Ami Bera
DemocratU.S. Representative, CA-6| Age | 61 (b. 1965-03-02) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2013-01-03 (~13 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | South Asian / Indian American (Gujarati heritage) |
| Religion | Unitarian Universalist |
| Education | B.S. in Biological Sciences (1987) and M.D. (1991), both from the University of California, Irvine |
| Prior occupation | Physician (internist); former Chief Medical Officer of Sacramento County and former Associate Dean for Admissions and clinical professor at UC Davis School of Medicine |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Los Angeles, California |
| Marital status | Married — Janine Bera |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Elk Grove, California |
| Notable relatives | Father Babulal Bera (immigrant from Gujarat, India) pleaded guilty in 2016 to federal election fraud tied to Ami Bera's campaigns; no notable relatives serving in elected office |
Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2012 |
| Previous offices | Chief Medical Officer, Sacramento County · U.S. Representative for California's 7th Congressional District (2013-2023) |
| Committees | Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific; Subcommittee on South and Central Asia) · Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
| Caucuses | Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus · New Democrat Coalition · Climate Solutions Caucus · American Sikh Congressional Caucus · Congressional Equality Caucus · Congressional Freethought Caucus · Congressional Ukraine Caucus · U.S.-Japan Caucus · Black Maternal Health Caucus · Rare Disease Caucus |
| Leadership | Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific (119th Congress) · Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific (118th Congress) · Whip, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus · Vice Chair of Outreach, New Democrat Coalition |
| Ideology | Member of the centrist New Democrat Coalition; described as a moderate Democrat |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $5,704,067–$12,336,000 (2018) · estimate
No holdings recorded yet (from official Financial Disclosure filings).
Scandals & crimes ledger
resolved — Father Babulal Bera convicted of federal election fraud over illegal contributions to Ami Bera's campaigns
Babulal Bera, father of Rep. Ami Bera, orchestrated a conduit (straw donor) scheme in which he solicited relatives, friends, and acquaintances to make maximum-allowable federal contributions to his son's congressional campaigns (the unsuccessful 2010 run and the successful 2012 run), then secretly reimbursed those donors. Prosecutors said the illegally reimbursed contributions totaled at least roughly $225,000 (some reports cited nearly $270,000) between 2009 and 2010 and continuing into the 2012 cycle. He pleaded guilty in May 2016 to two counts of election fraud and was sentenced on August 18, 2016 to one year and one day in prison, a $100,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. The conduct involved Ami Bera's campaign committee but the formal conviction and sentence were against his father; Rep. Ami Bera himself was investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office and was not charged, with the DOJ stating in September 2016 that it found no indication the congressman or his campaign staff knew of or participated in the illegal contributions.