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Jim Cooper

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Assembly Democrat

District 9

Time in office

Assembly: 2014-2022

Background

Sheriff's Captain / Councilmember

Note

Legislator is no longer in office. This page is for archival purposes. It reflects the last district this legislator represented when they were in office.

Biographical information

Birth Place

US military base, Verdun, France

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Gender

Male

Born

January 5, 1964

Identifies as

Straight

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CalMatters coverage about this legislator

Will California’s largest pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, divest from fossil fuels?

By Grace Gedye, June 29, 2023

Winners and losers in Newsom’s California budget deficit plan

By Lynn La, May 15, 2023

Gun talk in Washington, gun bills in Sacramento

By Ben Christopher, January 18, 2023

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