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My Take
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.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Sac City, Iowa, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / association football player / lawyer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Dublin High School
- University
- University of Maryland
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://swalwell.house.gov
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repswalwell/
- Xhttps://x.com/RepSwalwell
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Swalwell
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.