Congressman George Radanovich (rah-DON-oh-vitch), a Republican, represents California’s 19th
Congressional District and is currently serving his seventh term in Congress. 
A California native, Radanovich was born in the Sierra foothills community of Mariposa in 1955. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business management from California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo in 1978. Radanovich is married to the former Ethie Weaver, a California political consultant. They have one son, King.
George’s observation of a microclimate in Mariposa led him to pioneer grape growing to the area in 1982. Four years later he opened the region’s first winery and was the first full-time winemaker to serve in Congress since Thomas Jefferson. He also served as President of the historic, 74-member, 1994 House Republican Freshmen Class.
He has won the US Chamber’s” Spirit of Enterprise Award” and the NFIB’s “Guardian of Business Award.” In 2002, he was named UC Merced’s “Legislator of the Year,” and the Armenian National Committee named him “Man of the Year.” He also received the Fresno NAACP’s 2005 “Image Award.”
The Congressman currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and its Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Subcommittee on the Environment and Hazardous Materials and Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Previously, he has served on the Resources Committee, and was Chairman of the Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power and the Subcommittee on National Parks.