Anna G. Eshoo is a member of the United States House of Representatives in California's District 14.http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=415&Itemid=100036 She was elected to Congress in 1992 and replaced Republican Tom Campbell, the previous incumbent she had lost to four years earlier in 1988.http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2008/people/ca/rep_ca14.php In the 2010 midterm elections, Eshoo defeated opponent Dave Chapman with 69 percent of the vote, adding another two years to an 18 year incumbency.http://www.congress.org/bio/id/514

Eshoo is the first Democrat to represent California's District 14 since its creation.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Anna_G._Eshoo The district includes many parts of what is known as Silicon Valley, and as such the Congresswoman has focused attention on technological initiatives like reducing the abundance of email spam and providing discounted Internet access to schools and libraries.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Anna_G._Eshoo

Anna G. Eshoo was born in New Britain, Connecticut on December 13, 1942.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26741 After working at the Aluminum Company of American and Arcata National Corporation, she attended Canada College, earning an associate's degree in 1975.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26741 From 1982 to 1992, she served on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.http://www.congress.org/bio/id/514 Eshoo made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1988 and was elected to office in 1992.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Anna_G._Eshoo

Eshoo voted with the majority of her Democratic colleagues 98.8 percent of the time during the 111th Congress.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Anna_G._Eshoo She has supported legislation that included ensuring low-income women diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer receive treatment, exempting FEMA mitigation grants from income taxes, and creating the use of electronic signatures that allow legal binding digital documents.http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=415&Itemid=100036 She is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=415&Itemid=100036