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Josh Harder
Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 10th district
Assuming office
January 3, 2019
SucceedingJeff Denham
Personal details
Born (1986-08-01) August 1, 1986 (age 38)
Turlock, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePamela
EducationStanford University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA, MPP)

Joshua "Josh" Harder (born August 1, 1986) is an American venture capitalist, college professor, and politician from the state of California.

Harder was born and raised in Turlock, California, and graduated from Modesto High School. He earned political science and economics undergraduate degrees from Stanford University, as well as a joint MBA/MPP from Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government. Harder worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for Bessemer Venture Partners for three years and then moved back to Turlock. Harder teaches business at Modesto Junior College.

In 2018, Harder ran for the United States House of Representatives in the 2018 district election to represent California's 10th congressional district. He won the jungle primary, securing a place on the general election ballot. He defeated Rep. Jeff Denham on November 6, 2018.

Harder and his wife, Pamela, were married in 2018.

2018 election to U.S. House of Representatives

Main article: California's 10th congressional district election, 2018

California's 10th congressional district is based in the Central Valley and includes Modesto and Tracy. Republican Jeff Denham had represented the 10th district since 2013 and previously represented the 19th district from 2011 to 2013. He ran for re-election in 2018. Harder joined five other Democrats and one Republican to challenge Denham in the primary election. Harder and Denham prevailed in the jungle primary on June 5, 2018, advancing to the general election the following November. He defeated Denham in the following general election.

Primary election

In May 2017, Harder announced his candidacy, joining three other Democrats to challenge Denham. Harder had hired the campaign manager for Michael Eggman, a former farmer who was Jeff Denham's opponent in the 2014 election and the 2016 election for CA-10.

Harder joined many other Democratic candidates in debates that happened between September 2017 and January 2018. In a poll taken following the January debate, the Indivisible chapter in Manteca published a poll suggesting that T.J. Cox was the preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination, followed by Josh Harder and Virginia Madueño. In a January 2018 caucus vote, Harder received 40% and T.J. Cox received 39% of the vote. Shortly thereafter, Michael Eggman (who ran against Jeff Denham in 2014 and 2016) entered the 2018 race. Immediately prior to the March 2018 filing deadline, Cox withdrew from the District 10 primary race, competing in California's 21st congressional district (CA-21) instead. CA-21 had no Democratic candidates prior to Cox's move, due to Democratic candidate Emilio Huerta dropping out of the race.

The Modesto Bee wrote on May 12, 2018, that “Jeff Denham is going to be hard to beat.” By this point, the original field of Democratic candidates had been cut in half from ten. In addition to Harder and Eggman, they included Sue Zwahlen, a former ER nurse and school board member; Virginia Madueño, the former mayor of Riverbank; and Michael Barkley, a socialist.

As a result of California's jungle primary system, only Jeff Denham and Josh Harder advanced to the general election ballot, with Denham finishing first with 37.5% of the primary vote, and Harder finishing second with 16.7% of the primary vote.

General election

California's 10th district was included on the list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018. In September 2018, both FiveThirtyEight and The Economist projected that Harder had at least a 63% chance of defeating Denham. On September 30, Harder and Denham participated in a televised debate.

On election night and for the days following the election, Jeff Denham held a lead in the reported results. On Friday, November 9, an update was published after tallying many of the absentee ballots that arrived in the days following the election, putting Harder in the lead. As of November 13, AP News reported that Josh Harder was declared the winner of this election. San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County officials plan to publish their final results by December 7, 2018.

References

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