Serving Orange County In Congress
Lou Correa proudly represents California’s 46th District.
Raised by working-class parents, Lou learned early the value of hard work, gratitude, and showing up for others. Those lessons still guide him today.
Since 1998, Lou has focused on one goal: helping Orange County families build better lives and reach the middle class. He believes public service should be about people, not playing partisan games.
Known for getting things done, Lou has earned a reputation as a practical problem-solver who listens, collaborates, and delivers real results for his community.
His experience includes serving in the California State Assembly (69th District), the California State Senate (34th District), and as an Orange County Supervisor representing the 1st District.
About California’s 46th District
The 46th district includes Orange County cities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, Orange and Garden Grove.
IT is a middle-class, blue-collar community, that is home to many proud American Veterans, many from our Greatest Generation, as well as the largest number of Dreamers in the United States.
Meet Lou
Keeping the American Dream Alive
Lou is honored to represent the Orange County community where he grew up and raised his family. Lou is the son of working-class parents, immigrants from Mexico, who taught him first-hand about sacrifice and hard work.
Lou remembers watching his mother go to work, to clean hotel rooms at minimum wage, while his father worked at a local paper mill. Lou’s parents gave him opportunity to pursue a public education, something they never had, an education ladder to the middle class.
Lou believes that public education is our society’s great equalizer. Lou is a product of the Anaheim public school system where he attended Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Fremont Junior High, and Anaheim High School. Lou graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a degree in Economics. After working and saving money to continue his educational goals, Lou returned to college and earned his Juris Doctor (JD) and a master’s in business administration (MBA) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
After college, Lou used his education to become a banker, attorney, and licensed real estate broker. His time in the private sector prepared him to find real solutions to everyday problems.
Lou has always been active in his community. Then, in 1996, Lou was recruited to run for the California State Assembly. Lou narrowly lost his first election, but ran again in 1998 and won, becoming a voice for the working families in Orange County.
Over the next decade, Lou would go on to serve on the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the California State Senate. Today, in the U.S. Congress, Lou continues to fight for his district. He has never forgotten that he works for his constituents, who sent him to Washington.
Today, Lou lives in Santa Ana, just three miles away from where he grew up in Anaheim. Lou’s children attended Santa Ana public schools. Lou is a member of Christ Cathedral Catholic Church and is married to Esther, his spouse of 32 years.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives write and vote on federal laws, including the federal budget. Each represents one district and serves a two-year term. Tax bills must start in the House, only the House can impeach federal officials, and members oversee federal agencies through their committees.