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This article is about the American legislator. For the fictional district attorney, see Adam Schiff (Law & Order).
Adam Schiff
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Chair of the House Intelligence Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded by Devin Nunes
Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by Dutch Ruppersberger
Succeeded by Devin Nunes
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
Assumed office
January 3, 2001
Preceded by James E. Rogan
Constituency 27th district (2001–2003)
29th district (2003–2013)
28th district (2013–present)
Member of the California State Senate
from the 21st district
In office
December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000
Preceded by Newton Russell
Succeeded by Jack Scott
Personal details
Born Adam Bennett Schiff
(1960-06-22) June 22, 1960 (age 63)
Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Eve Sanderson (m. 1995)
Children 2
Education Stanford University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Signature Adam Schiff's signature
Website House website

Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff is currently in his 10th term as a congressman, having served since 2001.

Schiff's district (numbered as the 27th from 2001 to 2003 and as the 29th from 2003 to 2013) has been centered in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles, including Pasadena, Glendale, and Burbank. For his first six terms, he represented a district that included the areas of Alhambra, Altadena, San Gabriel, Burbank, Glendale, South Pasadena, Temple City, Monterey Park, and Pasadena. In 2010, his district's boundaries were re-drawn to include, among others, La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta-Montrose as well as large portions of Los Angeles itself including Sunland-Tujunga, Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, West Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake, and Los Feliz.

He currently serves as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is currently on leave from the House Appropriations Committee, which he joined in 2007. He previously served on the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee and the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee.

Early life, education, and career

Schiff was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, the son of Edward and Sherrill Ann (Glovsky) Schiff.[1] He was raised in a Jewish family which moved to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1970 and Alamo, California in 1972.[2] He graduated from Danville's Monte Vista High School in 1978,[3][4] and was both his class valedictorian[5] and the student voted by his peers as "most likely to succeed".[6] Schiff received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Stanford University in 1982 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1985.[7]

After law school, Schiff spent one year as a law clerk for Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.[8] From 1987 to 1993, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District.[9] While in this position, Schiff came to public attention when he prosecuted the case against Richard Miller, a former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.[10] The first trial resulted in a hung jury; the second trial resulted in a conviction that was overturned on appeal.[11] Miller was convicted in a third trial.[12]

In May 1994, Schiff was a candidate for the 43rd district seat in the California State Assembly in a special election and lost to Republican nominee James E. Rogan.[13] That November, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for a full term, again losing to Rogan.[14]

California State Senate

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Schiff as a State Senator in 1997

In 1996, Schiff was elected to represent the 21st district in the California State Senate.[15] When his term began, Schiff at age 36 was the Senate's youngest member.[16] During his four-year term, Schiff served as chairman of the senate's Judiciary Committee and Select Committee on Juvenile Justice, and the state legislature's Joint Committee on the Arts.[16]

As a state senator, Schiff authored dozens of measures that were enacted into law.[16] These included Senate Bill 1847, Chapter 1021.[17] Passed in 1998, this legislation continued work on the stalled Blue Line light rail extension to Pasadena by renaming the Blue Line as the Gold Line[17] and creating the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, which separated the project from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[18] The construction authority finished the Pasadena line in 2003 and extended it to Azusa in 2016.[18] A subsequent third leg was begun, which is intended to extend the line to Pomona by 2025.[18] Schiff's work to re-energize the project caused him to be regarded in the San Gabriel Valley as the "Father of the Gold Line".[18]

U.S. House of Representatives

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Schiff and Heather Podesta at a party hosted by the Podesta Group in Washington, D.C., honoring the inauguration of Barack Obama

In 2000, Schiff was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 27th congressional district. On November 7, 2000, Schiff defeated Republican incumbent James E. Rogan, and he began serving his first term on January 3, 2001. He was reelected every two years from 2002 to 2020, and will begin serving his 11th term in Congress in January 2021.

2003 invasion of Iraq

Schiff voted in favor of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[19] In February 2015, discussing how or whether to tailor Bush-era plans from 2001 and 2002 to fight ISIS, Schiff was asked if he regretted voting to invade. He said, "Absolutely. Unfortunately, our intelligence was dead wrong on that, on Saddam at that time. The vote set in motion a cascading series of events which have [had] disastrous consequences".[20][21]

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Schiff at the United States Capitol during the 115th congress
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US congressional delegation at Halifax International Security Forum 2014
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Schiff with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in November 2014

Armenian genocide resolution

Schiff has been a leading voice in Armenian-American issues; he claims to have over 70,000 Armenian-Americans in his district.[22][23] He introduced U.S. House Resolution 106, recognizing the Armenian genocide, which was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on October 11, 2007,[24] but began to lose support after Turkey's prime minister said that approval of the resolution would endanger U.S.-Turkey relations.[25] On March 4, 2010, the resolution was again approved to go forward by the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a 23–22 margin.[26] Immediately, the Turkish government recalled its U.S. ambassador.[26] Schiff said in 2007, "When you think about what we have against us – the president, a foreign policy establishment that has condoned this campaign of denial, the Turkish lobby – against that you have the truth, which is a powerful thing but doesn't always win out".[27] On October 29, 2019, the full House of Representatives finally passed the resolution by a vote of 405–11.[28]

Helicopter noise

Beginning with Rep. Howard Berman before Berman was defeated for reelection, Schiff has worked on reducing unwanted helicopter noise across Los Angeles County by proposing legislation to force the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study and regulate helicopter noise in Los Angeles, the Helicopter Noise Relief Act.[29] After reintroducing his legislation, Schiff worked with Senator Dianne Feinstein to push the FAA to act, and together they attached a provision in the 2014 omnibus appropriations package directing the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and FAA to address helicopter noise in Los Angeles County skies.[30] As a result, in 2015 the FAA created a county-wide helicopter noise public complaint system, the first step towards regulation.[31][32]

Intelligence and surveillance reform

Schiff has been a prominent supporter of surveillance reforms, especially in the wake of the leaks of classified intelligence by Edward Snowden.[33] In 2007, in response to disclosure of the Terrorist Surveillance Program, Schiff and Rep. Jeff Flake offered a successful amendment in the House of Representatives to clarify that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is the exclusive means for collecting foreign intelligence information within the United States.[34] Schiff has been a critic of the bulk collection of telephone metadata by the National Security Agency. In January 2014, Schiff introduced the Telephone Metadata Reform Act,[35] which would prohibit the bulk collection of domestic phone records. Schiff has also introduced several bills aimed at reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, including a bill to require outside counsel to be appointed to argue for privacy and civil liberties protections in certain cases before the Court.[36]

Investigation of Benghazi attack

Schiff was appointed to the House Select Committee on Benghazi in 2014 by Nancy Pelosi to serve as one of the five Democrats on the committee.[37] Schiff had participated in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigation into the attacks on the Benghazi diplomatic compound, which found that the initial talking points provided by the intelligence community were flawed but without an intention to deceive, and that diplomatic facilities across the world lacked adequate security.[38] The report's findings were unanimous and bipartisan. Before he was appointed as a Member of the Benghazi Select Committee, Schiff called the establishment of a select committee to investigate the 2012 attack a "colossal waste of time," and said Democratic leaders should not appoint any members, stating: "I think it's just a tremendous red herring and a waste of taxpayer resources".[39] Despite those reservations, he still accepted an appointment to the Committee because if he felt he "could add value, [he] would serve".[40]

Press freedom

Schiff formed the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Caucus for the Freedom of the Press in 2006[41] aimed at advancing press freedom around the world. The Caucus proposed the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act and it was originally introduced to Congress by Schiff and Rep. Mike Pence (R., Ind.) and by Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) on October 1, 2009, in response to the murder of Daniel Pearl by terrorists in Pakistan.[42][43] The legislation requires the United States Department of State to expand its scrutiny of news media intimidation and freedom of the press restrictions during its annual report on human rights in each country.[44] After its introduction, the act passed through the House of Representatives with a vote of 403 to 12 and passed unanimously in the Senate; however, a provision requiring the Secretary of State (in coordination with the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and in consultation with the Undersecretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy) to establish a grant program aiming to promote freedom of the press worldwide was removed in the Senate.[43][45] On May 17, 2010, President Barack Obama, accompanied by the Pearl family, signed into law the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act.[46]

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

In 2015, Schiff supported the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, saying: "The military action by Saudi Arabia and its partners was necessitated by the illegal action of the Houthi rebels and their Iranian backers. ... But ultimately, a negotiated end to this crisis is the only way to restore order in Yemen and shrink the space for terrorism".[47]

In April 2019, he voted for a bipartisan resolution to under the War Powers Act end the United States' involvement in the war.[48][49] It had passed the Senate, but after passing the House it was vetoed.[50]

War authorization reform and authorization against ISIS

After then-president Obama's speech at the National Defense University examining the U.S. war powers during the War on Terror, Schiff introduced bipartisan legislation to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, the legislation passed in the days after the September 11 attacks to combat al-Qaeda, because he felt that "the current AUMF is outdated and straining at the edges to justify the use of force outside the war theater".[51] The bill, introduced with Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), was intended to sunset. In addition to his legislation, Schiff has been a forceful proponent of debating and voting on a new war authorization against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[52]

Schiff has been a very prominent supporter of national defense spending. Schiff has voted for every increase in the defense budget over the course of his career.[53]

Comments on Trump–Russia collusion investigation

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Further information: Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019)

On March 22, 2017, in an interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia. Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation".[54]

On April 2, 2017, Schiff, the ranking member on the House Select Intelligence Committee, which is tasked with conducting inquiries related to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, appeared on CNN's State of the Union. In the wide-ranging interview, Schiff and host Jake Tapper discussed Michael Flynn's request for immunity, Schiff's and Devin Nunes's separate inspections of White House documents, Trump's allegations of wiretapping in Trump Tower, and Nunes's apparent close association with the Trump White House.[55] Tapper asked Schiff if there was evidence of Donald Trump–Russia collusion. Schiff replied: "I don't think we can say anything definitively at this point. We are still at the very early stage of the investigation. The only thing I can say is that it would be irresponsible for us not to get to the bottom of this".[56] Tapper asked, "Do you think that Chairman Nunes was part of an attempt to provide some sort of cover for the president's claim about Obama wiretapping him at Trump Tower, which, obviously, this does not prove, but to cover for that, or an attempt to distract, as you're suggesting?" Schiff replied, "It certainly is an attempt to distract and to hide the origin of the materials, to hide the White House hand. The question is, of course, why? And I think the answer to the question is this effort to point the Congress in other directions, basically say, don't look at me, don't look at Russia, there is nothing to see here".[57] A few days later, Nunes recused himself as leader of the investigative panel while the House Committee on Ethics investigated whether he had disclosed classified information.[58][59]

On July 23, 2017, on "Meet the Press", Schiff stated, "[A]t the end of the day we need to make sure that our president is operating not in his personal best interests and not because he's worried about what the Russians might have but because what he is doing is in America's best interest. The fact that we have questions about this is in itself harmful".[60] The following morning on Twitter, Trump referred to Schiff as "Sleazy Adam Schiff, the totally biased Congressman looking into 'Russia'" and called the Russian collusion investigation "the Dem loss excuse".[61] Schiff responded on Twitter that the president's "comments and actions are beneath the dignity of the office".[62]

In December 2018, Schiff suggested that Trump associate Roger Stone may have lied to Congress, and said the transcript of his testimony should be forwarded to the Special Counsel.[63] Stone hit back, saying Schiff was "a con man."[64] In November 2019 Stone was convicted of lying to Congress.[65]

When he became the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee in 2019, Schiff took a personal mission to investigate Trump's connections to Russia, separate from the investigation by the Special Counsel.[66] Schiff came under fire when he demurred when asked if he would accept it if the Special Counsel's investigation concluded that Donald Trump did not collude with Russia, saying that he has great confidence in Mueller but that "there may be, for example, evidence of collusion or conspiracy that is clear and convincing, but not proof beyond a reasonable doubt," as is needed for a criminal conviction.[67]

On March 28, 2019, the nine Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee officially called for Schiff to resign due to his allegations that President Trump's campaign colluded with Russians in the 2016 election.[68] Schiff responded by accusing the Republican members of tolerating "immoral" and "corrupt" conduct by Trump campaign members and administration appointees.[69][70]

North Korea

Schiff called North Korea "one of the most brutal and despotic regimes in the world". After the death of American student Otto Warmbier who had been imprisoned during a visit to North Korea, Schiff said: "The barbaric treatment of Otto Warmbier by the North Korean regime amounts to the murder of a U.S. citizen".[71]

In April 2018, asked whether he thought Trump deserved at least partial credit for North Korea's involvement in talks with the US, Schiff responded: "I think it's more than fair to say that the combination of the president's unpredictability and indeed, his bellicosity had something to do with the North Koreans deciding to come to the negotiating table".[72]

Israel and anti-Semitism

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Schiff with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 2002

Schiff is a supporter of Israel.[73] In December 2016, Schiff urged President Obama to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law.[74]

In February 2019, Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted, "It's all about the Benjamins baby" in reference to American politicians' support for Israel and invoked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). It received widespread bipartisan condemnation, including from many Democratic leaders as well as Schiff, for implying that lobby money was fueling American politicians' support of Israel. Schiff said it was "never acceptable to give voice to, or repeat, anti-Semitic smears".[75] However, his party stopped short of a resolution specifically condemning anti-Semitism in response, proposing a motion condemning "all discriminatory remarks".

Murder of Jamal Khashoggi

After news reports that the CIA concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Trump said there was insufficient CIA evidence to link bin Salman to the murder.[76] Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, was briefed by the CIA on the agency assessment, and stated afterwards that Trump was being dishonest about the CIA findings.[77]

Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump

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Main article: Impeachment trial of Donald Trump

Template:Trump-Ukraine scandal As chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Schiff was one of the lead investigators in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump stemming from the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[78] Trump was impeached along party lines by 228 votes to 193 in the House of Representatives on December 18, 2019, making him only the third President to be impeached.[79]

On January 15, 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Schiff as a lead impeachment manager.[80][81] In this role, Schiff leads a team of seven House members responsible for presenting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump during his trial before the United States Senate. He had previously served as lead manager for the impeachments of Samuel B. Kent and Thomas Porteous alongside Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).[82]

Armenia–Azerbaijan War

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Further information: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Schiff accused Turkey of inciting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.[83][84][85] He stated that the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict "must cause us reexamine our relationship with both Turkey and Azerbaijan. If an ally of the United states is recruiting fighters from Syria to encourage further bloodshed and murder of civilians, what kind of ally are they in NATO or otherwise?".[86] Schiff co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that read, "We write to express our deep concern with Azerbaijan’s renewed aggression against Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and the rising possibility of a wider conflict with Armenia. We ask that the Administration use all available diplomatic tools to reduce tensions, end the fighting, and restrain Azerbaijan from further offensive actions."[87] Schiff called for U.S. recognition of the separatist, self-declared Republic of Artsakh, which is officially part of Azerbaijan, but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994.[88]

Committee and caucuses

Committee assignments

Caucuses

  • Co-chair of the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
  • Co-founded the Democratic Study Group on National Security
  • Co-founded the Congressional Caucus for Freedom of the Press
  • Vice Chairman of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus[89]

Caucus memberships

Congressional campaigns

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Schiff speaking to the California Democratic Party in June 2019.

In 2000, Schiff challenged Republican incumbent Jim Rogan in what was then the 27th district. The district had once been a Republican stronghold, but had been trending Democratic since the early 1990s. In what was the most expensive House race ever at the time[95] (several elections in 2006[96] and 2008[97] later eclipsed it), Schiff unseated Rogan, taking 53 percent of the vote to Rogan's 44 percent. He became only the second Democrat to represent this district since its creation in 1913.

After the 2000 census, the district was renumbered as the 29th and made significantly more Democratic. As a result, Schiff has never faced another contest nearly as close as his 2000 bid, and has been reelected nine times. His district became even more Democratic after the 2010 census, when it was renumbered as the 28th and pushed into Los Angeles itself. Even before then, none of his Republican challengers had cleared 35 percent of the vote.

In 2010, Schiff defeated Tea Party–backed Republican John Colbert for a sixth term.[98] In 2012, he defeated Republican Phil Jennerjahn.[99] In 2014, he defeated independent candidate Steve Stokes.[100] In 2016, he defeated Republican candidate Lenore Solis.

In 2018, Schiff initially competed in the primary with Democratic challenger Kim Gruenenfelder. After Gruenenfelder dropped out of the race, Schiff went on to defeat Republican candidate Johnny Nalbandian.

In 2020, Schiff faced a crowded primary, which included Republican attorney Eric Early and Democratic drag queen Maebe A. Girl.[101] [102] Schiff easily advanced past the primary with the majority of the vote, with Maebe A. Girl and Eric Early in a close race for second. Early was finally determined to have advanced to the general election on March 27, 2020.[103] Schiff easily won in the general election.[citation needed]

Electoral history

California 21st State Senate District General Election, 1996[104]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff 125,649 51.78
Republican Paula L Boland 107,039 44.12
Libertarian Bob New 9,981 4.11
Total votes 242,669 100.0
California 27th Congressional District General Election, 2000[105]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff 113,708 52.70
Republican James E. Rogan (incumbent) 94,518 43.80
Natural Law Miriam R. Hospodar 3,873 1.79
Libertarian Ted Brown 3,675 1.70
Total votes 215,774 100.0
California 29th Congressional District General Election, 2002[106]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff 76,036 62.56
Republican Jim Scileppi 40,616 33.42
Libertarian Ted Brown 4,889 4.02
Total votes 121,541 100.0
California 29th Congressional District General Election, 2004[107]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 133,670 64.63
Republican Harry Frank Scolinos 62,871 30.40
Green Philip Koebel 5,715 2.76
Libertarian Ted Brown 4,570 2.21
Write-in votes John Christopher Burton 6 0.00
Total votes 206,832 100.0
California 29th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2006[108]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (incumbent) 33,750 82.62
Democratic Bob McCloskey 7,102 17.38
Total votes 40,852 100.0
California 29th Congressional District General Election, 2006[109]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (incumbent) 91,014 63.47
Republican William J. Bodell 39,321 27.42
Green William M. Paparian 8,197 5.72
Peace and Freedom Lynda L. Llamas 2,599 1.81
Libertarian Jim Keller 2,258 1.57
Write-in votes John Burton 15 0.01
Total votes 143,404 100.0
California 29th Congressional District General Election, 2008[110]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 146,198 68.91
Republican Charles Hahn 56,727 26.74
Libertarian Alan Pyeatt 9,219 4.35
Total votes 212,144 100.0
California 29th Congressional District General Election, 2010[111]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 104,374 64.78
Republican John P. Cobert 51,534 31.98
Libertarian William P. Cushing 5,218 3.24
Total votes 161,126 100.0
California 28th Congressional District Top-Two Primary, 2012[112]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff 42,797 59.00
Republican Phil Jennerjahn 12,633 17.41
Republican Jenny Worman 5,978 8.24
Republican Garen Mailyan 3,749 5.17
Democratic Sal Genovese 2,829 3.90
Democratic Massie Munroe 2,437 3.36
Democratic Jonathan Ryan Kalbfeld 2,119 2.92
Total votes 72,542 100.0
California 28th Congressional District General Election, 2012[113]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff 188,703 76.49
Republican Phil Jennerjahn 58,008 23.51
Total votes 246,711 100.0
California 28th Congressional District Top-Two Primary, 2014[114]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 46,004 74.48
Independent Steve Stokes 11,078 17.94
Democratic Sal Genovese 4,643 7.52
Write-in votes (Republican Party) Sam Yousuf 38 0.06
Total votes 61,763 100.0
California 28th Congressional District General Election, 2014[115]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 91,996 76.50
Independent Steve Stokes 28,268 23.50
Total votes 120,264 100.0
California 28th Congressional District Top-Two Primary, 2016[116]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 111,766 70.24
Republican Lenore Solis 29,336 18.44
Democratic Sal Genovese 18,026 11.33
Total votes 159,128 100.0
California 28th Congressional District General Election, 2016[117]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 210,883 77.99
Republican Lenore Solis 59,526 22.01
Total votes 270,409 100.0
California 28th Congressional District Top-Two Primary, 2018[118]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 94,249 73.51
Republican Johnny J. Nalbandian 26,566 20.72
Democratic Sal Genovese 7,406 5.78
Total votes 128,221 100.0
California 28th Congressional District General Election, 2018[119]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam B. Schiff (incumbent) 196,662 78.37
Republican Johnny J. Nalbandian 54,272 21.63
Total votes 250,934 100.0
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California[120]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (incumbent) 110,251 59.57%
Republican Eric Early 23,243 12.56%
Democratic Maebe A. Girl 22,129 11.96%
Independent Jennifer Barbosa 10,421 5.63%
Republican William Bodell 7,093 3.83%
Democratic Sal Genovese 6,294 3.40%
Democratic Ara Khachig Manoogian 3,920 1.78%
Democratic Chad D. Anderson 2,359 1.27%
Total votes 185,080 100%

Personal life

Schiff and his wife Eve have two children, Alexa and Elijah.[121]

Schiff has participated in multiple endurance challenges, including triathlons and marathons. Schiff was the only Congressman to participate in the inaugural Washington, D.C. triathlon in 2010[122] and has since participated in other races in Philadelphia, New York City, and Malibu.[123] In 2014, Schiff was the first member of Congress to participate in the AIDS/LifeCycle, a seven-day charity bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise awareness and funding to fight HIV and AIDS.[124]

The New Yorker reported in 2018 that "Schiff has been writing screenplays on the side for years", including a murder mystery, a post-Holocaust story, and a spy drama.[125]

Schiff is vegan.[126]

See also

References

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