Cal Dooley

Calvin M. "Cal" Dooley ( born January 11, 1954 in Visalia, California) is an American politician. Between 1991 and 2005 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Cal Dooley grew up on his parents' farm and attended to 1972 Hanford Union High School. Then he studied until 1977 at the University of California at Davis agriculture and then to 1987 at Stanford University economics. Then worked as a rancher. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1987 to 1990 he worked for the California State Senator Rose Ann Vuich.

In the congressional elections of 1990, Dooley was in the 17th electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Charles Pashayan took on 3 January 1991, he had defeated before. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 2005 seven legislative sessions. Since 1993 he represented there as a successor to Bill Thomas the 20th district of his state. In his time as a congressman of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the Iraq war and the military mission in Afghanistan fell. In 2002, he voted as one of 81 MEPs for the Iraq war. He later regretted his former vote.

In 1994 he gave up another candidacy. Since the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Dooley has worked in senior positions in the economy. Since 2008 he has been CEO of the American Chemistry Council, the trade association of the American chemical company. Previously, he served as President and CEO of the Food Products Association and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Cal Dooley is married and has two daughters.