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Elizabeth Diane Emken (born April 4, 1963) is an American politician. Emken was the Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from California in the 2012 election, challenging incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein in the November general election. Emken is the former Vice President for Government Relations at Autism Speaks. In 2010, she ran for Congress in California's 11th Congressional District to replace Democratic representative Jerry McNerney.〔http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2009/10/20/news/4b_emken_091020.txt〕 Emken finished last among four candidates in the Republican primary, winning 16.7% of the vote.〔http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-primary/pdf/85-95-cd.pdf〕 In 2012, she was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate. She lost the election to incumbent Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein by 63% to 37%.〔http://www.flashreport.org/featured-columns-library0b.php?faID=2011112809250856〕 In 2014, she was one of three Republicans running to challenge Democrat incumbent Ami Bera in California's 7th congressional district, finishing fourth in the June 3 Primary Election. ==Biography== Emken graduated from UCLA in 1984 with a degree in Economics and Political Science. Prior to her professional involvement in the field of autism awareness and research, she focused on field management, cost and financial analysis, and corporate operations at IBM Corporation.〔http://www.emken2010.com/meet〕 She lives in Fair Oaks, California with her husband of 28 years, Craig Swartz, a Global Enterprise Solution Architect at Dell. They have two daughters and a 21-year-old son, Alex, who has autism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Emken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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