California's 14th Congressional District Tops Gallup's "Well-Being Index"

California's 14th Congressional District topped Gallup's well-being index this year.

The San Francisco Chronicle wrote about Rep. Eshoo's reaction to news that her Congressional District was the "most content" and had the highest job satisfaction in the nation.

Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, the eight-term representative and the first woman ever elected to represent the district - which includes the cities of Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Clara and Palo Alto - said that the news is welcome indeed in a time when, well, happy headlines are hard to come by.

"There's not a shred of good news around - but when I woke up and saw this on my BlackBerry, I let out an 'all right!' right in my bathroom," said an ecstatic Eshoo in an interview on Tuesday. Eshoo said she has long bragged to her congressional colleagues that "I represent the most distinguished district in the entire nation" - but she noted that the new Gallup survey now confirms that there's more than just bragging rights involved.

"It is an extraordinary place," she said of the region that boasts of Stanford University, the venture capital bastions of Sand Hill Road, Santa Clara University and the Google headquarters. In a region where her constituents include some of the country's most innovative and successful high-tech entrepreneurs, she said, "change is not this year's political promise ... it's a constant requirement and continuing expectation." 

To see the full San Francisco Chronicle article, click here.

To hear Rep. Eshoo's KCBS interview, click here.

To see the study, click here.