Mullin, Kevin

Kevin Mullin is a Democratic representative from California's 15th Congressional District, which encompasses much of the San Francisco Bay Peninsula including San Mateo County. He was first elected to Congress in 2022 and took office on January 3, 2023. Before his election to the House, Mullin served a decade in local and state government, including as a South San Francisco city councilmember and mayor from 2007 to 2012, and as a California State Assembly member representing the 22nd district from 2012 to 2022, where he served as speaker pro tempore from 2014 to 2022.

Mullin's professional background includes entrepreneurship and media production. He founded KM2 Communications, a multimedia production business, and previously worked as a district director for then-state senator Jackie Speier and as political director for his father, former state assemblymember Gene Mullin. He holds a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of San Francisco and a master's degree in public administration from San Francisco State University.

In Congress, Mullin serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where he is a member of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, the Energy Subcommittee, and the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. He was appointed to this influential committee after just two years in Congress. His legislative priorities include climate resilience, democracy reform, and addressing the high cost of living. Notable bills he has sponsored include the CHATBOT Act, legislation to ban nitrous oxide consumer products, and the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. He also serves as co-chair of the Congressional Taskforce on Strengthening Democracy.

During his Assembly tenure, Mullin championed voting rights and democracy reform, authoring the landmark DISCLOSE Act to combat dark money in politics and pioneering all-vote-by-mail elections in California. He also worked on climate resilience initiatives, including helping secure funding for Caltrain electrification and establishing San Mateo County's OneShoreline agency to address sea level rise. Mullin is hard-of-hearing and wears hearing aids, and has been an advocate for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community through consumer protection legislation.