It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops.

Swalwell narrowly defeated Stark by just under 10000 votes. I may have dishonored the Commander-in-Chief but I think he’s done pretty well to dishonor himself without any help from me. Stark grew up as a Republican but his opposition to the Vietnam War led him to switch parties in the mid-1960s.

Congressman after Jack Brooks (D-Texas) to lose a general election. He was also the dean of California's 55-member Congressional delegation. Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr.