From an early age, Jimmy Panetta was instilled with the value of service and the importance of giving back to our community and country.

Jimmy is the representative for the 20th Congressional District, representing the Central Coast of California which encompasses all of Monterey and San Benito Counties, and portions of Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties.  He was first elected to serve this region in 2016.

​In Congress, Jimmy serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, the House Committee on Agriculture, and the House Committee on Budget.  Jimmy Co-Chairs the Agriculture Research Caucus and the Cut Flowers Caucus, and also serves on the following Caucuses: Bus Caucus, California Aerospace Caucus, Cannabis Caucus, Cybersecurity Caucus, Diabetes Caucus, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Caucus, For Country Caucus, Friends of Australia Caucus, Gun Violence Task Force, LGBT Equality Caucus, Military Mental Health Caucus, National Service Congressional Caucus, Navy Marine Corps Caucus, Oceans Caucus, Organic Caucus, Pro-Choice Caucus, Problem Solvers Caucus, Progressive Caucus, Quiet Skies Caucus, and the Travel & Tourism Caucus.

Jimmy began his legal career in 1996 as a prosecutor for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Based on his experience in the criminal justice system — pursuing justice for victims, protecting families and making communities safer — Jimmy was appointed to the California Councils on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, which provided guidance to the Governor’s Office on critical criminal justice programs.  Prior to being elected to Congress, Jimmy served as a Deputy District Attorney in Monterey County, where he was assigned to the Gang Team in Salinas, responsible for prosecuting violent gang members.

In 2003, Jimmy was commissioned as an Intelligence Officer with the United States Navy Reserve and served on active duty with a Special Operations task force deployed to Afghanistan. Based on his meritorious service in a combat zone, Jimmy was awarded the Bronze Star.  After returning home, Jimmy served as a board member of the Veterans Transition Center where he worked to address veterans’ homelessness and pushed for the opening of Monterey County’s first Veterans Treatment Court, and along with local leaders and fellow veterans, worked to establish the Central Coast Veterans Cemetery.  Based on his work, Jimmy was named a Monterey County Veteran of the Year in 2015.

Jimmy has also served on the Boards of Rancho Cielo Youth Campus, a non-profit that assists at-risk youth with job training and placement, Community Foundation for Monterey County, and the National Steinbeck Center.  He also served as Chair of the Monterey Peninsula College Citizens Bond Oversight Committee and as a Trustee on the Foundation for the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Jimmy received his law degree from Santa Clara University and his undergraduate degree in International Relations from the University of California at Davis.  Prior to attending UC Davis, Jimmy attended Monterey Peninsula College.

Jimmy is married to Carrie McIntyre Panetta, and they have two daughters, Siri and Gia.

As your Member of Congress, I strive to give people the opportunity for a better life.

​Raised on the Central Coast in a family committed to public service, I have worked hard to uphold that tradition. As a local deputy district attorney, I delivered justice for victims and their families and helped steer gang members away from a life of crime. As an Officer in the U.S. Navy, I fought for our country in Afghanistan.

Now, as a member of Congress, I am fighting for you by preserving and improving the quality of life that we enjoy on the Central Coast. I am working tirelessly to protect our environment, make housing more affordable, support our schools and teachers, lower the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs, reform our immigration system, and boost our economy to help create better paying jobs.  I will continue to bring new ideas and civility to Congress and our community so that we can work together to solve problems.

I hope to earn your support so that I can continue to serve you and represent our home by making a difference in people’s lives.

Jeff Gorman was born and raised in Monterey, living most of his life on the Monterey Peninsula. Jeff was educated in local Monterey K-12 schools and graduated from Monterey High School in 1986.  From there, Jeff entered University of California Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science.

After graduating from college, Jeff began a 23-year career in the financial sector working for 5 years in San Francisco as a bond trader for GT Global.  In 1997, he paused his career to intern in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and explore service opportunities at the Federal level.

Put off by the corruption of the Clinton Administration, Jeff returned home to Monterey to ‘tend his own garden.’ From 1997-2009 he worked as a broker for major brokerage firms, including Paine Webber, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Merrill Lynch. In 2009, Jeff ventured on his own and started Gorman Financial. He maintains an office in downtown Monterey.

Public service is in Jeff Gorman's blood. His influences in Monterey civic service starts with his father, Dennis Gorman, whose career was engineering for the City of Monterey. His mother, Dottie Roberson, previously served on the League of Women Voters. Since 1979, she worked for Hank Ketcham Enterprises, which produces the artwork for the cartoon Dennis the Menace. She also sang in the Carmel Bach Festival for over 40 years, one of the longest serving volunteers. Additionally, Jeff's stepfather is a longtime elected leader and current Monterey Mayor Clyde Roberson. All have had a tremendous influence on Jeff, inspiring him to volunteer and to give back to the community.

Jeff believes our Community benefits from volunteer service.  He has been active in Monterey civic life:   He serves as Treasurer of the Armstrong Foundation, served as a committeeman for the City of Monterey, served as the President of Monterey's Serra Club, served for 12 years as Cal Alumni Club President and four more as Treasurer.   Jeff Also volunteers with the Big Sur Land Trust and servesvolunteer member of CERT- Community Emergency Response Team.

Jeff currently serves as the Chair of the Monterey County Republican Party. He is an active member of the Lincoln Club.

The former CA director for Food & Water Watch, Adam has been an environmental leader in our district, having helped win fracking bans in Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey County (Measure Z). He has been a long-time ally of Public Water Now to fight ratepayer abuse by Cal-Am water company.   

Adam is the grandson of a bracero farmworker and the son of public school teachers. 

I do not take corporate PAC money, which is a limiting and corrupting influence on our Congress.