Katie Hill

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Katie Hill
Image of Katie Hill
Prior offices
U.S. House California District 25
Successor: Mike Garcia
Predecessor: Stephen Knight

Education

Bachelor's

California State University, Northridge

Graduate

California State University, Northridge

Personal
Profession
Nonprofit executive director
Contact

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Katie Hill is a former Democratic member of the U.S. Congress from California, representing California's 25th Congressional District. Hill announced on October 27, 2019, that she would resign from Congress. Her resignation became effective November 1 of the same year.[1]

Hill was first elected in 2018 when she defeated Republican incumbent Stephen Knight by a vote of 54.4 percent to 45.6 percent. She was California's first openly bisexual Congressional representative.[2]

She listed the following as some of her priorities as a Congresswoman:[3]

  • We need to prioritize the needs of our peace officers so that they can protect our communities, while also addressing the underlying causes of crime, such as poverty;
  • We must put our heads down and enforce an immigration policy that is both tough and smart... any immigration policy must start with securing our borders, but let’s not waste money and time on things that don’t work;
  • We need to ensure that the wealthy pay at least the same percentage of their income in taxes as the rest of us do.[4]

Biography

Hill's professional experience includes working as the executive director of the nonprofit organization PATH (People Assisting the Homeless). She has worked to pass ballot initiatives Measure H and Prop HHH to decrease homelessness in the Los Angeles area.

Hill earned her master's degree in public administration and her bachelor's degree in English from California State University, Northridge.[5]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

Elections

2020

See also: California's 25th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 25

Incumbent Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the general election for U.S. House California District 25 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Garcia
Mike Garcia (R) Candidate Connection
 
50.0
 
169,638
Image of Christy Smith
Christy Smith (D)
 
50.0
 
169,305

Total votes: 338,943
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 25 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christy Smith
Christy Smith (D)
 
31.7
 
49,679
Image of Mike Garcia
Mike Garcia (R) Candidate Connection
 
23.9
 
37,381
Image of Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight (R)
 
18.9
 
29,645
Image of Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur (D)
 
5.9
 
9,246
Image of Getro Elize
Getro Elize (D)
 
4.0
 
6,317
Image of David Lozano
David Lozano (R)
 
4.0
 
6,272
Image of Anibal Valdez-Ortega
Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D)
 
3.1
 
4,920
Image of Robert Cooper
Robert Cooper (D)
 
2.9
 
4,474
Image of George Papadopoulos
George Papadopoulos (R)
 
1.8
 
2,749
Image of Otis Lee Cooper
Otis Lee Cooper (Independent)
 
1.4
 
2,183
Image of Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith (D) (Unofficially withdrew)
 
1.3
 
2,089
Image of Daniel Mercuri
Daniel Mercuri (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.6
 
913
Image of Kenneth Jenks
Kenneth Jenks (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
682

Total votes: 156,550
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: California's 25th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 25

Katie Hill defeated incumbent Stephen Knight in the general election for U.S. House California District 25 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katie Hill
Katie Hill (D)
 
54.4
 
133,209
Image of Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight (R)
 
45.6
 
111,813

Total votes: 245,022
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25

Incumbent Stephen Knight and Katie Hill defeated Bryan Caforio, Jess Phoenix, and Mary Pallant in the primary for U.S. House California District 25 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight (R)
 
51.8
 
61,411
Image of Katie Hill
Katie Hill (D)
 
20.7
 
24,507
Image of Bryan Caforio
Bryan Caforio (D)
 
18.4
 
21,821
Image of Jess Phoenix
Jess Phoenix (D)
 
6.4
 
7,549
Mary Pallant (D)
 
2.7
 
3,157

Total votes: 118,445
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2018

Campaign website

Hill's campaign website stated the following:

Universal Health Care

In a country with this much wealth, we should have a system that ensures every American can get the health care they need. I’ve worked on the Medicaid expansion, that brought coverage to 13.5 million Californians, and I will use that experience to get us to Medicare for All. I am ready to take immediate steps to provide health care relief for the people who need it by strengthening the ACA and laying the foundation for a Medicare For All system that works for all of us.

Women’s Reproductive Rights

Women need to have control of their own bodies, including if and when to start a family. It’s not the government’s place to regulate the most personal, difficult decisions a woman will ever have to make. I support expanding access to comprehensive sexual health education and under a Medicare for All system, all men and women would have access to family-planning services such as birth control, cancer screenings and STI testing/treatment. This is why I stand with Planned Parenthood, as its California health centers provide our low-income neighbors critical and basic reproductive health care.

Senior Care

We have a moral responsibility to take care of our seniors. That includes protecting Medicare and Social Security, ensuring families are able to support aging loved ones with the long-term care they need, and providing a safety net for the generations who came before us. We need to invest in research and finding a cure for devastating diseases like Alzheimer's and Dementia that affect so many of our seniors, and all of those who care for them.

Supporting our Troops Veterans Care

We have to ensure that our troops have the resources that they need, because too often during my time at PATH, I saw veterans living on the streets. As a member of a family of veterans, who benefitted from the G.I. Bill, I support increasing educational benefits and opportunities for veterans. I know that it is imperative that our troops receive the proper mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment when returning from service. We have no greater obligation as a country than to take care of the men and women who have risked everything to protect us. Our veterans deserve the best possible care at every stage of their lives.

Mental Health Treatment

One in seven Americans will experience a serious mental health condition at some point in their lifetime. The impact this has on our society cannot be understated, and we need to address it as such. We have to de-stigmatize the issue, and ensure that every single American is able to get the care they need. Mental health must be included in all discussions of health care access.

Addiction

Drug overdoses killed more Americans last year than the worst year ever for gun deaths (1993), HIV (1995), car crashes (1972), or the entire Vietnam war. Treatment options are dangerously unavailable or costly, and the epidemic has touched nearly every American family in some way at this point, including mine. We need to treat it as the public health crisis it is, and provide the resources accordingly.

Environment

Protecting the planet is not just an environmental issue, but a human health issue. Our families and communities need clean air, water and a non-toxic food supply so we can flourish for generations to come. In 2015, the Department of Defense informed Congress the implications of climate change included aggravating global issues such as poverty, social tensions and food shortages. These are all threats to vital human health and sustainability we must take seriously and should inspire us to do whatever it takes reverse the damage done to our environment.

Right here at home, the Aliso Canyon gas blowout is an example of how non-renewable energy sources and corrupt energy companies can have a detrimental effect on our environment. We must shut down this facility now and move to 100% clean energy, get off fossil fuels, and stop building new power plants.

Special Needs

Several members of my family on both sides have special needs, ranging in age from children to seniors. I know the demands that families face as caretakers, and that we as a community need to come together and provide support and resources at every stage of life. I know first hand how our system can do a better job of ensuring that people with special needs have high quality education, and every opportunity to achieve the highest possible level of self sufficiency in life. It’s vitally important that the federal government adequately funds community resource centers, programs, education, and the support necessary for these Americans and I'm ready to be an advocate for this in Congress.

Gun Safety

As a lifelong gun owner, I am ready to be a sensible voice in the debate around gun violence. I believe that respecting the Second Amendment and advocating for gun safety measures are not mutually exclusive, which is why I am proud to have the distinction as a Gun Sense Candidate from Moms Demand Action. Like we already have in California, I support a federal ban on assault weapons, high capacity magazines and bump stocks, as well as increasing waiting periods, raising the minimum age to purchase all weapons, and expanding our current background check system. These measures can have a significant impact on reducing gun violence, while also adequately retaining the right to bear arms. It’s time to move past inflammatory politics and take steps now to curb gun violence, because protecting our kids and our communities is something we can ALL agree on.

Law Enforcement and Public Safety

As the daughter of a police officer I understand the vital service that our law enforcement officials provide for us on a daily basis. We need to provide fully for our peace officers so that they can protect our communities while also addressing the underlying causes of crime such as poverty.

Income Inequality

Last year, the wealthiest 10% of families in the US held 76% of the total wealth in our country, while the bottom half of the population accounted for just 1%. We need to close that gap, and ensure that the wealthy pay the same percentage of their income in taxes as the rest of us do. If we did that, we would have all the resources we’d need to invest in rebuilding the middle class and ensuring a strong future for our country.

Local Jobs

At the federal level, we should create incentives for local governments to attract and retain industries and employers that make the most sense for that community, provided they demonstrate public-private partnerships to train and hire local community members in living-wage jobs. In our district, that includes film, green energy, technology, and more. Extra incentives should be provided to those communities that connect the jobs to re-entry or to other underprivileged populations.

Education

Education is the pathway to self-sufficiency in America. Everyone should have access to a good education – from preschool to college – no matter where they come from or what their family can afford. We must ensure the prosperity of our public school system, we must listen to administrators and teachers about the issues in their classrooms and consult with schools directly when drafting policies that affect them. I also support universal preschool, which is shown to decrease the K12 achievement gap across all American youth.

Public Education

The federal government has to fully fund the education mandates they set at the national level and we ultimately have to protect our public schools from privatization. Investing in these programs across the country provides critical funding aimed at supporting the nation’s neediest students; our poor, rural, and minority students and students with special needs. These funds help supplement what states are able to invest to give these children a level playing field and equitable access to an education that will help foster their growth as citizens of the future.

Affordable Housing and Homelessness

The growing homelessness crisis is a direct result of the shortage of affordable housing and skyrocketing rents in our communities. In my experience at PATH, I also know that homelessness disproportionately affects people of color, survivors of domestic violence, single-parent households and veterans -- all populations we must do better in serving. It is estimated that California has 1 million units of housing less than it needs, and we must address our nation's housing crisis at the federal level.

Immigration

Rebuilding the middle class includes achieving real immigration reform that protects our country while valuing the people who have lived and worked alongside us for years. Our friends and neighbors – no matter where they were born or how they got here – should be granted the opportunity to work for a better future for themselves and their families. We have to provide a clear path to citizenship for our dreamers and protect measures to keep families together. We can do this while also strengthening our borders against national security threats as well as the trafficking of sex workers, drugs and weapons. I know if we can get beyond partisan politics on this issue, we can work together to make real progress on immigration.

Criminal Justice Reform

Too many people are stuck, unable to move into the middle class, because of a failed criminal justice system that disproportionately impacts people of color, poor people, those who have suffered from addiction or mental health disorders, and those who have simply made mistakes. We need a system that focuses on rehabilitation and provides people who have served their time with the opportunity to become self-sufficient, contributing members of society again.

Labor and Unions

After World War II, America enjoyed one of the most prosperous and expansive middle classes the world has ever seen — and a large part of that was due to the fact that union participation was higher than ever. I believe protecting our ability to organize, unionize and collectively bargain is vital to maintaining a sustainable economy. We need to ensure workers are treated fairly and with the dignity they deserve in their efforts to achieve American Dream.

Childcare

A lack of access to childcare shouldn’t be the barrier to people being able to get and keep a good job. We need to ensure that parents can provide for their families and thrive in the middle class. Universal preschool would be a strong first step, but it would not be the last.

Small Businesses

Small businesses employ most Americans -- but they are largely ignored in policy decisions and corporations gain the most in terms of tax cuts and regulatory relief. Expansion in health care access has contributed to more people starting or expanding their own small businesses and providing economic development right in their neighborhoods. Medicare for All, reinstating small-business deductions cut by the GOP and stronger education systems will help our small businesses thrive.

Campaign Finance Reform

If we want a government that represents the will of the people and not special interests, we have to reform the way in which we finance our campaigns. This includes tax rebates for small dollar donors and public financing pathways that make it possible for service minded individuals to run competitive campaigns against political insiders.

Lobbying

We must put an end to the revolving door between the capitol and lobbying firms by banning former members of Congress and their high-paid staff from becoming lobbyists for five years.

Corporate Responsibility

America is a great place to enjoy economic freedoms not afforded in other countries. With that freedom comes a responsibility to give back to the people and the country that make so much prosperity possible. That is why I believe in creating policies that incentivize businesses to act in a socially responsible manner, to reinvest profits here at home and to share prosperity with their highly productive workforces. Measures like these can ensure record breaking corporate profits finally do find their way back into the pockets of hard working Americans.

Getting Big Money Out Of Politics

We have to reduce the undue influence of big money on our politics by abolishing Super PACs - entities that sponsor political activities without donor limits and donor disclosures.

Women in Government

Women make up more than half of our population, yet only 20% of Congress is comprised of women. If we want a government more representative of the public’s values and perspectives, we need more women weighing in on all policy decisions. It’s inexcusable that in 2018 we are so far from gender parity and the only way to ensure women have a voice on the floor is to elect them and give them a seat at the table. Women’s issues extend far beyond reproductive rights. We need to be working towards equal pay for women, ensuring access to affordable childcare and make sure women aren’t being hit with unfair taxes on feminine products. It’s time to level the playing field and claim our voice in government and I’m ready to lead that charge in Congress.

Racial Justice

Through my work at PATH I became intimately familiar with the ways in which our broken system disproportionately affects people of color in a negative way. For example, in LA County, nearly 50% of the homeless population we served was African American, despite the fact they only make up less than 10% of the total population. If we are going to live up to the ideals of American freedom and give every single person in this country a fighting chance to flourish, we have to be aware of the ways in which racial injustices are perpetrated through the criminal justice system, education, housing and in the workplace. I’ve spent my career being a voice for the most vulnerable populations in our communities and I’m ready to continue to be a voice in Congress, but I can’t do it alone. Let’s work together to build a more just and equitable society.

LGBTQ

I’ve identified as bisexual since I was a teenager and if we want to achieve equality for all in our policies, we need more voices from the LGBTQ community in Congress. I am proud to be endorsed by Equality California, Equality PAC, the LGBTQ Victory Fund and the Stonewall Democratic Club, and if elected, I will be the only openly bisexual woman in the House of Representatives. The federal government has no business in restricting basic human rights based on sexual orientation and I am ready to protect equality at every turn in Congress.

Millennials in Government

As millennials, we’re stuck with having to live with the long term consequences of decisions career politicians won’t be around to experience. Millennials now make up the largest voting bloc in the country and it’s our time to step up. Our generation has the opportunity to be the change we want to see in the world if we turn out to vote for issues like income inequality, affordable housing, education, health care for all and the environment. These are the top challenges our generation is having to face head on and I believe we’re the ones to make real change happen. This country needs millenials to turn out in a big way this election and I’m ready to be your voice, but I can’t do it alone, we have to do this together.[6]

Hill's campaign website provided a link to a Google document detailing her position on various issues, which can be found here.

Campaign advertisements

The following is an example of an ad from Hill's 2018 election campaign.

"Katie Hill for Congress" - Katie Hill campaign ad, released October 24, 2018

Key votes

See also: Key votes

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Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021

The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021
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Noteworthy events

Resignation following allegations of extramarital relationship

See also: Noteworthy sexual affairs in American politics (2019-2020)

On October 27, 2019, Hill announced that she would resign her seat in the U.S. House. The announcement followed Hill's acknowledgment that she had been involved in an intimate relationship with a campaign staffer.[1] Read the text of Hill's letter of resignation here.

An October 18, 2019, a post on the blogging website RedState alleged that Hill had been involved in intimate relationships with both a campaign staffer and a legislative staffer.[17] On October 22, 2019, Hill denied the allegation of a relationship with her legislative staffer, but did not comment on the alleged relationship with a campaign staffer.[18] In a letter to constituents the following day, Hill acknowledged the relationship with the campaign staffer.[19]

The House Ethics Committee opened a preliminary investigation into the allegation that Hill had had an intimate relationship with a legislative staffer, which is prohibited by House rules, on October 23, 2019. House rules do not forbid intimate relationships with campaign staffers.[20]

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External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 CBS News, "Katie Hill, California congresswoman, resigns amid allegations of affairs with staff," October 27, 2019
  2. Into More, "Katie Hill Makes History As California’s First Openly Bisexual Member of Congress," accessed January 29, 2019
  3. Katie Hill for Congress, "Issues," accessed January 29, 2019
  4. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. Katie Hill 2018 campaign website, "About Me," accessed March 30, 2018
  6. Katie Hill 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 14, 2018
  7. Congress.gov, "H.R.1044 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020," accessed March 22, 2024
  8. Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019," accessed April 23, 2024
  9. Congress.gov, "H.R.748 - CARES Act," accessed April 23, 2024
  10. Congress.gov, "H.R.5 - Equality Act," accessed April 23, 2024
  11. Congress.gov, "H.R.8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019," accessed April 23, 2024
  12. Congress.gov, "H.R.6 - American Dream and Promise Act of 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  13. Congress.gov, "H.R.1994 - Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  14. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.31 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  15. Congress.gov, "S.47 - John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act," accessed April 27, 2024
  16. Congress.gov, "S.24 - Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  17. RedState, "CA Rep. Katie Hill Allegedly Involved Female Staffer In 2-Yr ‘Throuple’ Relationship," October 18, 2019
  18. The New York Times, "Katie Hill, Rising Democratic Star in House, Denies Relationship With Staff Member," October 22, 2019
  19. Politico, "Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers," October 27, 2019
  20. National Public Radio, "1st Lawmaker To Trigger New #MeToo-Era Conduct Rules Is A Female Freshman," October 24, 2019


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Preceded by
Stephen Knight (R)
U.S. House, California, District 25
2019-Present
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Mike Garcia (R)