Jim Costa

I have a soft spot for politicians rooted firmly in one place, and Jim Costa is that to the core. Born in Fresno in 1952, educated locally and at Fresno State, he has spent decades representing California's Central Valley, an agricultural heartland that rarely grabs headlines but feeds much of the nation. There is no glamour in tirelessly fighting for water rights and farm communities across redrawn districts since 2005, yet that steadiness is exactly what I respect. Costa strikes me as a workhorse rather than a showhorse, the kind of representative whose value reveals itself only over the long run.

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Name (English)

Jim Costa

Name (Japanese)

ジム・コスタ

Reading

じむ・こすた

Born

April 13, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Fresno, California, United States

Occupation

politician / advocate

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

High school

San Joaquin Memorial High School

University

California State University, Fresno

• Official sitehttps://costa.house.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repjimcosta/
• Xhttps://x.com/RepJimCosta
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Costa
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675869

Tags

• California
• politician
• advocate

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.