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{{Short description|American politician (born 1952)}}
{{Short description|American politician (born 1952)}}
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{{distinguish|Jim Acosta}}
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| honorific_suffix    = [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|ComM]]
| honorific_suffix    = [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|ComM]]
| image              = Rep Costa Headshot 2 (cropped).jpg
| image              = Rep Costa Headshot 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Official portrait, 2025
| caption            = Official portrait, 2018
| office              = Co-Chair of the [[Blue Dog Coalition]]
| office              = Chair of the [[Blue Dog Coalition]] for Policy
| alongside          =
| term_start          = January 3, 2023
| term_start          = January 3, 2023
| term_end            = May 24, 2023
| term_end            = May 24, 2023
| predecessor        = [[Ed Case]]<br />[[Stephanie Murphy]]<br />[[Tom O'Halleran]]
| predecessor        = [[Tom O'Halleran]]
| successor          = [[Marie Gluesenkamp Perez]]<br />[[Mary Peltola]]
| successor          = [[Mary Peltola]]
| office1            = Member of the<br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[California]]
| office1            = Chair of the [[Blue Dog Coalition]] for Administration
| constituency1      = [[California's 20th congressional district|20th district]] (2005–2013)<br />[[California's 16th congressional district|16th district]] (2013–2023)<br />[[California's 21st congressional district|21st district]] (2023–present)
| term_start1        = January 3, 2017
| term_start1         = January 3, 2005
| term_end1          = January 3, 2019
| term_end1           =  
| predecessor1        = [[Kurt Schrader]]
| predecessor1       = [[Cal Dooley]]
| successor1          = [[Stephanie Murphy]]
| successor1         =  
| office2            = Chair of the [[Blue Dog Coalition]] for Communications
| state_senate2       = California State
| term_start2        = January 3, 2015
| district2           = [[California's 16th State Senate district|16th]]
| term_end2          = January 3, 2017
| term2              = December 5, 1994 – November 30, 2002
| predecessor2        = [[Kurt Schrader]]
| predecessor2       = [[Phil Wyman]]
| successor2          = [[Henry Cuellar]]
| successor2         = [[Dean Florez]]
| state3              = [[California]]
| state_assembly3     = California
| term_start3         = January 3, 2005
| district3           = [[California's 30th State Assembly district|30th]]
| term_end3           =  
| term3              = December 4, 1978 – November 30, 1994
| predecessor3       = [[Cal Dooley]]
| predecessor3       = [[Kenneth L. Maddy]]
| successor3         =  
| successor3         = [[Brian Setencich]]
| constituency3      = {{ushr|CA|20|C}} (2005–2013)<br>{{ushr|CA|16|C}} (2013–2023)<br>{{ushr|CA|21|C}} (2023–present)
| state_senate4       = California State
| district4           = [[California's 16th senatorial district|16th]]
| term_start4        = December 5, 1994
| term_end4          = November 30, 2002
| predecessor4       = [[Phil Wyman]]
| successor4         = [[Dean Florez]]
| state_assembly5     = California
| district5           = [[California's 30th State Assembly district|30th]]
| term_start5        = December 4, 1978
| term_end5          = November 30, 1994
| predecessor5       = [[Kenneth L. Maddy]]
| successor5         = [[Brian Setencich]]
| birth_name          = James Manuel Costa
| birth_name          = James Manuel Costa
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1952|4|13}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1952|4|13}}
| birth_place        = [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], [[California]], U.S.
| birth_place        = [[Fresno, California]], U.S.
| residence          = [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], [[California]]
| death_date          =  
| death_place        =
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education          = [[California State University, Fresno]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| education          = [[California State University, Fresno]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| website            = [https://costa.house.gov/ House website]
| website            = {{url|costa.house.gov|House website}}<br>{{url|jimcosta.com|Campaign website}}
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Jim Costa on the Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border.ogg|title=Jim Costa's voice|type=speech|description=Jim Costa on the humanitarian crisis at the [[Mexico–United States border]]<br />Recorded July 11, 2019}}
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'''James Manuel Costa''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Order of Merit (Portugal)|ComM]]}} (born April 13, 1952) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|CA|21}} since 2023. He previously represented the [[California's 20th congressional district|20th congressional district]] from 2005 to 2013 and the [[California's 16th congressional district|16th congressional district]] from 2013 to 2023. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], his district includes most of [[Fresno]].
'''James Manuel Costa''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Order of Merit (Portugal)|ComM]]}} (born April 13, 1952) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|CA|21}} since 2023. He previously represented the [[California's 20th congressional district|20th congressional district]] from 2005 to 2013 and the [[California's 16th congressional district|16th congressional district]] from 2013 to 2023. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], his district includes most of [[Fresno]].
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Costa was born on April 13, 1952, in [[Fresno, California]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rep. Jim Costa - D California, 21st, In Office - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/51331/James_Manuel_Costa.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.legistorm.com |language=en}}</ref> His parents were Manuel and Lena Cardoso Costa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225.pdf |title=Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 |date=2013 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-092028-8 |editor-last=Wasniewski |editor-first=Matthew A. |location=Washington, DC |pages=660–661 |editor-last2=Kowalewski |editor-first2=Albin |editor-last3=O'Hara |editor-first3=Laura Turner |editor-last4=Rucker |editor-first4=Terrance |editor-last5=United States |editor-last6=United States |editor-last7=United States}}</ref> All of his four grandparents immigrated from the [[Azores]], a [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] [[archipelago]] in the [[North Atlantic]], in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute Collection · Jim Costa Interview · Omeka S |url=https://omeka.library.fresnostate.edu/s/portuguese-beyond-borders-institute/item/263 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=omeka.library.fresnostate.edu}}</ref> Three of them were unable to read or write and initially found work as laborers on dairy farms before eventually establishing their own. His parents grew up speaking [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and did not learn English until they started school. He grew up working on the family farm.<ref name=":1" />
Costa was born on April 13, 1952, in [[Fresno, California]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rep. Jim Costa - D California, 21st, In Office - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/51331/James_Manuel_Costa.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.legistorm.com |language=en}}</ref> His parents were Manuel and Lena Cardoso Costa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225.pdf |title=Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 |date=2013 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-092028-8 |editor-last=Wasniewski |editor-first=Matthew A. |location=Washington, DC |pages=660–661 |editor-last2=Kowalewski |editor-first2=Albin |editor-last3=O'Hara |editor-first3=Laura Turner |editor-last4=Rucker |editor-first4=Terrance |editor-last5=United States |editor-last6=United States |editor-last7=United States}}</ref> All of his four grandparents immigrated from the [[Azores]], a [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] [[archipelago]] in the [[North Atlantic]], in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute Collection · Jim Costa Interview · Omeka S |url=https://omeka.library.fresnostate.edu/s/portuguese-beyond-borders-institute/item/263 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=omeka.library.fresnostate.edu}}</ref> Three of them were unable to read or write and initially found work as laborers on dairy farms before eventually establishing their own. His parents grew up speaking [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and did not learn English until they started school. He grew up working on the family farm.<ref name=":1" />


Costa attended [[San Joaquin Memorial High School]], a private [[Catholic schools in the United States|Catholic school]] in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], where he graduated in 1970.<ref name=":1" /> He then enrolled at [[California State University, Fresno]] (commonly known as Fresno State), earning a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in political science in 1974. While in college, he was a member of [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]]<ref name=":0" /> and interned in the office of U.S. Representative [[B. F. Sisk]].<ref name=":1" />
Costa attended [[San Joaquin Memorial High School]], a private [[Catholic schools in the United States|Catholic school]] in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], where he graduated in 1970.<ref name=":1" /> He then enrolled at [[California State University, Fresno]] (commonly known as Fresno State), earning a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political science]] in 1974. While in college, he was a member of [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]]<ref name=":0" /> and interned in the office of U.S. Representative [[B. F. Sisk]].<ref name=":1" />


Following his graduation, Costa worked as an aide to U.S. Representative [[John Hans Krebs|John Krebs]], assisting in policy matters related to [[Central Valley (California)|California's Central Valley]]. He later became [[chief of staff]] to California State Assemblyman and future U.S. Representative [[Rick Lehman]].<ref name=":1" />
Following his graduation, Costa worked as an aide to U.S. Representative [[John Hans Krebs|John Krebs]], assisting in policy matters related to [[Central Valley (California)|California's Central Valley]]. He later became [[chief of staff]] to California State Assemblyman and future U.S. Representative [[Rick Lehman]].<ref name=":1" />
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==California Legislature==
==California Legislature==
In 1978, Costa was elected to a seat in the [[California State Assembly]]. At the time of his election to the Assembly, he was the youngest member of the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] at age 26. He represented part of [[Fresno County]] in the legislature for 24 years, serving in the state Assembly for 16 years (1978–1994) and in the state Senate for eight years (1994–2002). He was a sponsor of the [[Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act]], a bill signed into law in 1995 that prohibits rent control on single-family homes, condominiums, and any rental unit constructed after February 1, 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Code CIV: Chapter 2.7. Residential Rent Control |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&division=3.&title=5.&part=4.&chapter=2.7.&article |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=California Legislative Information}}</ref>
In 1978, Costa was elected to a seat in the [[California State Assembly]]. At the time of his election to the Assembly, he was the youngest member of the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] at age 26. He represented part of [[Fresno County]] in the legislature for 24 years, serving in the state Assembly for 16 years (1978–1994) and in the state Senate for eight years (1994–2002). He was a sponsor of the [[Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act]], a bill signed into law in 1995 that prohibits rent control on single-family homes, condominiums, and any rental unit constructed after February 1, 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Code CIV: Chapter 2.7. Residential Rent Control |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&division=3.&title=5.&part=4.&chapter=2.7.&article |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=California Legislative Information}}</ref>
From 2000 to 2001, Costa served as the president of the [[National Conference of State Legislatures]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NCSL Current and Past Presidents, 1975-2024 |url=https://www.ncsl.org/about-us/executive-committee/ncsl-current-and-past-presidents-1975-2023 |website=NCSL |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref>


==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
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Member of the:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-03 |title=Committees and Caucuses {{!}} Congressman Jim Costa |url=https://costa.house.gov/committees-and-caucuses |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=costa.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>
Member of the:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-03 |title=Committees and Caucuses {{!}} Congressman Jim Costa |url=https://costa.house.gov/committees-and-caucuses |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=costa.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Blue Dog Coalition]] (former chair)
* [[Blue Dog Coalition]] (former chair)
* [[Congressional Equality Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About the CEC|url=https://equality.house.gov/about-cec/membership| publisher=CEC|access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
* [[New Democrat Coalition]]
* [[New Democrat Coalition]]
* [[Problem Solvers Caucus]]
* [[Problem Solvers Caucus]]
* [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]]
* [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]]
* [[Congressional Taiwan Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Taiwan Caucus|url=https://sherman.house.gov/taiwancaucus| publisher=Congressman Brad Sherman|access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref>
* Congressional Portuguese Caucus, (co-chair)
* Congressional Portuguese Caucus, (co-chair)
* Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus, (co-chair and co-founder)
* Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus, (co-chair and co-founder)
* [[Congressional Ukraine Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukrainecaucus-kaptur.house.gov/members |title=Members |publisher=Congressional Ukraine Caucus|access-date=9 October 2025}}</ref>


==Political positions==
==Political positions==
===Abortion===
===Abortion===


Costa opposed the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']], saying, "this ruling strips women of their freedom to make their own decisions and the constitutional right to privacy."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Costa |first1=Jim |title=This ruling strips women of their freedom to make their own decisions and the constitutional right to privacy. California has codified reproductive rights into law, it's long overdue for the rest of the country to do the same. (2/3) |url=https://twitter.com/RepJimCosta/status/1540355014220480512 |website=Twitter |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2023}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2025}} He is an original co-sponsor of the [[Women's Health Protection Act]].<ref>{{cite web| title=H.R.3755 | website=Congress.gov | date=8 June 2021 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3755 | access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=February 2025}}
Costa opposed the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|2022 overturning of]] ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', saying, "this ruling strips women of their freedom to make their own decisions and the constitutional right to privacy."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Costa |first1=Jim |title=This ruling strips women of their freedom to make their own decisions and the constitutional right to privacy. California has codified reproductive rights into law, it's long overdue for the rest of the country to do the same. (2/3) |url=https://twitter.com/RepJimCosta/status/1540355014220480512 |website=Twitter |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2025}} He is an original co-sponsor of the [[Women's Health Protection Act]].<ref>{{cite web| title=H.R.3755 | website=Congress.gov | date=8 June 2021 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3755 | access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=February 2025}}


===Agriculture===
===Agriculture===
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{{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2025}}
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2025}}


Costa supports DC statehood. He was a co-sponsor and voted for [[Washington, D.C., Admission Act|Washington, D.C. Admission Act]], which would grant statehood to the residential areas of the current District of Columbia as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.
Costa supports DC statehood. He was a co-sponsor and voted for [[Washington, D.C., Admission Act|Washington, D.C. Admission Act]], which would grant statehood to the residential areas of the current [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.


On February 9, 2023, Costa, along with 30 other Democrats, voted with House Republicans to reject the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, passed by the [[Council of the District of Columbia]].
On February 9, 2023, Costa, along with 30 other Democrats, voted with House Republicans to reject the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, passed by the [[Council of the District of Columbia]].
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Costa was one of five House Democrats to vote to continue selling arms to Saudi Arabia and to support the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuller |first1=Matt |last2=Ahmed |first2=Akbar Shahid |title=5 Democrats Bail Out Paul Ryan And Protect Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-democrats-paul-ryan-saudi-arabia-yemen_us_5c116c5ce4b002a46c13c62c |website=Huffington Post |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=December 14, 2018}}</ref>
Costa was one of five House Democrats to vote to continue selling arms to Saudi Arabia and to support the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuller |first1=Matt |last2=Ahmed |first2=Akbar Shahid |title=5 Democrats Bail Out Paul Ryan And Protect Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-democrats-paul-ryan-saudi-arabia-yemen_us_5c116c5ce4b002a46c13c62c |website=Huffington Post |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=December 14, 2018}}</ref>


Costa voted to provide Israel with support following the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>
Costa voted to provide Israel with support following the [[October 7 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>


====Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict====
====Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict====
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====Ukraine-Russia War====
====Ukraine-Russia War====
In February 2023, during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], Costa signed a letter advocating for President Biden to give [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants|F-16]] fighter jets to Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-21-2023/dems-join-f-16-call/ |title=Seven more lawmakers — including six Democrats — have signed on to a letter pushing Joe Biden to send F-16 jets to Ukraine. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 21, 2023 |website=Politico |publisher= |access-date=February 24, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> Costa has been a regular attendee of the Yalta European Strategy annual meetings founded and sponsored by Ukrainian oligarch [[Victor Pinchuk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2023/speakers|access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2022/speakers|access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref>
In February 2023, during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], Costa signed a letter advocating for President Biden to give [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants|F-16]] fighter jets to [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-21-2023/dems-join-f-16-call/ |title=Seven more lawmakers — including six Democrats — have signed on to a letter pushing Joe Biden to send F-16 jets to Ukraine. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 21, 2023 |website=Politico |publisher= |access-date=February 24, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> Costa has been a regular attendee of the Yalta European Strategy annual meetings founded and sponsored by Ukrainian oligarch [[Victor Pinchuk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2023/speakers|access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2022/speakers|access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref>


===Health care===
===Health care===
Costa was reportedly a holdout vote on the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]], also known as [[Obamacare]], in March 2010. He ultimately voted in favor of the legislation.<ref name="Costa yes">{{cite news|title=Costa a yes |url=https://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/Costa_a_yes.html|newspaper=Politico|date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> To gain Costa's vote, the House leadership reportedly promised Costa and [[Dennis Cardoza]] funding for a medical school for California's Central Valley.<ref name="Bills move along">{{cite news|title=Side deals stack up as health bills move along|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/55447-side-deals-stack-up-as-health-bills-move-along/|newspaper=The Hill|date=November 23, 2009}}</ref>
Costa was reportedly a holdout vote on the [[Affordable Care Act]] (Obamacare) in March 2010. He ultimately voted for the legislation.<ref name="Costa yes">{{cite news|title=Costa a yes |url=https://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/Costa_a_yes.html|newspaper=Politico|date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> To gain Costa's vote, the House leadership reportedly promised Costa and [[Dennis Cardoza]] funding for a medical school for California's Central Valley.<ref name="Bills move along">{{cite news|title=Side deals stack up as health bills move along|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/55447-side-deals-stack-up-as-health-bills-move-along/|newspaper=The Hill|date=November 23, 2009}}</ref>


===Immigration===
===Immigration===
He is an original co-sponsor of the [[American Dream and Promise Act]],<ref name="costa.house.gov">{{cite web |url=https://costa.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/costa-statement-re-introduction-dream-and-promise-act-farm-workforce | title=Costa Statement on Re-Introduction of Dream and Promise Act, Farm Workforce Modernization Act | date=March 4, 2021 }}</ref>{{self published inline|date=June 2025}} which provides a pathway to citizenship for [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] (DACA) recipients. He was instrumental in crafting the bipartisan Farmworker Modernization Act,<ref name="costa.house.gov"/>{{self published inline|date=June 2025}}  which would give undocumented farmworkers and their family members a path to legal immigration status.
He is an original co-sponsor of the [[American Dream and Promise Act]],<ref name="costa.house.gov">{{cite web |url=https://costa.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/costa-statement-re-introduction-dream-and-promise-act-farm-workforce | title=Costa Statement on Re-Introduction of Dream and Promise Act, Farm Workforce Modernization Act | date=March 4, 2021 }}</ref>{{self published inline|date=June 2025}} which provides a pathway to citizenship for [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] (DACA) recipients. He was instrumental in crafting the bipartisan Farmworker Modernization Act,<ref name="costa.house.gov"/>{{self published inline|date=June 2025}}  which would give undocumented farmworkers and their family members a path to legal immigration status.
In 2025, Costa was one of 46 House Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the [[Laken Riley Act]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rashid |first=Hafiz |date=January 22, 2025 |title=The 46 Democrats Who Voted for Republicans' Racist Immigration Bill |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/190569/list-house-democrats-vote-pass-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill |accessdate=January 31, 2025 |publisher=The New Republic}}</ref>


===Infrastructure and transportation===
===Infrastructure and transportation===
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===Foreign awards===
===Foreign awards===
* {{Flag icon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]]
* {{Flag icon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]]
** [[Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]] (2024) – Awarded by Ukrainian Parliament; presented by [[Ruslan Stefanchuk]], Chairman of the [[Verkhovna Rada]].<ref>Congressman Jim Costa (2024) receives Ukraine Parliament Medal. In: Dr R Don Green, PhD (23 JAN 2025). About the Ukraine Parliament Medal: awarded to Foreign Citizens “For services to Ukraine.” Archived in the Military Academy – Allied Defence Group, private Knights Univ. (Ko’G).</ref><ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ukrainian-parliament-awards-us-bipartisan-delegations-in-kyiv-302254471.html Ukrainian Parliament Awards US Bipartisan Delegation]. Link still valid, January 23, 2025.</ref>
** [[Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]] (2024) – Awarded by Ukrainian Parliament; presented by [[Ruslan Stefanchuk]], Chairman of the [[Verkhovna Rada]].<ref>Congressman Jim Costa (2024) receives Ukraine Parliament Medal. In: Dr R Don Green, PhD (23 JAN 2025). About the Ukraine Parliament Medal: awarded to Foreign Citizens “For services to Ukraine.” Archived in the Military Academy – Allied Defence Group, private Knights Univ. (Ko’G).</ref><ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ukrainian-parliament-awards-us-bipartisan-delegations-in-kyiv-302254471.html Ukrainian Parliament Awards US Bipartisan Delegation]. Link still valid, January 23, 2025.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Electoral history of Jim Costa]]


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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". James Manuel Costa Template:Post-nominals (born April 13, 1952) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Template:Ushr since 2023. He previously represented the 20th congressional district from 2005 to 2013 and the 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes most of Fresno.

Costa served in the California State Assembly from 1978 to 1994, and then in the California State Senate from 1994 until 2002. During his time in the Assembly, he served as Majority Caucus Chair. Costa chaired the Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 116th Congress[1] and chaired the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture during the 117th Congress.

Early life and education

Costa was born on April 13, 1952, in Fresno, California.[2] His parents were Manuel and Lena Cardoso Costa.[3] All of his four grandparents immigrated from the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic, in the early 20th century.[4] Three of them were unable to read or write and initially found work as laborers on dairy farms before eventually establishing their own. His parents grew up speaking Portuguese and did not learn English until they started school. He grew up working on the family farm.[3]

Costa attended San Joaquin Memorial High School, a private Catholic school in Fresno, where he graduated in 1970.[3] He then enrolled at California State University, Fresno (commonly known as Fresno State), earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1974. While in college, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon[2] and interned in the office of U.S. Representative B. F. Sisk.[3]

Following his graduation, Costa worked as an aide to U.S. Representative John Krebs, assisting in policy matters related to California's Central Valley. He later became chief of staff to California State Assemblyman and future U.S. Representative Rick Lehman.[3]

California Legislature

In 1978, Costa was elected to a seat in the California State Assembly. At the time of his election to the Assembly, he was the youngest member of the state legislature at age 26. He represented part of Fresno County in the legislature for 24 years, serving in the state Assembly for 16 years (1978–1994) and in the state Senate for eight years (1994–2002). He was a sponsor of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a bill signed into law in 1995 that prohibits rent control on single-family homes, condominiums, and any rental unit constructed after February 1, 1995.[5]

From 2000 to 2001, Costa served as the president of the National Conference of State Legislatures.[6]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2004

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The 20th District at the time was a heavily Democratic, 63% Latino-majority district; it gave Al Gore his highest vote total outside the state's two large conurbations (Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area in the north and Los Angeles and San Diego in the south). Nonetheless, the Republicans spent a substantial amount of money on the race. Ashburn's campaign made plays on Costa's name ("Costa's going to cost ya") and linked him to former governor Gray Davis, calling them "two taxing twins".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Costa won the election with 53% of the vote to Ashburn's 47%.[7] Ashburn kept the margin within single digits by winning heavily Republican Kings County.

2006

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2008

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2010

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In 2010, Costa was challenged for re-election by Republican Andy Vidak. In his closest race yet, the race was officially called for Costa nearly three weeks after election day,[8] with the unofficial final tally standing at 45,806 votes (51.8%) for Costa and 42,773 (48.2%) for Vidak.

2012

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". For his first four terms, Costa represented a district including most of the majority-Latino portions of Fresno and Bakersfield. Redistricting after the 2010 census renumbered his 20th district as the 21st and made it slightly more Republican. In February 2012, Costa announced that he would run in the newly formed 16th district, a much more compact district that included most of Fresno as well as most of Merced.[9] That district had previously been the 19th, represented by freshman Republican Jeff Denham. Denham's home had been drawn into the neighboring 10th district (formerly the 18th), and he sought re-election there. While most of Costa's old territory remained in the 21st, the new 16th absorbed most of the old 20th's share of Fresno County, including his home.

Costa faced Republican Brian Whelan in the general election. After the new districts were announced, it was reported that the NRCC considered Costa vulnerable,[10] but had the district existed in 2008, Barack Obama would have carried it with 57% of the vote.[11]

In November 2011, the League of Conservation Voters ran a series of television ads in Costa's district criticizing his environmental record.[12] Costa was reelected with 54% of the vote.[13]

2014

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Costa faced an unexpectedly close race in 2014 against Republican Johnny Tacherra, a dairy farmer from rural Fresno County. On election night, Tacherra led by 736 votes, a margin that grew to 1,772 a few days later. Tacherra's lead narrowed as counting continued, and Costa ultimately defeated him by 1,319 votes.[14] While Tacherra carried the district's portions of Merced and Madera counties, Costa defeated him in Fresno County by 9,600 votes.[15]

2016

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In 2016, Costa was the sole Democratic candidate in the "top two" primary, and received 50,917 votes (55.9%). In the general election he again faced Tacherra, who had received 30,342 votes (33.1%) in the primary.[16] Costa was reelected with 58% of the vote to Tacherra's 42%.[17]

2018

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In the 2018 "top two" primary, Costa defeated the only Republican candidate, Elizabeth Heng, 53% to 47%. He was re-elected that fall in a Democratic "wave" in California, 57.5% to 42.5%.[18]

2020

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Costa and Republican challenger Kevin Cookingham, a former Clovis Unified School District educator,[19] advanced through the "top two" primary in 2020, besting two Democratic challengers. Costa then won the general election with 59.4% of the vote to Cookingham's 40.6%.[20][21]

2022

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". For 2022, Costa was redistricted to District 21. In the general election, he defeated the Republican nominee, former FBI agent Michael Maher, with 54.2% of the vote to Maher's 45.8%.[22]

2024

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Costa and Maher met in a rematch in 2024. Maher again lost, but made the race closer—he finished with 47.4% of the vote to Costa's 52.6%.[23]

Tenure

Costa called in July for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.[24]

On March 6, 2025, Costa was one of ten Democrats in Congress who joined all of their Republican colleagues in voting to censure Democratic congressman Al Green for interrupting President Donald Trump's State of the Union Address.[25]

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:[26]

Caucus memberships

Member of the:[27]

Political positions

Abortion

Costa opposed the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, saying, "this ruling strips women of their freedom to make their own decisions and the constitutional right to privacy."[31]Template:Better source needed He is an original co-sponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act.[32]Template:Primary source inline

Agriculture

Costa co-sponsored the bipartisan Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions (ACRE) Act. The act would strip provisions from Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which was responsible for ensuring cleanup of industrial toxic waste dumps, oil spills, and chemical tank explosions environmental regulations on farmland.[33] If enacted, the act would reduce transparency by protecting livestock farmers from changes to waste storage and disposal methods. Another provision would protect farmers from strict water laws, regulated under the Clean Water Act.[34]

District of Columbia rights

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Costa supports DC statehood. He was a co-sponsor and voted for Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would grant statehood to the residential areas of the current District of Columbia as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.

On February 9, 2023, Costa, along with 30 other Democrats, voted with House Republicans to reject the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, passed by the Council of the District of Columbia.

Foreign affairs

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Costa and other members of the US congressional delegation with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, March 28, 2024

Costa was one of five House Democrats to vote to continue selling arms to Saudi Arabia and to support the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.[35]

Costa voted to provide Israel with support following the October 7 attacks.[36][37]

Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict

Costa accused Turkey, a NATO member, of inciting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, saying, "Azerbaijan has continued to fuel this fire by failing to recognize the sovereignty of the Republic of Artsakh, while Turkey has helped enable this aggression."[38] On October 1, 2020, he co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan's offensive operations against the Armenian-populated Republic of Artsakh, denounced Turkey's role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and called for an immediate ceasefire.[39]

Ukraine-Russia War

In February 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Costa signed a letter advocating for President Biden to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.[40] Costa has been a regular attendee of the Yalta European Strategy annual meetings founded and sponsored by Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk.[41][42]

Health care

Costa was reportedly a holdout vote on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in March 2010. He ultimately voted for the legislation.[43] To gain Costa's vote, the House leadership reportedly promised Costa and Dennis Cardoza funding for a medical school for California's Central Valley.[44]

Immigration

He is an original co-sponsor of the American Dream and Promise Act,[45]Template:Self published inline which provides a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. He was instrumental in crafting the bipartisan Farmworker Modernization Act,[45]Template:Self published inline which would give undocumented farmworkers and their family members a path to legal immigration status.

Infrastructure and transportation

In 2008, Costa wrote a piece in Capitol Weekly calling for high-speed rail in California.[46] He advocated creating a high-speed rail system that would go up and down California as well as across the nation at speeds of 225 miles per hour. He introduced different bills to support these rails. Costa's longtime colleague George Miller compared rail projects to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's highway expansion and pleaded to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and President Barack Obama for help with this project.[47]

In 2015, Costa was one of 28 House Democrats to vote to build the Keystone XL pipeline.[48]

In 2021, Costa joined a group of conservative Democrats, dubbed "The Unbreakable Nine", who threatened to derail the Biden administration's $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package meant to tackle the nation's infrastructure.[49][50]

Military

In December 2017, Costa introduced legislation to allow some Hmong- and Laotian-American veterans to be buried in U.S. national cemeteries. The legislation applies to Hmong and Laotian veterans who fought alongside the U.S. against North Vietnamese forces in the 1960s and 1970s. The bill, which does not allow for burials at Arlington National Cemetery, applies only to veterans who pass away on or after the bill's enactment. The bill was enacted in March 2018 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018.[51]

Personal life

Costa is Roman Catholic,[52] and has been described as a liberal Catholic who favors abortion rights.[53][54]

Honors

Foreign awards

See also

References

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