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{{Short description|American politician (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Cal Dooley
|image         = caldooley.jpg
|office        = Chair of the [[New Democrat Coalition]]
|alongside     = [[Jim Moran]], [[Tim Roemer]]
|term_start    = January 3, 1997
|term_end      = January 3, 2001
|predecessor   = Position established
|successor     = [[Jim Davis (Florida politician)|Jim Davis]]<br>[[Ron Kind]]<br>[[Adam Smith (Washington politician)|Adam Smith]]
|state1        = [[California]]
|term_start1   = January 3, 1991
|term_end1     = January 3, 2005
|predecessor1  = [[Chip Pashayan]]
|successor1    = [[Jim Costa]]
|constituency1 = [[California's 17th congressional district|17th district]] (1991–1993)<br>[[California's 20th congressional district|20th district]] (1993–2005)
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1954|1|11}}
|birth_place   = [[Visalia, California]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse        = Linda Phillips
|education     = [[University of California, Davis]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Stanford University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Calvin M. Dooley''' (born January 11, 1954) is an [[United States|American]] politician, who served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1991 to 2005. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he represented the [[California's 17th congressional district|17th]] and [[California's 20th congressional district|20th districts]] of [[California]].

== Early life and education ==
Born in [[Visalia, California]], he grew up on his parents' farm several miles east of [[Hanford, California|Hanford]] and graduated from [[Hanford Joint Union High School District|Hanford Union High School]] in 1972. Dooley earned his bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from the [[University of California, Davis]] in 1977 and a master's degree in Management from [[Stanford University]] in 1987.

== Career ==
Dooley worked as a rancher and then as an administrative assistant for California State Senator [[Rose Ann Vuich]] from 1987 to 1990.

=== U.S. House of Representatives ===
In 1990, Dooley won the Democratic primary for what was then the 17th District and faced six-term [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Chip Pashayan]] in November. Although Pashayan had been reelected with 71 percent of the vote in 1988, he was bogged down by the [[House banking scandal]], and Dooley defeated him by just over 9 points. In 1992, his district was renumbered as the 20th District and drawn as a Latino-majority district. He was easily reelected that year and five more times after that. He faced only one truly serious contest, when Republican Rich Rodriguez managed to hold him to 53 percent of the vote. A "[[New Democrats (United States)|New Democrat]]," his voting record was considered moderate, as is typical for Democrats from the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36946 |title=Conservation of exotic wild birds : hearing before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, on S. 1218 and S. 1219 |date=1992 |publisher=For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office |isbn=0-16-039280-2 |location=Washington |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.36946 }}</ref>

Dooley announced his retirement in 2004 and endorsed his chief of staff, Lisa Quigley, as his successor. However, most of the rest of the state Democratic establishment endorsed [[Jim Costa]], a former state legislator from the Fresno area. This touched off a contentious primary battle which was won by Costa, all but assuring him of victory in November. 
On October 10, 2002, Cal Dooley was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]]. He has later said that he regrets this vote.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

=== Later career ===
Having served as the president and CEO of the [[Food Products Association]] (FPA), Dooley assumed the same roles at the [[Grocery Manufacturers Association]] (GMA), following a merger with the FPA. GMA is a Washington-based trade association representing food manufacturers.

In September 2008, Dooley assumed the position of CEO of the [[American Chemistry Council]], the trade association for American chemical companies. He announced his retirement in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=American Chemistry Council's Dooley Announces Retirement |url=https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/ACCs-Dooley-Announces-Retirement.html |access-date=April 13, 2020 |publisher=American Chemistry Council |date=April 26, 2018 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208004533/https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/ACCs-Dooley-Announces-Retirement.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Dooley is married to the former Linda Phillips, who heads the [[Bryce Harlow#Bryce Harlow Foundation|Bryce Harlow Foundation]] in Washington DC. The couple have two daughters, one of whom is on the Charlottesville City School Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Emily Dooley- Charlottesville- Nest Realty |url=https://www.nestrealty.com/charlottesville/agents/dooley_emily.html#my-listings |publisher=Nest Realty |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081123172048/http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_acc/sec_leadership.asp?CID=351&DID=753 American Chemistry Council Leadership Biography]
*{{C-SPAN|28277}}

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