Lois Capps

Lois Capps
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
In office March 17, 1998 – January 3, 2017
Preceded by	Walter Capps
Succeeded by	Salud Carbajal
Constituency	22nd district (1998–2003) 23rd district (2003–2013) 24th district (2013–2017)
Personal details
Born	Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud (1938-01-10) January 10, 1938 (age 86) Ladysmith, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Walter Capps ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 1997)​
Children	3
Education	Pacific Lutheran University (BS) Yale University (MA) University of California, Santa Barbara (MA)
Lois Capps's voice Lois Capps speaks on public awareness of strokes Recorded May 17, 2006

Lois Ragnhild Capps (née Grimsrud; January 10, 1938) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 24th congressional district from 1998 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 22nd District from 1998 to 2003 and the 23rd from 2003 to 2013, includes all of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and a portion of Ventura County.

Capps served on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where she was a member of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health. She was a member of the New Democrat Coalition.