Howard L. Berman
Democratic
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-07-1972 | Democratic | AD-57 | 65290 | Win |
| 11-05-1974 | Democratic | AD-43 | 56133 | Win |
| 11-02-1976 | Democratic | AD-43 | 80266 | Win |
| 11-07-1978 | Democratic | AD-43 | 81013 | Win |
| 11-04-1980 | Democratic | AD-43 | 74710 | Win |
| 11-02-1982 | Democratic | CD-26 | 97383 | Win |
| 11-06-1984 | Democratic | CD-26 | 117080 | Win |
| 11-04-1986 | Democratic | CD-26 | 98091 | Win |
| 11-08-1988 | Democratic | CD-26 | 126930 | Win |
| 11-06-1990 | Democratic | CD-26 | 78031 | Win |
| 11-03-1992 | Democratic | CD-26 | 73807 | Win |
| 11-08-1994 | Democratic | CD-26 | 55145 | Win |
| 11-05-1996 | Democratic | CD-26 | 67525 | Win |
| 11-03-1998 | Democratic | CD-26 | 69000 | Win |
| 11-07-2000 | Democratic | CD-26 | 96500 | Win |
| 11-05-2002 | Democratic | CD-28 | 73771 | Win |
| 11-02-2004 | Democratic | CD-28 | 115303 | Win |
| 11-07-2006 | Democratic | CD-28 | 79866 | Win |
| 11-04-2008 | Democratic | CD-28 | 137471 | Win |
| 11-02-2010 | Democratic | CD-28 | 88385 | Win |
| 11-06-2012 | Democratic | CD-30 | 98395 | Loss |
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Candidate Biography:
Howard Lawrence Berman
Born: April 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Janis
Children: Brinley and Lindsey
Previous: President, California Federation of Young Democrats
Previous: Legal Intern, US Department of Labor
Previous: Legislative Intern, Assembly Agriculture Committee
1965-1966: Assembly Fellow
1968: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1973-1979: Majority Leader, California State Assembly
1975: Member, Americans for Democratic Action Board of Directors
1976: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1980: Majority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly
1980: Candidate for Assembly Speaker (Lost; 24 to 51)
1984: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2008: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
- An incumbent who lost to a member of their own party (in 2012).
- LEGISLATION: The Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers as well as the creation of the state's Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
- Supreme Court Decision: In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a provision in a law authored by Berman, SB 3x1 (1975), was unconstitutional. The law, which allowed labor unions to access agricultural employer’s property to recruit new members, was found to violate the fifth and fourteenth amendments. (Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 20-107)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]