Anna A. Georges Eshoo (/ˈɛʃuː/ ESH-oo; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 18th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, is based in Silicon Valley, including the cities of Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Palo Alto, as well as part of San Jose. Eshoo is the only Assyrian American in Congress and one of only two Armenian American women in Congress, with Jackie Speier being the other.