been in San Joaquin County for five generations, since his great-great-grandfather joined a wagon train in search of gold and stopped just short to start a peach farm in Manteca.