Laura Richardson

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Laura Richardson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th district
In office August 21, 2007 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Juanita Millender-McDonald
Succeeded by	Janice Hahn (Redistricting)
Member of the California State Assembly from the 55th district
In office December 4, 2006 – September 4, 2007
Preceded by	Jenny Oropeza
Succeeded by	Warren Furutani
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-14) April 14, 1962 (age 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA) University of Southern California (MBA)

Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 37th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

She previously represented the 55th district in the California State Assembly for the 2007 term until she was elected to the House of Representatives for California's 37th congressional district in a special election on August 21, 2007, to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Juanita Millender-McDonald. She was reelected to represent that district in 2008 and 2010. Following the decennial reorganization of Congressional districts in 2012, most of Richardson's territory became the 44th District. She ran against fellow Democratic Congresswoman Janice Hahn in the 2012 Congressional elections cycle. On November 6, 2012, she was defeated in her bid for re-election by Representative Hahn by a landslide 20 percentage points.^[1]