Kevin McCarthy is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 26, 1965 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Republican representative from California who became the majority whip of the United States House of Representatives in 2011. He was shadowed by Kevin Spacey while the actor was doing research for his role on the Netflix series House of Cards.
He served in Congress with Tom McClintock.
Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the House Minority Leader, having previously served as House Majority Leader from August 2014 to January 2019. He has been the U.S. Representative for California’s 23rd congressional district since 2007. The 23rd district, numbered as the 22nd district from 2007 to 2013, is based in Bakersfield and includes large sections of Kern County and Tulare County, as well as part of the Quartz Hill neighborhood in northwest Los Angeles County.
McCarthy served on the staff of Congressman Bill Thomas from 1987 to 2002. In 1995, he was chairman of the California Young Republicans. From 1999 to 2001, he was chairman of the Young Republican National Federation. From the late 1990s until 2000, he was Thomas’s district director. McCarthy won his first election in 2000, as a Kern Community College District trustee.
He has two children with his wife Judy.
