Darrell Issa

Darrell Edward Issa (/ˈaɪsə/; born November 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician. He is the U.S. Representative for California's 50th congressional district since 2021. Before, he was the Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, from 2001 to 2019.

Darrell Issa
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Duncan D. Hunter
Constituency	50th district
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by	Ron Packard
Succeeded by	Mike Levin
Constituency	48th district (2001–2003) 49th district (2003–2019)
Chair of the House Oversight Committee
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Edolphus Towns
Succeeded by	Jason Chaffetz
Personal details
Born	Darrell Edward Issa (1953-11-01) November 1, 1953 (age 71) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kathy Stanton
Children	1
Education	Siena Heights University (BA)
Net worth	$436.5 millon (est. 2014)[1]
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1970–1972 1976–1980
Rank	Captain
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In January 2018, Issa announced his retirement from Congress.^[4] On September 19, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Issa as Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency.^[5][6]

On September 26, 2019, Issa announced that he was running for California's 50th congressional district in the 2020 election.^[7][8] He won the general election in November 2020.