Eric Swalwell trivia: 41 amazing facts about the American politian

Eric Swalwell is an American politician. He serves as the U.S. Representative for California’s 15th congressional district since 2013.

So let’s dive into some more trivia and facts about his life and career.

1. His full name is Eric Michael Swalwell Jr.
2. He was born in November 16, 1980
3. He is an American politician
4. He is serving as the U.S. Representative for California’s 15th congressional district since 2013
5. He is a member of the Democratic Party
6. His district covers most of eastern Alameda County and part of central Contra Costa County
7. Swalwell was raised in Sac City, Iowa, and Dublin, California
8. While attending the University of Maryland, College Park, he served as a student liaison to the city council for College Park, Maryland
9. He then interned for Ellen Tauscher and worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California
10. Before being elected to the U.S. House, he served as a local appointee on Dublin commissions
11. He also served one term elected to the Dublin City Council
12. He was elected to the U.S. House in November 2012
13. Defeating incumbent Pete Stark, a 40-year incumbent who had held the office since 1973
14. Stark was a fellow Democrat almost a half-century Swalwell’s senior
15. Swalwell was born shortly after Stark’s re-election to his fifth term in Congress in the 1980 election
16. Swalwell took office on January 3, 2013
17. Swalwell announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on April 8, 2019
18. He dropped out of the race on July 8, 2019
19. Swalwell was born on November 16, 1980, in Sac City, Iowa
20. He is the first of four sons of Eric Nelson Swalwell and Vicky Joe Swalwell
21. Both of whom are Republicans
22. His father was then serving as police chief in Algona, Iowa
23. After leaving Iowa, the family eventually settled in Dublin, California
24. He graduated from Wells Middle School
25. And then from Dublin High School in 1999
26. Swalwell attended Campbell University in North Carolina on a soccer scholarship from 1999 to 2001
27. He broke both of his thumbs in 2001, his sophomore year
28. Thus ending the scholarship
29. Swalwell transferred to the University of Maryland, College Park, as a junior
30. In 2003, he completed his bachelor’s degree in government and politics at Maryland
31. He enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Law and earned his Juris Doctor in 2006
32. At the University of Maryland, Swalwell served as Vice President of Campus Affairs for the Student Government Association
33. He was an elected member of the Student-Faculty-Staff University Senate and of its executive committee
34. He was also an active member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity
35. He served as a student liaison to the City Council of College Park
36. The latter appointment inspired other college towns to consider similar arrangements
37. Swalwell and his first wife are divorced
38. He married his second wife, Brittany Ann Watts, a sales director at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, in October 2016
39. Together, the couple have a son, born in 2017
40. And a daughter, born in 2018
41. Swalwell revealed in February of 2019 that he was afflicted with Bell’s palsy at one point