Swalwell was my Congressman until I moved away from California. He was a product of the "top two" election reform in CA. My district was redistricted to combine with Fortney "Pete" Stark's district. Stark was going senile and Swalwell easily won.
I even went to his first local town hall meeting. He was all "Gee, shucks, I can't believe I'm going to Congress." A regular Jeff Smith. Once he got there, he turned into the next incarnation of Anthony Weiner - a freshman pit bull attacking anything that moved.
-PJ