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Laura Richardson

Politician

Laura Richardson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Laura Richardson · Лора Ричардсон · لورا ريتشاردسون · لورا ریچاردسون · 로라 리처드슨				[sources]
Alias	L. Richardson · Richardson, L. · Richardson, Laura · Лора Ричардсон · لورا ريتشاردسون · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Richardson				[sources]
Birth date	1962-04-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Los Angeles				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	senator.richardson@senate.ca.gov				[sources]
First name	Laura				[sources]
Last name	Richardson				[sources]
Political association	Democratic				[sources]
Title	Ms.				[sources]
Website	richardson.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q461610				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · member · member of the California State Assembly · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	USC Marshall School of Business · University of California, Los Angeles · University of Southern California				[sources]
Religion	Methodism				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Source link	pluralpolicy.com				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
United States representative	2007-09-04

Data sources

US Legislators by Plural (formerly OpenStates)12,372

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United States · Plural · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,329

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United States · Congress

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: plural-0b8e081a79afdb2a6ae394c12a6b2419bf2cc0e9 · evpo-ceeea782-8d28-49f4-b8a1-edf609ee0324 · us-congress-ea66fef9c14e26ea5064e01a9c13a975a35478fc

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