Biography

James Gallagher

 

Congressman James Gallagher

James was elected in June to the 119th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of CA District 1 Representative Doug LaMalfa. Prior to being elected to Congress, James served in the California State Assembly from December 2014 - May 2026, where he served as Assembly Minority Leader for 4 years. Before being election to the State Assembly, he proudly served his community for 6 years as a member of the Sutter County Board of Supervisors.

James earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree at UC Berkeley, where he was Editor-in-Chief of The Patriot, a nationally recognized conservative news magazine, and was elected to the student senate. Upon graduation, he served in the prestigious Assembly Fellowship Program in Sacramento. Upon completion of the fellowship, he obtained his law degree from UC Davis, graduating at the top of his class. Gallagher is a partner in his family’s farming business as well as a practicing attorney, focusing on agricultural law.

James is married to his high school sweetheart Janna, and together they have five children. He is the sixth generation of an Irish immigrant farming family that first settled in Sutter County in the late 1800s. James and Janna make their home in Sutter County where they are raising the seventh generation of Gallagher’s.