Eric Swalwell

Extracted Attributes

• Gender

  male

• Education

  University of Maryland School of Law

• Full Name

  Eric Michael Swalwell

• Occupation

  politician, lawyer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date of Birth

  1980-11-16

• Place of Birth

  Sac City, Iowa, United States

• Political Party

  Democratic Party

Timeline

• Eric Swalwell is born in Sac City, Iowa. (Source: Wikidata)

  1980-11-16

• Swalwell begins working as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California, a role he held until 2012. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2006-01-01

• Swalwell begins serving on the Dublin City Council, serving until 2013. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2010-01-01

• Swalwell is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives after defeating incumbent Democrat Pete Stark. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2012-11-06

• Swalwell takes office as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district. (Source: GovTrack)

  2013-01-03

• Swalwell launches an unsuccessful campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-04-08

• Swalwell begins representing California's 14th congressional district following redistricting. (Source: GovTrack)

  2023-01-03

• The San Francisco Chronicle and CNN report sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell from multiple women. (Source: Ballotpedia)

  2026-04-10

• Swalwell officially withdraws from the California gubernatorial race following the misconduct allegations. (Source: Ballotpedia)

  2026-04-12

• The House Committee on Ethics opens an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell. (Source: GovTrack)

  2026-04-13

• Swalwell resigns from his seat in the United States House of Representatives. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2026-04-15

Eric Swalwell

Eric Michael Swalwell ( SWAHL-well; born November 16, 1980) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 2013 until his resignation in 2026. A member of the Democratic Party, Swalwell served on the Dublin City Council from 2010 to 2013. A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, Swalwell worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County from 2006 to 2012. He was elected to Congress after defeating Democratic incumbent Pete Stark in 2012. Swalwell ran unsuccessfully for the party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. He was accused of sexual misconduct in April 2026, leading him to suspend his candidacy in the 2026 California gubernatorial election and resign from Congress, though he continued to deny any wrongdoing.

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• Eric Swalwell - Wikipedia

  Wikipedia # Eric Swalwell Eric Michael Swalwell (/ˈswɑːlwɛl/ SWAHL-well; born November 16, 1980) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 2013 until his resignation in 2026. A member of the Democratic Party "Democratic Party (United States)"), Swalwell served on the Dublin City Council from 2010 to 2013. [...] A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, Swalwell worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County from 2006 to 2012. He was elected to Congress after defeating Democratic incumbent Pete Stark in 2012. Swalwell ran unsuccessfully for the party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. He was accused of sexual misconduct in April 2026, leading him to suspend his candidacy in the 2026 California gubernatorial election and resign from Congress, though he continued to deny any wrongdoing. ## Contents ## Early life and education [...] themselves from Swalwell and expressed support for the women who had come forward.

• Eric Swalwell - Ballotpedia

  Eric has been a fighter his entire career. From investigating corruption on the House Intelligence Committee to prosecuting the case against Donald Trump when Nancy Pelosi selected him to serve as an Impeachment Manager, Eric has never backed down. When others hesitated, he was the first Member of Congress to sue Trump directly to hold him accountable for inciting violence on January 6th. Eric also stands as a protector for our immigrant families, having voted to defund mass deportation efforts. He will work to unmask ICE and ensure that federal agents can no longer hide while terrorizing our communities. He will enforce mandatory identification standards; no name and no badge mean no accountability. Rogue agents who violate constitutional rights will never hold a badge in our state. [...] ### Eric Swalwell suspends gubernatorial campaign On April 12, 2026, Eric Swalwell (D) announced that he was withdrawing from the California gubernatorial campaign following allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple women. In a statement, Swalwell wrote, "To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that's my fight, not a campaign's." On April 10, 2026, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that a woman who worked on Swalwell's congressional staff accused him of sexual misconduct. On the same day, CNN reported that three other women accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct. [...] | —Eric Swalwell's campaign website, | | |

• What Brought Down Eric Swalwell | The New Yorker

  In 2016, the D.C. newspaper The Hill crowned Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, the “Snapchat king of Congress.” Not only was he adept at using the app—which allows users to share ephemeral photos—to communicate directly with his constituents, but Swalwell had also set himself up as a tutor, of sorts, to his colleagues. (“I tell the members, just trust me,” he said. “In a year, we’re all going to be there anyway.”) Snapchat would, in fact, be superseded as the political-comms fad du jour, but Democratic hand-wringing about the Party’s visibility in a fragmented attention economy has never gone out of style, and Swalwell has often been seen as an exemplar of how to be everywhere, all at once. (Even before he became the Snapchat king, he inspired the Twitter trend Swalwelling, or [...] about said reporting since it doesn’t do much laborious fact-gathering of its own. When it comes to the Swalwell story, this dynamic seems to have become particularly intertwined. [...] Shortly before that story appeared, Swalwell felt compelled to respond to a less welcome form of online attention: a growing drumbeat of rumors that he had behaved inappropriately with women, including members of his staff. Swalwell’s campaign—which claimed that the accusations were being pushed by rivals working hand in glove with “MAGA conspiracy theorists”—clearly viewed staying silent as untenable. (“We know how the new media ecosystem works,” one adviser said. “We know how misinformation spreads.”) Some of the posts hinted at forthcoming news coverage, the prospect of which apparently spooked donors and supporters, and on Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN published stories on allegations of sexual misconduct made by a total of four women, one of whom said that Swalwell had

• Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA14, 2023-2026], former Representative for California's 14th Congressional District - GovTrack.us

  # Rep. Eric Swalwell Former Representative for California’s 14th District pronounced erik // SWAHL-wel Swalwell was the representative for California’s 14th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2023 to 2026. He was previously the representative for California’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022. ![Photo of Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA14, 2023-2026]](/static/legislator-photos/412514-200px.jpeg) ## Alleged misconduct & resolution On April 10, 2026, CNN reported that four women reported being sexually harassed, and in one case, twice raped by Rep. Swalwell. On Monday April 13, 2026, the House Committee on Ethics announced it was opening an investigation into the allegations.

• Eric Swalwell | AP News

  ### Rep. Eric Swalwell of California says he will resign after sexual misconduct allegations California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., listens to a question from the audience during a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ### Swalwell’s exit shakes up a chaotic California governor’s race Then-California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ### Allies yank support for Swalwell’s California governor run after sexual assault allegations [...] - 2026 Elections - Election Results - Election calendar - White House - Congress - Supreme Court - The latest AP-NORC polls - Ground Game + Sports - NBA - MLB - NFL - NHL - Tennis Tennis - Golf - Soccer - FIFA World Cup - Auto Racing + Entertainment - Movies - Fashion - Television - Celebrity Interviews - Music - Books + Business - Tariffs - Inflation - Financial Markets - Financial Wellness - Technology + Science - Space - Animals - The Ancient World - Climate - Medicine + Newsletters + Quizzes + Games + Fact Check + Oddities + Be Well [...] - 2026 Elections - Election Results - Election calendar - White House - Congress - Supreme Court - The latest AP-NORC polls - Ground Game + Sports - NBA - MLB - NFL - NHL - Tennis Tennis - Golf - Soccer - FIFA World Cup - Auto Racing + Entertainment - Movies - Fashion - Television - Celebrity Interviews - Music - Books + Business - Tariffs - Inflation - Financial Markets - Financial Wellness - Technology + Science - Space - Animals - The Ancient World - Climate - Medicine + Newsletters + Quizzes + Games + Fact Check + Oddities + Be Well

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  University of Maryland

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  lawyer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  11/16/1980

• Place Of Birth

  Sac City