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|occupation=Printing executive }} Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for 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 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. ==Background== Richardson is a lifelong resident of Southern California. She was born in Los Angeles and currently calls Long Beach home. She was raised by a single mother after her parents divorced when she was two. Her father belonged to the Teamsters labor union.〔Mitchell, John L. "Racial issues take a back seat in 37th, 'Multiracial support has Laura Richardson poised to represent a largely Latino district. Her take: `We are a new America, very diverse.'" ''Los Angeles Times''. July 3, 2007. Accessed July 16, 2007.〕 Her father was black and her mother was white. Richardson has said that racism against their mixed-race family was "what got me since the age of about six of wanting to be a public servant." Richardson was previously married to Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts. During the marriage, she took the name Laura Richardson-Batts. Richardson graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. In 1987, she joined Xerox Corporation where she worked for 14 years. In 1996, Richardson received her MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. She often credits her studies in China at Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai as significantly expanding her educational experience. 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「Laura Richardson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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