What is Eric Swalwell?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Eric Swalwell |image = Eric Swalwell 114th official photo.jpg | office1 = Member of the<br/>[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br/>from [[California]] | term_start1 = January 3, 2013 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [[Pete Stark]] (redistricting) | successor1 = | constituency1 = {{ubl|{{ushr|CA|15|15th district}} (2013&ndash;2023)|{{ushr|CA|14|14th district}} (2023&ndash;present)}} |birth_name = Eric Michael Swalwell Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|16}} |birth_place = [[Sac City, Iowa|Sac City]], [[Iowa]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Brittany Watts|2016}} |children = 1 |education = [[Campbell University]]<br>[[University of Maryland, College Park]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of Maryland, Baltimore]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |website = {{url|swalwell.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Eric Michael Swalwell Jr.''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|w|ɔː|l|ˌ|w|ɛ|l}} (born November 16, 1980) is an American politician. He served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[California]] since 2013. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was elected in November 2012, beating incumbent [[Pete Stark]], a fellow Democrat who had held the office since 1973. Swalwell took office on January 3, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lochhead|first=Carolyn|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/11/06/pete-stark-behind-eric-swalwell-in-early-returns|title=Pete Stark behind Eric Swalwell in early returns|publisher=Blog.sfgate.com|access-date=November 7, 2012|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109184313/http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/11/06/pete-stark-behind-eric-swalwell-in-early-returns/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/dist