Zoe Lofgren

Zoe Lofgren was born in San Mateo, California, on December 21, 1947. She earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1970 and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1975. She worked on the staff of Representative Don Edwards of California from 1970 to 1978, practiced law, was on the faculty of Santa Clara University School of Law from 1978 to 1980, and was executive director of Community Housing Developers.

Lofgren served on the Santa Clara County board of supervisors from 1980 to 1994. She was elected as a Democrat to the 104th Congress and has served in the House since January 3, 1995; she represents California's 18th Congressional District. She was one of the House managers in the impeachment proceedings of federal judges Samuel B. Kent in 2009 and G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. in 2010, and of President Donald J. Trump in 2020. She chaired the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the 111th Congress and the Committee on House Administration in the 116th and 117th Congresses. She sits on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, where her House website says she is the ranking member, and on the Judiciary Committee.