Laura Richardson is an American politician. She formerly served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for California's 37th congressional district. The district was reorganized following the 2010 United States Census, but during Richardson's time in office it encompassed the inland section of Long Beach, Carson, Compton and Signal Hill, as well as parts of other municipalities. She previously represented the 55th district in the California State Assembly for the 2007 term until she was elected to the House of Representatives for California's 37th congressional district in a special election on August 21 to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Juanita Millender-McDonald. She was reelected to represent that district in 2008 and 2010. Following the decennial reorganization of Congressional districts in 2012, the 37th Congressional District was moved to another part of the state and the newly created 44th Congressional District encompassed a slim majority of her previous district, prompting her to move her permanent residence into the new district and run against fellow incumbent Democrat Rep. Janice Hahn in the 2012 Congressional elections cycle. On November 6, 2012, she was defeated in her bid for re-election by Representative Hahn by a landslide 20 percentage points. Wikipedia [ - ]

Laura Richardson is an American politician. She formerly served as a Democrat in the United... [ + ]