Dan Lungren

Dan Lungren
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd and 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1989 January 3, 2005 – present
Preceded by	Mark W. Hannaford Doug Ose
Succeeded by	Dana Rohrabacher Incumbent
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Bobbi Lungren

Daniel Edward (Dan) Lungren (born September 22, 1946), is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's 3rd congressional district (see map), located in the suburbs of Sacramento where he has served since 2005.

Biography

Born in Long Beach, California of Irish and Swedish extraction, Lungren now calls Gold River his home, although he is described in some press reports as "R-Folsom". He is married to Bobbi Lungren and has three children.

After graduating from St. Anthony High School in 1964, Lungren earned a A.B. with honors in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1968. After graduating, he returned to California to chair "Youth for Nixon." He began law school at the University of Southern California and later transferred to Georgetown University Law Center from which he earned his J.D. in 1971.

Lungren has served once before in the House, from 1979 to 1989, representing California's 34th Congressional District, based in Long Beach. He was one of Newt Gingrich's chief lieutenants during this time, and was a founding member of the Conservative Opportunity Society. He served on the House Judiciary Committee, where his signature issue was immigration. He pushed for sanctions against employers who hired illegal immigrants, but supports a temporary guest-worker program. He was the principal House co-sponsor of the Simpson-Mazolli immigration bill, which became the Immigration Reform Act of 1986, with its provision for a "one time only" amnesty for more than 3 million illegal aliens. He also independently sponsored a "guest worker" bill, designed to allow for importation of "temporary" immigrant laborers. He left the House when California Governor George Deukmejian appointed him as California's acting State Treasurer, but was never confirmed (see [1]).

He was elected California Attorney General in 1990 and served two terms in that post. In 1998 Lungren ran as the Republican candidate for Governor of California, but was defeated by Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis. Lungren won the support of 38.4% of the voters while Davis received 57.9% of the votes.

Congressional career

Lungren has said his desire to serve in Congress was rekindled by the September 11, 2001 attacks. He quickly won support from the Republican establishment and easily won the Republican primary. The 3rd District had been in Democratic hands for 36 years after its creation in 1963 (it was originally the 4th District from 1963 to 1993), most notably under Vic Fazio from 1979-99, but went to Republican Doug Ose in 1999. It had been redrawn after the 2000 census to be much friendlier to Republicans, and Lungren easily won in November, returning to Congress after a 16-year absence.

Lungren was reappointed to the Judiciary Committee based on his previous five terms of seniority, and also serves on the Budget and Homeland Security committees. He has expressed an interest in becoming involved in immigration issues again.

In 2006 Lungren was returned to Congress with 59.5% of the vote. His opponent was Marine Combat Veteran Bill Durston (M.D.) [2]

External links

• U.S. Congressman Dan Lungren official House site
• United States Congress. "Dan Lungren (id: l000517)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Federal Election Commission — Daniel E Lungren campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Dan Lungren issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Dan Lungren campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Dan Lungren (CA) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Dan Lungren profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Dan Lungren voting record