Katie Hill (politician)
Katherine Lauren Hill is an American former politician and a former social services administrator from Agua Dulce, California. She served as the U.S. Representative for California’s 25th congressional district from January to November 2019. On October 27, 2019, Hill announced she would resign from Congress.
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Katherine Lauren Hill is an American former politician and a former social services administrator from Agua Dulce, California. She served as the U.S. Representative for California’s 25th congressional district from January to November 2019. Hill is the former executive director of People Assisting the Homeless, a statewide non-profit organization working to end homelessness throughout California. Hill won her seat by defeating incumbent Republican Steve Knight in the 2018 midterm elections. On October 27, 2019, Hill announced she would resign from Congress. Nude photos of Hill were published by the Daily Mail, a British tabloid. Hill called the release of the photos an invasion of privacy and vowed to advocate for victims of revenge porn. Hill was the subject of a documentary-style series of episodes that aired on the HBO show Vice News Tonight. Hill reportedly ran a grassroots campaign that didn’t accept money from corporate political action committees. In the first quarter of 2018, Hill raised over USD 400,000, bringing her total to USD 1,092,025 raised, with more than 9,800 individual contributions and more than 5,100 individual donors.
Hill stated during her race for office that her top issues were addressing healthcare, rebuilding the middle class with policies that address income inequality and affordable housing, and getting big money out of politics. Hill supports comprehensive immigration reform while working towards greater funding and security along the southern border to counter primarily illegal drug trafficking and other various crimes. According to an October article in Rolling Stone, Hill is a gun owner in her county. On the start of the 116th Congress, Hill and Colorado freshman Representative Joe Neguse were chosen as the Democratic class for the Democratic Caucus for the House of Representatives. Hill and Neguse are the first two members of the Democratic caucus to be chosen for the class of 116, along with Rep. Ed Royce of Texas and Rep. Darrell Issa of California.
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