Kevin Kiley (politician)

Kevin Patrick Kiley[2] (born January 30, 1985)[3] is an American politician, attorney, and former educator serving as the U.S. representative for California's 3rd congressional district since 2023.

[6][7] Kiley graduated with an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 2007,[7] completing a thesis titled "The Civil Rights Movement and the Reemergence of Classical Democracy".

[10] He returned to California to join the law firm Irell & Manella, where he helped prepare an intellectual property theft case for T-Mobile against Chinese technology company Huawei that was the basis for a federal criminal investigation.

[7] In May 2016, Kiley told The Sacramento Bee that he supported then-Ohio Governor John Kasich in the 2016 United States presidential election.

[7] He has said climate change is real, but opposed Governor Gavin Newsom's executive orders requiring all new vehicles in California to be zero emission by 2035 and banning oil-drilling by 2045.

"[7] In March 2024, former FEC chairperson, Ann Ravel, filed a complaint against Kevin Kiley "alleging he excessively used campaign funds to support a conservative coalition seeking to roll back parts of Proposition 47.

[7] In 2020, Kiley urged passage of his bill that would require the potential successor of then-candidate for vice president and Senator Kamala Harris to be elected by California's voters and not appointed by the governor;[28] he reiterated that view during the 2021 gubernatorial recall campaign by pledging to allow voters to pick a replacement for Senator Dianne Feinstein if he became governor and her seat became vacant.

[33] On December 29, 2021, Kiley announced he would run for the U.S. House in California's newly redrawn 3rd congressional district, which includes all or parts of Inyo, Sacramento, Mono, Alpine, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sierra, Yuba, and Plumas counties.

Kiley as a state assemblyman in 2021.