# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wally-herger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:08.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wally-herger"
name: "Wally Herger"
slug: "wally-herger"
description: "Walter William Herger Jr. is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, his district was the state's largest congressional district by area. It covered almost all of interior Northern California including Chico, Redding and Red Bluff. On January 10, 2012, Herger announced he would not seek re-election in November."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WallyHerger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.4
  momentum:             6
  historical:           8.748381333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wally Herger"
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    title: "والى هيرجير"
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    title: "والی هرجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wally Herger"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Herger"
    title: "Wally Herger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Herger"
    title: "Wally Herger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualterius_Herger"
    title: "Gualterius Herger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Herger"
    title: "Wally Herger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Herger"
    title: "Wally Herger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Herger"
    title: "Wally Herger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368417"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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