Editing Dana Rohrabacher (section)

==U.S. House of Representatives==
===Elections===
Rohrabacher left the Reagan administration in 1988 to pursue [[Dan Lungren]]'s recently vacated House seat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luther |first=Claudia |date=1988-06-02 |title=Rohrabacher Backer : Ollie North Arrives to Play Campaign Role |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-02-me-5496-story.html |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> With his friend [[Oliver North]]'s fundraising help,{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Rohrabacher won the Republican primary with a plurality of 35%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=418202|publisher=Our Campaigns|title=CA District 42 – R Primary Race – Jun 07, 1988|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622205754/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=418202|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the general election with 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38154|publisher=Our Campaigns|title=CA District 42 Race – Nov 08, 1988|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622201914/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38154|url-status=live}}</ref> He twice experienced serious primary competition, in 1992 and 1998. After redistricting, he won a three-candidate primary election in 1992 with a plurality of 48%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=502191|publisher=Our Campaigns|title=CA District 45 – R Primary Race – Jun 02, 1992|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622205827/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=502191|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998, he won an open primary with 54% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://primary98.sos.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf |title=Statement of Vote, Primary Election June 2, 1998 |access-date=2008-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202041654/http://primary98.sos.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=555736|publisher=Our Campaigns|title=CA District 45 – Open Primary Race – Jun 02, 1998|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622220442/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=555736|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 2008 ====
{{Main|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 46}}
In 2008, Rohrabacher defeated Democratic nominee [[Debbie Cook]], 53–43%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=334946|publisher=Our Campaigns|title=CA – District 46 Race – Nov 04, 2008|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622195300/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=334946|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 2010 ====
{{Main|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 46}}
In 2010, Rohrabacher defeated Democratic nominee Ken Arnold, 62–38%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=488392|publisher=Our Campaigns|title=CA – District 46 Race – Nov 02, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622200231/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=488392|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 2012 ====
{{Main|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 48}}
After redistricting, Rohrabacher announced in 2012 that he would run in the newly redrawn [[California's 48th congressional district|48th Congressional district]]. He said "The new 48th District is a good fit and something that will enable me to serve my constituents and the country well."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2011-08-15/news/tn-dpt-0816-redistricting-20110815_1_new-district-48th-congressional-district-74th-district|title=Redistricting changes 2012 electoral battles|work=Daily Pilot|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622210957/http://articles.dailypilot.com/2011-08-15/news/tn-dpt-0816-redistricting-20110815_1_new-district-48th-congressional-district-74th-district|url-status=dead}}</ref> He won election in the 48th district with 61% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/california/|title=2012 California House Results|website=POLITICO}}</ref>
[[File:U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher shakes hands with a supporter wearing Guy Fawkes mask.jpg|thumb|left|Rohrabacher shakes hands with a supporter wearing a [[Guy Fawkes mask]] in 2013]]

==== 2014 ====
{{Main|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 48}}
Rohrabacher won re-election with 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congressional election results by district |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/43-congress.pdf |website=Office of the Secretary of State of California |access-date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201060037/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/43-congress.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== 2016 ====
{{Main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 48}}
Rohrabacher won re-election with 59% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://west.ops.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/house/california/|title=California Election Results 2016: House Live Map by District, Real-Time Voting Updates|website=Election Hub}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==== 2018 ====
{{Main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 48}}
In March 2018, [[CNN]] reported that [[Erik Prince]], a former intern of Rohrabacher while he was freshman congressman in 1990 and very close ally of Rohrabacher, hosted a fundraiser at Prince's Virginia home with expected attendees including [[Oliver North]] on March 18, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/erik-prince-fundraiser/index.html |title=Amid renewed scrutiny, Erik Prince to host fundraiser for Russia-friendly congressman |work=[[CNN]] |date=March 8, 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201225114/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/erik-prince-fundraiser/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On October 12, 2018, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that the Congressional Leadership Fund, a [[Superpac|Super PAC]] closely associated with [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Paul Ryan]], had passed over Rohrabacher in its initial round of broadcast television advertising across Southern California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-gop-money-20181012-story.html|title=Top GOP funding group snubs incumbents Rohrabacher and Walters 3 weeks before midterm election|last1=Finnegan|first1=Michael|last2=Barabak|first2=Mark Z.|date=October 13, 2018|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2018-11-11|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212125002/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-gop-money-20181012-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rohrabacher's campaign denied this, saying that CLF had spent "about $2.4 million and they have an additional $1 million in media buys scheduled" for Rohrabacher.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411416-top-gop-funding-group-pulls-money-from-embattled-california-rep-dana/|title=GOP super PAC pushes back on report it skipped ad buys for California's Rohrabacher, Walters|last=Keller|first=Megan|date=2018-10-15|work=TheHill|access-date=2018-11-11|language=en|df=mdy-all|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311232802/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411416-top-gop-funding-group-pulls-money-from-embattled-california-rep-dana|url-status=live}}</ref>

Democrat [[Harley Rouda]] defeated Rohrabacher on Election Day.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/10/rouda-defeats-rohrabacher-in-southern-california-race-982946|title=Rouda defeats Rohrabacher in southern California|author=Quint Forgey|date=November 10, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115041604/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/10/rouda-defeats-rohrabacher-in-southern-california-race-982946|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-voters-cal-20181130-story.html|title=California Republicans see what happens when more voters vote, and they don't like it one bit|last=Hiltzik|first=Michael|date=November 30, 2018|access-date=2018-12-03|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213052839/https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-voters-cal-20181130-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Tenure===
[[File:Danarohrabacher105th.jpg|right|thumb|A picture of Rohrabacher from the 105th Congress's directory (1997)]]
[[File:FRC President Tony Perkins presents the "True Blue" award to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.jpg|thumb|left|Rohrabacher receiving the True Blue award from [[Family Research Council|FRC]] President [[Tony Perkins (politician)|Tony Perkins]] in 2003]]

====Election fraud and conviction====
Rohrabacher was charged with improper use of campaign contributions in connection with a 1995 state assembly election. Rohrabacher provided some of his campaign funds to his campaign manager (and future wife), Rhonda Carmony, to promote a decoy Democratic candidate to draw away votes from another Democratic candidate. Rohrabacher was found guilty and fined $50,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/tn-dpt-1029-rohrabacher-20111028-story.html|title=Rohrabacher defends wife's pay|date=October 28, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 23, 2023|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114141634/http://www.latimes.com/tn-dpt-1029-rohrabacher-20111028-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-26-me-57826-story.html "Rohrabacher Pays Fines for Not Filing Report"]   Gene Martinez, LA Times, latimes.com, October 26, 1996</ref>
<ref>{{cite news | publisher = yaleherald.com | date = September 14, 2018 | title = A Red Sun Sets in California | author = Spencer Hagaman | url = https://yaleherald.com/a-red-sun-sets-in-california-98dd4e61781f?gi=999f78a89ebb }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

====Payment for 30-year-old screenplay====
On November 4, 2005, the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that Rohrabacher was paid $23,000 for a 30-year-old screen play he had written. At issue was whether the producer paid him for the screenplay or for introductions to congressional and federal officials. Rohrabacher said that the introductions were made in good faith, were nothing that was not done regularly for legitimate causes, and that the introductions had only become an issue because of [[Joseph Medawar]]'s alleged misdeeds.<ref>{{cite news|last= Welkos|first= Robert W.|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-11-ca-rohrabacher11-story.html|title= And now, the plot thickens|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date= 2005-12-11|access-date= 2008-04-15|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080609060204/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/12/11/calendar/ca-rohrabacher11|archive-date= June 9, 2008|url-status= live}}</ref> In May 2006, Rohrabacher announced through his press secretary that he would return the $23,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US|value=23000|start_year=2006}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}). The decision was made public shortly before Medawar took responsibility in a United States District Court for bilking $3.4 million from about 50 investors.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher to Give Back $23,000 – Los Angeles Times | first1=Greg | last1=Krikorian | first2=Christine | last2=Hanley | date=2006-05-17}}</ref>

====2011 visit to Iraq====
During a trip to Iraq in June 2011, Rohrabacher said that when Iraq becomes a wealthy nation, it should pay back the US for all the money it had spent since the Iraq invasion. Rohrabacher also commented that he would be holding a hearing with the Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations into whether Iraq committed "crimes against humanity" during an attack on [[Camp Ashraf]] in April 2011. The incident left 34 residents killed and over 300 wounded. The delegation was denied access to the camp by Iraqi government, citing their sovereignty. Rohrabacher's delegation was subsequently asked to leave the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dana Rohrabacher, U.S. Congressman, Suggests That Iraq Pay Back U.S. For War Cos|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/dana-rohrabacher-iraq-war-cost_n_875163.html|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=June 11, 2011|date=2011-06-10|archive-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612180109/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/dana-rohrabacher-iraq-war-cost_n_875163.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/war-zones/iraq-bars-us-visit-to-iranian-camp/2011/06/10/AGqpHFPH_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=William | last=Wan | date=2011-06-10 | title=Iraq bars U.S. visit to Iranian camp | access-date=August 26, 2017 | archive-date=November 1, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101095540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/war-zones/iraq-bars-us-visit-to-iranian-camp/2011/06/10/AGqpHFPH_story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

====2012 FBI warning====
Rohrabacher was warned in 2012 in a secure room at the [[United States Capitol|Capitol building]] by an agent from the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] that Russian spies may have been trying to recruit him to act on Russia's behalf as an "agent of influence", after he met with a member of the Russian foreign ministry privately in Moscow.<ref name=twsNewsweek101>{{cite news|last=Sharkov|first=Damien|url=https://www.newsweek.com/republican-congressman-russian-spy-recruit-612381|title=FBI Warned Republican Congressman Who Arm-Wrestled Putin of Russian Spy Recruitment|work=Newsweek|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2019|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505060757/https://www.newsweek.com/republican-congressman-russian-spy-recruit-612381|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Apuzzo|first1=Matt|last2=Goldman|first2=Adam|last3=Mazzetti|first3=Mark|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-russia-spies.html?_r=0&login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock|title=F.B.I. Once Warned G.O.P. Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him|work=The New York Times|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2019|archive-date=January 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195636/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-russia-spies.html?_r=0&login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock|url-status=live}}</ref> Following [[2017 Tehran attacks|the ISIS terrorist attacks in Tehran]] on June 7, 2017, in which 17 civilians were killed, he suggested that the attack could be viewed as 'a good thing', and surmised that President Trump might have been behind the coordination of this terrorist attack.<ref name="NIACdocument">Rep. Dana Rohrabacher suggested that the #ISIS attacks on #Iran could be viewed as 'a good thing.', [https://www.facebook.com/NIACouncil/videos/10155549174868938/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404103839/https://www.facebook.com/NIACouncil/videos/10155549174868938/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED|date=April 4, 2023}}, Retrieved June 9, 2017</ref> An article in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' suggested that there was serious concern in the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] of ties between Rohrabacher and the Russian government.<ref name=twsATlantic787>Rosie Gray, July 18, 2017, The Atlantic, [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/russian-anti-sanctions-campaign-turned-to-california-congressman/534102/ Russian Anti-Sanctions Campaign Turned to California Congressman: U.S. diplomats were concerned about Russian outreach to House Republican Dana Rohrabacher while on a trip to Moscow last year.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224010744/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/russian-anti-sanctions-campaign-turned-to-california-congressman/534102/ |date=February 24, 2018 }}, Retrieved July 18, 2017, "...{{nbsp}}Rohrabacher's 2016 Moscow trip raised eyebrows among U.S. officials, particularly at the State Department{{nbsp}}..."</ref>

====Jack Wu====
In June 2015, Rohrabacher released a statement accusing former treasurer of his reelection committee, Jack Wu, of embezzling more than $170,000 from his campaign. Rohrabacher's attorney, Charles H. Bell Jr., stated that the congressman had filed criminal charges against Wu with the Orange County district attorney and state attorney general.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-rohrabacher-campaign-embezzlement-170-000-20150624-story.html|title=Rohrabacher accuses campaign treasurer of stealing $170,000|first=Michael|last=Finnegan|date=June 24, 2015|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025210211/https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-rohrabacher-campaign-embezzlement-170-000-20150624-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====2016 consideration for Secretary of State====
Following the election of [[Donald Trump]] in 2016, Rohrabacher was on the shortlist for [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] along with [[Mitt Romney]] and eventual pick [[Rex Tillerson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307540-california-rep-says-hes-under-consideration-for-secretary-of-state/|title=Calif. rep says he's under consideration for secretary of State|first=Evelyn|last=Rupert|date=November 25, 2016|newspaper=The Hill|access-date=December 19, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802155557/http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307540-california-rep-says-hes-under-consideration-for-secretary-of-state|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/secretary-of-state-candidate-rep-dana-rohrabacher-defends-russia-denounces-china-201557094.html|title=Secretary of state candidate Rep. Dana Rohrabacher defends Russia, denounces China|first=Christopher|last=Wilson|date=December 7, 2016|newspaper=Yahoo News|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919195104/https://www.yahoo.com/news/secretary-of-state-candidate-rep-dana-rohrabacher-defends-russia-denounces-china-201557094.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
[[File:DanaRohrabacherChair.png|thumb|right|250px|Rohrabacher presides over a meeting of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science Committee.]]
* [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]]
** [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia|Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia]]
** [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations|Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]] (Chair)
* [[United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology|Committee on Science, Space and Technology]]
** [[United States House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics|Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics]]
** [[United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment|Subcommittee on Energy and Environment]]

Rohrabacher chaired the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the [[U.S. House Committee on Science|House Science Committee]] from 1997 until January 2005; he received a two-year waiver to serve beyond the six-year term limit.

As a senior member of the [[U.S. House Committee on International Relations|International Relations Committee]], Rohrabacher led the effort to deny [[Most Favored Nation]] trading status to the [[People's Republic of China]], citing that nation's dismal human rights record and opposition to democracy. His subcommittee assignments were East Asia and Pacific, and Middle East and South Asia.

===Caucus memberships===
* [[Congressional Cannabis Caucus]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/02/16/congress-cannabis-caucus/|title=Pro-Pot Lawmakers Have Launched a Congressional Cannabis Caucus|work=Fortune|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120195433/https://fortune.com/2017/02/16/congress-cannabis-caucus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Congressional Human Rights Caucus
* [[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=August 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Taiwan Caucus]]
* Sportsmen's Caucus
* [[Freedom Caucus]]<ref name="Kelli Ward for U.S. Senate">{{cite web|url=http://kelliward.com/articles/u-s-rep-dana-rohrabacher-endorses-dr-kelli-ward-for-united-states-senate|title=U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher endorses Dr. Kelli Ward for United States Senate|date=January 23, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071634/http://kelliward.com/articles/u-s-rep-dana-rohrabacher-endorses-dr-kelli-ward-for-united-states-senate|archive-date=January 24, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="The Tennessee Journal">{{cite news|url=http://onthehill.tnjournal.net/gop-rep-rohrabacher-campaigns-for-matheny/|title=GOP Rep. Rohrabacher campaigns for Matheny|newspaper=The Tennessee Journal|first=Erik|last=Schelzig|date=July 2, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035737/http://onthehill.tnjournal.net/gop-rep-rohrabacher-campaigns-for-matheny/|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[House Baltic Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619215630/https://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=live}}</ref>