# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-cardoza
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:06:36.328Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-cardoza"
name: "Dennis Cardoza"
slug: "dennis-cardoza"
description: "Dennis Alan Cardoza is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 18th congressional district from 2003 to 2012. The district took in a large swath of the Central Valley, from Stockton to Fresno. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On October 20, 2011, he announced he would retire from Congress at the end of 2012."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rep_Dennis_Cardoza.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.160909333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Cardoza"
    title: "Dennis Cardoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "دينيس كاردوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "دنیس کاردوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Cardoza"
    title: "Dennis Cardoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Cardoza"
    title: "Dennis Cardoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Cardoza"
    title: "Dionysius Cardoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Cardoza"
    title: "Dennis Cardoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump