District: California - 30th District Political Highlights: Calif. State Board of Equalization, 1991-97 Born: October 24, 1954; Los Angeles, Calif. Residence: Porter Ranch Religion: Jewish Family: Wife, Lisa N.K. Sherman; three children Education: U. of California, Los Angeles, B.A. 1974; Harvard U., J.D. 1979 Elected: 1996 Committee Assignments: Financial Services (Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments; Housing and Insurance; Monetary Policy & Trade); Foreign Affairs (Asia & the Pacific - Ranking Member; Europe, Eurasia & Emerging Threats) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 52nd ranked House Democrat Twitter: 37,369 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Rich Sybert (R) Ralph Shroyer (PFP) Erich Miller (LIBERT) Ron Lawrence (NL)
Votes
106,193 93,629 6,267 5,691 3,068
%
50.4% 42.5% 3.0% 2.7% 1.5%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Randy Hoffman (R) Catherine Carter (NL) Erich Miller (LIBERT) Ralph Shroyer (PFP)
Votes
103,491 69,501 3,033 2,695 1,860
%
57.3% 38.5% 1.7% 1.5% 1.0%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Jerry Doyle (R) Juan Ros (LIBERT) Michael Cuddehe (NL)
Votes
155,398 70,169 6,966 2,911
%
66.0% 29.8% 3.0% 1.2%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Robert Levy (R)
Votes
79,815 48,996
%
62.0% 38.0%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Robert Levy (R) Eric Carter (GREEN)
Votes
125,296 66,946 8,956
%
62.3% 33.3% 4.5%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Peter Hankwitz (R)
Votes
92,650 42,074
%
68.8% 31.2%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Brad Sherman (D) Navraj Singh (R) Tim Denton (LIBERT)