James A. Barcia

Allan James "Jim" Barcia ( born February 25, 1952 in Bay City, Michigan) is an American politician. Between 1993 and 2003 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Barcia attended Bay City High School and then to 1974 the Saginaw Valley State College. Meantime he worked in 1971 for U.S. Senator Philip Hart of Michigan. Between 1974 and 1975 he was employed in the administration of the Michigan Blood Center. After that he belonged until 1976 to the staff of the deputy Donald J. Albosta in the House of Representatives from Michigan. Politically, Barcia joined the Democratic Party. Between 1977 and 1983 he sat in the House of Representatives from Michigan, from 1983 to 1993 in the state Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1992 he was in the fifth electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Paul B. Henry on January 3, 1993. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 2003, five legislative sessions. During this time he voted against abortion laws and to control laws with firearms. On 10 October 2002, he was one of 81 Democratic Congressman who favored the Iraq war.

In 2002 Barcia gave up another run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead, he was re- elected to the Senate from Michigan. This mandate he held until early 2011. In April 2003, he was charged with a breach the Wahlkampffinazierungsgesetzte. The case was closed in 2005.

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