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{{Short description|American politician (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Anna Eshoo
| image               = Anna Eshoo 113th Congress.jpg
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| state               = [[California]]
| term_start          = January 3, 1993
| term_end            = January 3, 2025
| predecessor         = [[Tom Campbell (California politician)|Tom Campbell]] (redistricted)
| successor           = [[Sam Liccardo]]
| constituency        = {{ushr|CA|14|14th district}} (1993–2013)<br />{{ushr|CA|18|18th district}} (2013–2023)<br />{{ushr|CA|16|16th district}} (2023–2025)
| birth_name          = Anna Georges
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1942|12|13}}
| birth_place         = [[New Britain, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
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| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = George Eshoo (divorced)
| children            = 2
| education           = [[Cañada College]] ([[Associate of Arts|AA]])
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'''Anna A. Eshoo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|ʃ|uː}} {{Respell|EH|shoo}}; née '''Georges'''; born December 13, 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V66V-99T |title=FamilySearch.org |website=[[FamilySearch]]}}</ref> is an American politician who served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|CA|16}} from 1993 to 2025. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. 

The district, numbered as the 18th district from 2013 to 2023, is based in [[Silicon Valley]], including the cities of [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]], [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]], [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], and [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], as well as part of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]. Eshoo is the only [[Assyrian-American]] in Congress and the only [[Armenian-Americans|Armenian American]] woman in Congress. On November 21, 2023, she announced she would not seek re-election in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Lauren |title=Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo to retire at end of term
 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4320994-democratic-rep-anna-eshoo-to-retire-at-end-of-term/ |website=The Hill |access-date=21 November 2023 |date=21 November 2023}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Anna Eshoo was born in [[New Britain, Connecticut]], of [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] and [[Armenian people|Armenian]] heritage.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kreitman |first=Keith |date=2006-10-27 |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=66134 |title=Anna Eshoo has come a long way in Congress |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115052609/http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=66134 |archivedate=2006-11-15 |work=Daily Journal |location=San Mateo County, Calif. }}</ref> Her mother had fled from Armenia to Iraq, and subsequently to the United States. Her father, Fred Georges, a [[jeweler]] and [[watchmaker]], was a [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean Christian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen-Ebrahimian |first1=Bethany |title=The Real War on Christianity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/is-this-the-end-of-christianity-in-the-middle-east.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=2015-07-22 |access-date=2016-12-22 }}</ref>

Eshoo graduated from [[New Britain High School]] in 1960, and later moved to California.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} She received an [[Associate degree|Associate of Arts]] degree in English from [[Cañada College]] in 1975.<ref name="canadagov">{{cite web |url=https://guides.canadacollege.edu/government_information |date=2024-02-13 |title=From Cañada College to Congress: Rep. Anna Eshoo (Government & Politics: How to contact your elected officials) |first=Cynthia |last=McCarthy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001061002/https://guides.canadacollege.edu/government_information |archivedate=2023-10-01 |accessdate=2024-03-13 |quote=Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Cañada College, class of '75, now represents the area where she lives and attended college. She earned an Associate of Arts in English from Cañada College within a decade of the college's official opening. Later she served as a San Mateo County Supervisor for ten years. }}</ref>

==Early political career==
Eshoo was [[Chair (official)|Chair]] of the [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]] Democratic Party from 1978 to 1982. She was also a member of the [[Democratic National Committee]] in the 1980s. She was chief of staff to Speaker ''[[pro tempore]]'' [[Leo McCarthy]] of the [[California State Assembly]] in 1981–82. Eshoo was elected to the [[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]] in 1982 and served until 1992. She was president of the board in 1986.

== U.S. House of Representatives ==
[[File:Anna Eshoo (2).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Diane Howard, Don Saye, and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (right)]]

===Elections===

====1988====
In the middle of Eshoo's second term on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, she ran for Congress in [[California's 12th congressional district]]. She won the Democratic primary with a plurality of 43%,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=743616|title=Our Campaigns - CA District 12 - D Primary Race - Jun 07, 1988|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref> but lost the general election to Republican [[Stanford University|Stanford]] law professor [[Tom Campbell (California politician)|Tom Campbell]], 51–46%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38104|title=Our Campaigns - CA District 12 Race - Nov 08, 1988|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>

====1992====
Campbell gave up his congressional seat to make an unsuccessful bid for the [[United States Senate]], and Eshoo entered the Democratic primary for the open seat, which had been renumbered as the [[California's 14th congressional district|14th district]]. She won the seven-way primary with a plurality of 40%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207766 |title=Our Campaigns - CA District 14 - D Primary Race - Jun 02, 1992 |access-date=2014-11-19 }}</ref>

In the general election, she defeated the Republican nominee, [[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors|San Mateo County Supervisor]] [[Tom Huening]], 57%–39%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27522 |title=Our Campaigns - CA District 14 Race - Nov 03, 1992 |access-date=2014-11-19 }}</ref>

====1994====
She survived the [[Republican Revolution]], winning reelection with 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28717|title=Our Campaigns - CA District 14 Race - Nov 08, 1994 |access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>

====2008====
{{See also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 14}}
She won reelection against Republican Ronny Santana, 70–22%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=334912|title=Our Campaigns - CA - District 14 Race - Nov 04, 2008|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>

====2010====
{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 14}}
She won reelection against Republican Dave Chapman, 69–28%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=488099|title=Our Campaigns - CA - District 14 Race - Nov 02, 2010|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>

====2012====
{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 18}}
After redistricting, Eshoo ran for and won reelection in [[California's 18th congressional district]] based in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annaeshoo4congress.com/anna/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28|title=Anna Eshoo for Congress|access-date=November 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903214823/http://annaeshoo4congress.com/anna/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28|archive-date=September 3, 2008}}</ref>

====2014====
{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 18}}
After a bitter race that brought to the fore some dissatisfaction over party leadership, regarded as a proxy battle between [[Steny Hoyer]] and [[Nancy Pelosi]], Eshoo lost a party vote to [[Frank Pallone]] for ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3592632/dem-frenemies-pelosi-hoyer-again-on-opposite-sides-of-a-leadership-debate/|title=Dem Frenemies: Pelosi, Hoyer Again on Opposite Sides of a Leadership Debate|magazine=Time}}</ref> [[Nancy Pelosi]] had said Eshoo's elevation to the top Democratic spot on that committee would be important for the Democrats, allowing Eshoo "to tap into lucrative fundraising interests in Silicon Valley and elsewhere that the committee has jurisdiction."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-eshoo-pelosi-20141119-story.html |title=Pelosi ally Anna Eshoo loses party vote for key committee post|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref>

====2016====
{{See also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 18}}

====2018====
{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 18}}

====2020====
{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 18}}
Eshoo beat challenger Rishi Kumar in the Democratic primary and was reelected in the general election.

==== 2022 ====
{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 16}}
Eshoo beat challenger Rishi Kumar in a rematch.

===Tenure===
[[File:Rep Anna Eshoo.jpg|thumb|Eshoo congressional portrait]]
In 2003, Eshoo was elected by her [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] colleagues in the 108th Congress as an At-Large Democratic [[Whip (politics)|Whip]], and she has served in that position to the present.

On January 30, 2008, Eshoo formally endorsed U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]] for president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/01/30/anna-eshoo-endorses-obama/|title=Anna Eshoo endorses Obama - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond|author=Bay Area News Group|date=January 30, 2008|work=ibabuzz.com|access-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906023040/http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/01/30/anna-eshoo-endorses-obama/|archive-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>

Eshoo voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the [[117th United States Congress|117th Congress]], according to a ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' analysis. This results in a Biden Plus/Minus score of +0.4.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}</ref>

====Abortion====

Eshoo opposed the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eshoo |first1=Anna |title=Today, for the first time in history, the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right. With Roe gone, Republicans will now charge full speed ahead with their plans to ban abortion nationwide, arrest doctors for offering reproductive care, and criminalize contraception. |url=https://twitter.com/RepAnnaEshoo/status/1540366039623602176 |website=Twitter |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}</ref> In 2024, she signed an [[amicus brief]] to the consolidated cases of [[Moyle v. United States]] and [[Idaho v. United States]] urging the Supreme Court to uphold the right to medical abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).

==== Biodefense ====
On July 16, 2018, Eshoo introduced H.R. 6378, the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPA), along with Representative [[Susan Brooks]], Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman [[Greg Walden]], and Ranking Member [[Frank Pallone]]. The September 11 attacks and the deadly anthrax attacks that followed motivated Eshoo and former Representative [[Richard Burr]] to create the original PAHPA law, which coordinated responses to public health emergencies and developed medical countermeasures.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://eshoo.house.gov/issues/health-care/eshoo-brooks-introduce-legislation-to-combat-biodefense-threats/|title=Eshoo, Brooks Introduce Legislation to Combat Biodefense Threats|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref>

H.R. 6378 improves preparedness nationwide and response for public health emergencies by speeding up research and development on medical countermeasures. The bill also focuses on the needs of special populations such as seniors, the disabled, and children.<ref name=":0" />

In March 2018, Eshoo and Brooks launched the [[Congressional Biodefense Caucus]]. Within a week, 21 members of Congress had joined. The caucus is "dedicated to strengthening our nation's biodefense enterprise and national security." It will focus on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and pandemic outbreaks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://susanwbrooks.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/new-congressional-biodefense-caucus-launched|title=New Congressional Biodefense Caucus launched|date=March 5, 2018|work=Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref>

====Campaign finance reform====
Eshoo's bill to require presidential and vice-presidential candidates to publicly disclose their last 10 federal tax returns was included in the [[For the People Act]]. She has said, "The For the People Act is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore the faith and function of American democracy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eshoo.house.gov/media/e-newsletters/annas-weekly-update-45|title=Anna's Weekly Update|date=March 8, 2019|website=Congresswoman Anna Eshoo}}</ref>

====Energy policy====

Eshoo has voted in favor of bills that expand the creation of jobs in renewable energy.<ref name="Spotlight">{{cite news | last=King| first=Katie| title =South Bay legislators split on clean energy legislation| work=San Jose Spotlight| date =September 25, 2020 |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/south-bay-legislators-split-on-clean-energy-legislation/| access-date =September 27, 2021}}</ref> She has also supported energy tax credits for companies that use alternative, non-carbon fuel sources.<ref name="Palo">{{cite news | last=Fein| first=Geoff S.| title =Eshoo says energy tax credits a better idea| newspaper=Palo Alto Weekly| date =May 30, 2001 |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2001/2001_05_30.qeshoo.html| access-date =September 27, 2021}}</ref> More recently, she has expressed support for the continued funding of research into [[fusion power]].<ref name="EshooFusion">{{cite news | last=Irfan| first=Umair| title =E&E - Light at the end of the tunnel for fusion energy research? Not while the government is dark| publisher=Anna Eshoo| date =January 29, 2014 |url=https://eshoo.house.gov/media/in-the-news/ee-light-end-tunnel-fusion-energy-research-not-while-government-dark| access-date =September 27, 2021}}</ref> She is also a supporter of [[Green New Deal]] policies<ref name="SpotlightQA">{{cite news | last=King| first=Katie| title =Exclusive Q&A: U.S. House District 18 candidate Rep. Anna Eshoo| work=San Jose Spotlight| date =October 22, 2020 |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/exclusive-qa-u-s-house-district-18-candidate-rep-anna-eshoo/| access-date =September 27, 2021}}</ref> and is a co-sponsor of the [[Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal|House resolutions]] calling for Green New Deal legislation as an effort to combat climate change.<ref name="HR109">{{cite news |title =H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal| publisher=United States Congress| date =February 7, 2019 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109/cosponsors| access-date =September 27, 2021}}</ref><ref name="HR332">{{cite news |title =H.Res.332 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal| publisher=United States Congress| date =April 20, 2021 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/332/cosponsors| access-date =September 27, 2021}}</ref>

In February 2023, Eshoo, along with Representatives [[Randy Weber]] ({{uspolabbr|R|TX|14}}), [[Lizzie Fletcher]] ({{uspolabbr|D|TX|07}}), [[Nancy Mace]] ({{uspolabbr|R|SC|01}}), [[Abigail Spanberger]] ({{uspolabbr|D|VA|07}}), and [[Don Davis (North Carolina politician)|Don Davis]] ({{uspolabbr|D|NC|01}}), introduced the [[Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act]], which aims to share federal offshore wind power revenue with states for coastal protection and restoration work. The bill was also introduced in the Senate.<ref name="Cassidy_release">{{Cite press release |title=Cassidy, Whitehouse Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Revenue Sharing Program |date=2024-02-09 |url=https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-whitehouse-reintroduce-bill-to-strengthen-revenue-sharing-program/}}</ref><ref name="Fletcher_release">{{Cite press release |title=Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Coastal Revenue Sharing Program |date=2024-02-09 |url=https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4359}}</ref>

====Health care====
Eshoo worked on the [[Affordable Care Act]] and was present during its signing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwM0gkLF0s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/nIwM0gkLF0s| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=President Obama Signs Health Reform Into Law|date=March 23, 2010 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She believes in adding a [[Public health insurance option|public option]] to the Act to achieve universal health insurance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vekeo.com/event/repannaeshoo-67068/|title=Join the Conversation with Congresswoman Eshoo -|website=vekeo.com}}</ref>

====Human rights====
Eshoo is a strong supporter of the [[gay rights]] movement. In 1992, when a [[gay-bashing]] mailer was directed at Supervisor Tom Nolan (the first openly gay supervisor in San Mateo and her opponent for her congressional seat), Eshoo stood fast in defending him, his record and years of service. She opposed the [[Federal Marriage Amendment|Marriage Protection Amendment]] and the [[Marriage Protection Act]]. Her website called the bill "discriminatory, singling out for the first time a minority to prevent their interests from being considered by the highest courts in the land."<ref>Anna Eshoo's [http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229&Itemid=46#National stance on civil rights]</ref>

As one of just two [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] members of Congress, Eshoo has worked hard to protect indigenous [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] [[Christians]] in [[Iraq]] from continuing [[religious persecution]] and political exclusion. She authored an amendment to H.R. 2601, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, stating that "special attention should be paid to the welfare of Chaldo-Assyrians and other indigenous Christians in Iraq."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/amendment.xpd?session=109&amdt=h483|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224185324/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/amendment.xpd?session=109&amdt=h483|title=Amendment 483 to Hr. 2601|archive-date=December 24, 2010}}</ref>

Eshoo has been a strong supporter of the congressional resolution recognizing the [[Armenian genocide]]. She also supports closer ties between Armenia and the U.S.

Eshoo has fought strongly against certain provisions of the [[Patriot Act]], particularly Section 215 (Access to Business Records), which gives federal investigators the right to obtain any tangible business record without a subpoena.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Farrier |first=Jasmine |date=January 2007 |title=The Patriot Act's Institutional Story: More Evidence of Congressional Ambivalence |journal=PS: Political Science & Politics |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=93–97 |doi=10.1017/s1049096507070151 |s2cid=154282713 |issn=1049-0965}}</ref>

Eshoo also introduced "[[Kevin's law]]," which would have given the U.S. Department of Agriculture the power to close down plants that produce contaminated meat.

As an Assyrian and Armenian American, Eshoo is co-chair and co-founder of the Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus. She also serves on the Board of Advisors of The Institute on Religion and Public Policy, a freedom of religion organization.

In August 2024, Eshoo called on the [[Food and Drug Administration]] to scrutinize clinical trials conducted in the [[People's Republic of China]] for [[Allegations of intellectual property theft by China|threats to intellectual property]] and forced participation using the [[Uyghur people]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 10, 2025 |title=US lawmakers ask government to consider curbs on biotech exports to China's military |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-ask-government-consider-curbs-biotech-exports-chinas-military-2025-01-10/ |access-date=January 11, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

====Immigration====
Eshoo has worked to create a legal "pathway to citizenship" for [[foreign worker]]s of all kinds, from doctors and computer programmers to migrant farm workers. She has voted to increase the annual cap on [[H-1B visa]]s to allow more temporary foreign professionals to work in the United States (especially those with [[Master's Degrees]] or higher).

In California, where as much as 90% of the agricultural workforce is composed of undocumented immigrants,<ref>Study by the [http://www.dol.gov/ Department of Labor]</ref> Eshoo cosponsored H.R. 371, the Agricultural Jobs Act, which would confer blue-card status on undocumented immigrants who had worked an agricultural job in the United States for 150 days or more. This bill never became law.

====Infrastructure====
Eshoo has expressed support for President Biden's [[American Jobs Plan]], calling it "a visionary proposal to create millions of good-paying jobs while revitalizing America's infrastructure" that "will bring the U.S. into the 21st century."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-eshoo-applauds-president-biden-s-american-jobs-plan-calls-it-modern|title=Rep. Eshoo Applauds President Biden's American Jobs Plan, Calls It a "Modern Solution to Modern Challenges"|date=March 31, 2021|website=Congresswoman Anna Eshoo}}</ref>

====Israel–Palestine====
On May 24, 2023, Eshoo expressed support for the [[2023 Israeli judicial reform protests|wave of peaceful pro-democracy activism in Israel]] against the [[2023 Israeli judicial reform|judicial overhaul legislation]] proposed by Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]'s government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raskin.house.gov/2023/5/reps-raskin-eshoo-lead-46-members-in-supporting-israeli-pro-democracy-protesters|title=Reps. Raskin, Eshoo Lead 46 Members in Supporting Israeli Pro-Democracy Protesters|date=May 24, 2023|website=raskin.house.gov}}</ref> 

In November 2023, amid the [[Gaza War]], Eshoo declined to sign the [[Ceasefire Now Resolution]] where she contended that it allowed impunity for [[Hamas]]. Later that month, in [[Palo Alto]], demonstrators aiming the congressional offices in the [[Bay Area]] demanded Eshoo to order a [[Municipal resolutions for a ceasefire in the Gaza war|ceasefire]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], to which she responded, "...While I have consistently pressed the [[IDF]] to take precautions to protect civilians, I have not called for a permanent [[ceasefire]] because I believe Hamas must be removed [[Gaza Strip under Hamas|from power in Gaza]]...because they have [[Use of human shields by Hamas|no regard for the welfare of the Palestinians]] they claim to represent."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/demonstrators-pressure-congressional-reps-over-continued-aid-to-israel|title=Demonstrators pressure congressional reps over continued aid to Israel|author= Jesse Gary|date=November 29, 2023|access-date= May 27, 2025|publisher=[[KTVU]]}}</ref> Furthermore, Eshoo had called on Israel to implement a [[Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)|humanitarian pause in Gaza]] and for Israel to show some restraint.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/silicon-valley-residents-hold-town-hall-calling-on-rep-anna-eshoo-to-support-gaza-ceasefire|title=Silicon Valley residents hold town hall calling on Rep. Anna Eshoo to support Gaza ceasefire|date=January 4, 2024|access-date= May 27, 2025|author= LaMonica Peters|publisher=[[KTVU]]}}</ref>

====Taxes====
Eshoo voted against the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]] and has expressed support for repealing the SALT deduction cap, which she views as an unfair burden on the middle class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/speier-eshoo-address-salt-deduction-cap/article_73b45cbc-968b-11eb-8f81-8b3fad4473f2.html|title=Speier, Eshoo address SALT deduction cap|first=Sierra Lopez Daily Journal|last=staff|website=San Mateo Daily Journal|date=April 6, 2021 }}</ref>

====National security====
On July 29, 2015, Eshoo co-introduced H.R. 3299, the [[Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2015]], which would streamline government decisions and provide incentives for vaccines and treatment of dangerous pathogens and diseases.<ref>{{cite news |title=Health Subcommittee holds markup on the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act |url=https://homelandprepnews.com/featured/18994-health-subcommittee-holds-markup-on-the-strengthening-public-health-emergency-response-act/|access-date=June 24, 2016|work=Homeland Preparedness News|date=June 8, 2016}}</ref> Eshoo co-sponsored the legislation with lead sponsor Rep. [[Susan Brooks]] in response to an October 2015 report by the [[Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense]].<ref>[http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF14/20160519/104953/HHRG-114-IF14-20160519-SD002.pdf Memo to Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health from the Majority Committee staff]. U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. docs.house.gov. May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.</ref>

Other legislation includes:
* H.R. 1275, American Dream Act, cosponsor – Allows states to provide tuition to students that are illegal immigrants, provided they meet certain criteria.
* H.R. 1379, Citizen Promotion Act, cosponsor – Assists lawfully admitted aliens in becoming permanent citizens of the United States.
* H.R. 2221, Uniting American Families Act, cosponsor – Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include "or permanent partner" where spouse occurs.

====Technology====
Eshoo authored two bills authorizing electronic signatures that became law, The [[Government Paperwork Elimination Act|Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998 (GPEA)]] and [[Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act|ESIGN]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.techlawjournal.com/congress/h2991/Default.htm|title=Summary: Digital Signatures Bills: HR 2991 and S 2107 |website=www.techlawjournal.com|access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> She also introduced controversial legislation to alleviate the proliferation of unsolicited email, known as [[E-mail spam|spam]]. The U.S. House of Representatives passed The [[Can Spam|CAN-SPAM]] Act of 2003 (S. 877), which authorizes a "Do Not Spam" list, regulates commercial email, and imposes fines on spammers. Eshoo authored the Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act of 2001 (H.R. 237), created a program to provide discounts to schools and libraries for Internet access, and authored the Computer Donation Incentive Act.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Eshoo introduced HR 2428, the [[Broadband Conduit Deployment Act]] of 2009.<ref name=hr2428_announce>{{cite web |url=http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=608&Itemid=79|title=Rep. Eshoo Introduces Broadband Conduit Legislation|author =Anna Eshoo}}</ref> The bill would require new federal road projects to include plastic conduits buried along the side of the roadway, and enough of them to "accommodate multiple broadband providers."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/new-bill-wants-fiber-conduit-built-into-every-road-project.ars|title=New bill wants fiber conduit built into every road project|date=May 20, 2009|author =Nate Anderson|publisher=[[arstechnica]]}}</ref> "According to industry experts, more than half of the cost of new broadband deployment is attributable to the expense of tearing up and repaving roads," Eshoo said. "By putting the broadband conduit in place while the ground beneath the roadways is exposed, we will enable any authorized communications provider to come in later and install fiber-optic cable at far less cost."<ref name=hr2428_announce /> The bill is supported by [[Google]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/06/google-submits-initial-comments.html|title=Google submits initial comments supporting a National Broadband Plan|author=Richard Whitt |date=June 8, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://moderator.appspot.com/#15/e=a4977&t=a60d6|title=Submit your ideas for a National Broadband Plan|author=Richard Whitt |date=June 8, 2009|access-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728213327/http://moderator.appspot.com/#15/e=a4977&t=a60d6|archive-date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>

Together with Rep. [[Ed Markey]], Eshoo introduced the [[Internet Freedom Preservation Act]] of 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=639&Itemid=79|title=Reps. Eshoo and Markey Introduce Bill to Preserve Free and Open Internet|date=n.d.|author =Anna Eshoo}}</ref> which would make [[Net Neutrality]] the law.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_5Ic5Ic0u4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/U_5Ic5Ic0u4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Two Million for Internet Freedom|date=August 3, 2009|author=[[Free Press (advocacy group)|Free Press]]|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Eshoo is co-chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus, a bipartisan group of over 150 members of the House and Senate working to educate their colleagues about the promise and potential of the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netcaucus.org/members/|title=U.S. Congressional Internet Caucus: Membership in the 112th Congress|date=January 11, 2011|author =Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee}}</ref>

Eshoo supported the [[Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013 (H.R. 3675; 113th Congress)]], a bill that would make a number of changes to procedures that the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) follows in its rulemaking processes.<ref name=3675cbo>{{cite web|title=H.R. 3675 – CBO|date=January 29, 2014|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45057|publisher=Congressional Budget Office |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> The FCC would have to act more transparently as a result of this bill, forced to accept public input about regulations.<ref name=PeteVotesTransparency>{{cite news|last=Kasperowicz|first=Pete|title=House votes for more transparency at the FCC|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/votes/200503-house-votes-for-more-transparency-at-the-fcc/ |access-date=March 12, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=March 11, 2014}}</ref> Eshoo expected Senate support for the bill, saying that they "shouldn't find it menacing" and arguing that the bill was "about the functioning of the FCC in the 21st century."<ref name=bachmanAdWeek>{{cite news|last=Bachman|first=Katy|title=Bipartisan FCC Process Reform Bill Gains Momentum |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/bipartisan-fcc-process-reform-bill-gains-momentum-154441|access-date=March 12, 2014 |newspaper=Ad Week|date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>

{{anchor|Banning Surveillance Advertising Act}}In 2022, Eshoo, Representative [[Jan Schakowsky]], and Senator [[Cory Booker]]<ref name="zdnet/BSAA">{{cite news |last1=Condon |first1=Stephanie |title=Democrats propose a law to ban "surveillance advertising" |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/democrats-propose-a-law-to-ban-surveillance-advertising/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=[[ZDNET]] |date=January 18, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> introduced the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act (BSAA).<ref name="vice/akv7nz">{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Joseph |title=Lawmakers Plan Legislation to 'Ban Surveillance Advertising' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/law-to-ban-surveillance-advertising/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=[[vice.com]] |date=January 18, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eshoo, Schakowsky, Booker Introduce Bill to Ban Surveillance Advertising |url=https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/eshoo-schakowsky-booker-introduce-bill-ban-surveillance-advertising |website=Congresswoman Anna Eshoo |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en |date=18 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Why marketers should take the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act seriously |url=https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/why-marketers-should-take-banning-surveillance-advertising-act-seriously |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=Insider Intelligence}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Stephanie |title=Proposed Surveillance Advertising Ban, Meet Contextual Targeting |url=https://www.forrester.com/blogs/proposed-surveillance-advertising-ban-meet-contextual-targeting/ |website=[[Forrester Research]] |access-date=9 October 2022 |date=22 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statement: EPIC Supports the Ban Surveillance Advertising Act |url=https://epic.org/statement-epic-supports-the-ban-surveillance-advertising-act/ |website=[[Electronic Privacy Information Center]] |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Chamber Letter on H.R. 6416, H.R. 6580, and H.R. 6796 |url=https://www.uschamber.com/technology/u-s-chamber-letter-on |website=[[United States Chamber of Commerce]] |date=February 28, 2022 |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=Motoko |title=The Banning Surveillance Advertising Act |url=https://www.ajpr.com/the-banning-surveillance-advertising-act/ |website=AJPR |access-date=9 October 2022 |date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Eggerton |first1=John |title=Interactive Advertising Bureau: New Surveillance Ad Bill Is Devastating |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/iab-new-surveillance-ad-bill-is-devastating |website=[[Broadcasting and Cable]] |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en |date=19 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Edelman |first1=Gilad |title=Biden Puts Big Tech's Favorite Business Model on Notice |url=https://www.wired.com/story/biden-targeted-ads-state-of-the-union/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=March 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lammi |first1=Glenn |title=Proponents of Regulating "Surveillance Advertising" Cannot Ignore the First Amendment |url=https://www.wlf.org/2022/02/07/wlf-legal-pulse/proponents-of-regulating-surveillance-advertising-cannot-ignore-the-first-amendment/ |website=Washington Legal Foundation |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en |date=7 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Wendy |title=New Bill Would Outlaw Most Forms Of Behavioral Targeting |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/370406/new-bill-would-outlaw-most-forms-of-behavioral-tar.html |website=[[MediaPost]] |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en |date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> Frank Maggio, CEO and founder of React [[LLC]], called the BSAA "rife with loopholes".<ref name="spiceworks/guest/surveillance-advertising">{{cite news |last1=Maggio |first1=Frank |title=Want To Solve Surveillance Advertising? Invite Consumers to the Table |url=https://www.spiceworks.com/marketing/programmatic-advertising/guest-article/want-to-solve-surveillance-advertising/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=Spiceworks |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> The act was [[Table (parliamentary procedure)|tabled]].<ref name="spiceworks/guest/surveillance-advertising"/> According to [[PC Magazine]], some browsers with some extensions can block some surveillance and some advertising.<ref name="pcmag/online-ads-proposed-bill">{{cite news |last1=Pegoraro |first1=Rob |title=RIP Online Ads? Proposed Bill Would Ban 'Surveillance Advertising' |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/rip-online-ads-proposed-bill-would-ban-surveillance-advertising |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=[[PC Magazine]] |date=January 19, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Committee assignments ===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Anna G. Eshoo |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/E000215 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Communications and Technology|Subcommittee on Communications and Technology]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health|Subcommittee on Health]] (Ranking Member)

=== Caucus memberships ===
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* Congressional E-911 Caucus, Co-Chair<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nena.org/page/NextGen911Caucus|title=Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus|publisher=National Emergency Number Association|website=nena.org|access-date=October 27, 2018}}</ref>
* Arthritis Caucus, Co-Chair<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arthritis.org/advocate/our-policy-priorities/awareness/build-a-strong-congressional-arthritis-caucus/arthritis-caucus-members.php|title=Arthritis Caucus Members|website=www.arthritis.org|access-date=October 27, 2018}}</ref>
* Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East, Co-Chair and Founding Member
* Cancer Care Working Group, Co-Chair
* House 21st Century Health Care Caucus, Vice Chair
* House Information Technology Working Group, Co-Chair
* Congressional Internet Caucus, Founding Member and Co-Chair
* House Medical Technology Caucus, Co-Chair
* Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus
* Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
* California Democratic Congressional Delegation
* Armenian Caucus
* Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE)
*[[Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members|publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref>
* Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
* Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
* Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
* Congressional Diabetes Caucus
* Congressional Food Safety Caucus
* Congressional Kidney Caucus
* Congressional Organic Caucus
* Congressional Prevention Coalition
* Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
* Congressional Taiwan Caucus
* [[Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Strengthening Conservation Advocacy: Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus Expansion & Reconstitution|author=|url=https://www.refugeassociation.org/news/2023/12/18/strengthening-conservation-advocacy-congressional-wildlife-refuge-caucus-expansion-amp-reconstitution |format=|publisher=National Wildlife Refuge Association|date=December 15, 2023|accessdate=27 January 2025}}</ref>
* House Biotechnology Caucus
* House Cancer Caucus
* House National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
* House Oceans Caucus
* House Recycling Caucus
* Long-Term Care Caucus
* United States-Philippines Friendship Caucus
*[[Congressional Arts Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|publisher=Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142643/http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus}}</ref>
*[[Climate Solutions Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=90 Current Climate Solutions Caucus Members|url=https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/| publisher=Citizen´s Climate Lobby |access-date=October 20, 2018}}</ref>
{{div col end}}
* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Rare Disease Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=18 March 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Eshoo was married to attorney George Eshoo, with whom she has two children, Karen and Paul. Anna Eshoo and George Eshoo are divorced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eshoo, Anna |url=https://historysmc.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Eshoo%2C+Anna |website=Person Record |publisher=San Mateo County History Museum |access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref> She resides in [[Menlo Park, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2011/08/29/anna-eshoo-to-seek-another-term | title = Anna Eshoo to seek another term | last = Sheyner | first = Gennady | date = August 29, 2011 | website = Palo Alto Weekly | access-date = July 27, 2020}}</ref> She is a [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean Catholic]]. She attends Sacred Heart-Oakwood Catholic Church.<ref name="Beria">{{cite web |last1=Beria |first1=Elyas |title=50 Most Beautiful People 2010 HTML Page 3 |url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/cover-stories/167515-50-most-beautiful-people-2010-html-page-3/ |website=TheHill |access-date=21 November 2020 |language=en |date=28 July 2010}}</ref>

In 2010, Eshoo was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" on Capitol Hill by ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]''.<ref name="Beria"/>

== Electoral history ==
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo (incumbent)
  |votes      = 81,100
  |percentage = 47.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rishi Kumar
  |votes      = 26,438
  |percentage = 15.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Peter Ohtaki
  |votes      = 21,354
  |percentage = 12.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Richard Fox
  |votes      = 13,187
  |percentage = 7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ajwang Rading
  |votes      = 11,418
  |percentage = 6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Greg Tanaka
  |votes      = 11,107
  |percentage = 6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Benjamin Solomon
  |votes      = 2,659
  |percentage = 1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = No party preference
  |candidate  = John Fredrich
  |votes      = 2,120
  |percentage = 1.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Travis Odekirk (write-in)
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0.0
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{{Election box total no change
  |votes      = 169,385
  |percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo (incumbent)
  |votes      = 139,081
  |percentage = 57.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rishi Kumar
  |votes      = 101,663
  |percentage = 42.2
}}
{{Election box total no change
  |votes      = 240,744
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections]]}}

{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 217,377
| percentage = 63.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Rishi Kumar (California politician)|Rishi Kumar]]
| votes = 126,751
| percentage = 36.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 344,127
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections]]}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 225142
| percentage = 74.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Christine Russell
| votes = 77096
| percentage = 25.5
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 302,238
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref name='sov2016'>{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/2016-complete-sov.pdf|title=Statement of Vote, November 8th 2016 General Election|work=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|date=November 8, 2016|access-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 230,460
  |percentage = 71.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Richard Fox
  |votes      = 93,470
  |percentage = 28.9
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{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 323,930
  |percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections|CA-18 Congressional Primary Election, 2016]]<ref name='sov2016primary'>{{cite web|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/2016-complete-sov.pdf|title=Statement of Vote, June 7th 2016 Presidential Primary Election|work=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|date=June 7, 2016|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 132,726
  |percentage = 68.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Richard Fox
  |votes      = 47,484
  |percentage = 24.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Bob Harlow (politician)|Bob Harlow]]
  |votes      = 14,411
  |percentage = 7.4
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{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 194,621
  |percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 133,060
  |percentage = 67.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Richard B. Fox
  |votes      = 63,326
  |percentage = 32.2
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  |votes      = 196,386
  |percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf |title=United States Representative|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044155/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2013|website=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 212,831
  |percentage = 70.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dave Chapman
  |votes      = 89,103
  |percentage = 29.5
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{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 301,934
  |percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-congress/district/14/|website=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109151510/http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-congress/district/14/ |archive-date=November 9, 2010|title=U.S. Congress District 14 - Districtwide Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 150,542
  |percentage = 69.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dave Chapman
  |votes      = 60,668
  |percentage = 27.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Paul Lazaga
  |votes      = 6,685
  |percentage = 3.0
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 217,895
  |percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2008 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf|website=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221042514/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf |archive-date=December 21, 2008|title=United States Representative}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 190,301
  |percentage = 69.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ronny Santana
  |votes      = 60,610
  |percentage = 22.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Brian Holtz
  |votes      = 11,929
  |percentage = 4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Carol Brouillet
  |votes      = 9,926
  |percentage = 3.6
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 272,766
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
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  |percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2006 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/congress.pdf|website=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127061822/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/congress.pdf|archive-date=November 27, 2008|title=Representative In Congress}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 141,153
  |percentage = 71.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rob Smith
  |votes      = 48,097
  |percentage = 24.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Brian Holtz
  |votes      = 4,692
  |percentage = 2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Carol Brouillet
  |votes      = 4,633
  |percentage = 2.3
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 198,575
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2004 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/us%20reps%20all%20formatted.pdf|website=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821045347/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/us%20reps%20all%20formatted.pdf|archive-date=August 21, 2008|title=Representative in Congress}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 182,712
  |percentage = 69.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Chris Haugen
  |votes      = 69,564
  |percentage = 26.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Brian Holtz
  |votes      = 9,588
  |percentage = 3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change|
  |candidate  = Dennis Mitrzyk ([[Write-in candidate|write-in]])
  |votes      = 24
  |percentage = 0.01
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 262,088
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/congress.pdf|website=[[Secretary of State of California|Office of the California Secretary of State]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203072316/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/congress.pdf|archive-date=February 3, 2009 |title=Representative in Congress}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 117,055
  |percentage = 68.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Joe Nixon
  |votes      = 48,346
  |percentage = 28.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Andrew B. Carver
  |votes      = 6,277
  |percentage = 3.6
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 171,678
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner    = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[2000 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf|website=Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 161,720
  |percentage = 70.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Quraishi
  |votes      = 59,338
  |percentage = 25.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Joseph W. Dehn III
  |votes      = 4,715
  |percentage = 2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Natural Law Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Black
  |votes      = 4,489
  |percentage = 1.9
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 230,262
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1998 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf|website=Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1998|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 129,663
  |percentage = 68.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Chris Haugen
  |votes      = 53,719
  |percentage = 28.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Joseph W. Dehn III
  |votes      = 3,166
  |percentage = 1.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Natural Law Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Currivan
  |votes      = 2,362
  |percentage = 1.25
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 188,910
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1996 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf|website= Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1996|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 149,313
  |percentage = 64.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ben Brink
  |votes      = 71,573
  |percentage = 31.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Timothy Thompson
  |votes      = 3,653
  |percentage = 1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Joseph Dehn
  |votes      = 3,492
  |percentage = 1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Natural Law Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Robert Wells
  |votes      = 2,144
  |percentage = 0.9
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 230,175
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf|website=Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1994|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo ([[incumbent]])
  |votes      = 130,713
  |percentage = 60.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ben Brink
  |votes      = 78,475
  |percentage = 39.40
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 199,188
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1992 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf|website=Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1992|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo
  |votes      = 146,873
  |percentage = 56.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Huening
  |votes      = 101,202
  |percentage = 39.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Chuck Olson
  |votes      = 7,220
  |percentage = 2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David Wald
  |votes      = 3,912
  |percentage = 1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change|
  |candidate  = Sims ([[Write-in candidate|write-in]])
  |votes      = 12
  |percentage = 0.01
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change|
  |candidate  = Maginnis ([[Write-in candidate|write-in]])
  |votes      = 3
  |percentage = 0.003
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 259,232
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
  |winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
  |loser      = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1988 United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf|website=Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Tom Campbell (California politician)|Tom Campbell]]
  |votes      = 136,384
  |percentage = 51.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Anna Eshoo
  |votes      = 121,523
  |percentage = 46.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Grey
  |votes      = 6,023
  |percentage = 2.3
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 263,930
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |percentage =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
  |winner     = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

== Organizations ==
* Chair, San Mateo County General Hospital Board of Directors, 1984–1992
* Member, American Association of University Women
* Former Chair, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
* Former Member, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
* Democratic Activists for Women Now
* [[Junior League]] of Palo Alto
* [[League of Conservation Voters]]
* Member, [[League of Women Voters]]
* Co Founder, San Mateo Women's Hall of Fame.

== Awards and honors ==
* 1989 Legislator of the Year Award from the California's Governor's Committee on the Employing of the Disabled {{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* 1991 Margaret Sanger Community Service Award from San Mateo County Planned Parenthood {{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* 1990 Friend of BAYMEC Award {{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* 1989 Public Official of the Year by the State Commission on Aging {{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* 1987 Humanitarian of the Year by Easter Seal {{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* First woman to join her local chapter of Kiwanis International.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* [[Honorary doctorate]], Humane Letters, [[Menlo College]] {{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

== See also ==
* [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]
* [[List of Arab and Middle Eastern Americans in the United States Congress]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://eshoo.house.gov/ Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo] official U.S. House website
* [http://annaeshoo4congress.com/ Anna Eshoo for Congress] campaign website
*{{C-SPAN|26130}}
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