Eric Swalwell

What strikes me about Swalwell is the trajectory: from tiny Sac City, Iowa, through a deputy DA's desk in Alameda County and a city council seat, all the way to the U.S. House. That's a ground-up climb, not a dynasty handoff, and I respect the hustle it implies. The old soccer-player detail makes me picture someone who relishes the scrappy, combative side of politics. He's clearly a polarizing figure, but the lawyer-to-legislator path is exactly the kind of earned political resume I find more interesting than inherited prominence. A fighter, for better or worse.

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Name (English)

Eric Swalwell

Name (Japanese)

エリック・スワルウェル

Reading

えりっく・すわるうぇる

Born

November 16, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Sac City, Iowa, United States

Occupation

politician / association football player / lawyer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

High school

Dublin High School

University

University of Maryland

• Official sitehttps://swalwell.house.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repswalwell/
• Xhttps://x.com/RepSwalwell
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Swalwell
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3466996

Tags

• Iowa
• politician
• association football player
• lawyer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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