Dan Lungren | |
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Chair of the House Administration Committee | |
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Bob Brady |
Succeeded by | Candice Miller |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Doug Ose |
Succeeded by | Ami Bera |
Attorney General of California | |
In office January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999 |
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Governor | Pete Wilson |
Preceded by | John Van de Kamp |
Succeeded by | Bill Lockyer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 |
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Preceded by | Duncan Hunter |
Succeeded by | Dana Rohrabacher |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
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Preceded by | Mark Hannaford |
Succeeded by | Esteban Torres |
Personal details | |
Born |
Daniel Edward Lungren September 22, 1946 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Bobbi Lungren |
Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.) |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Website | Campaign website |
Daniel Edward "Dan" Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is a former U.S. Representative for California's 3rd congressional district, serving from 2005 to 2013. During his tenure, the district covered most of Sacramento County, portions of Solano County, and all of Alpine, Amador, and Calaveras counties. Lungren is a member of the Republican Party, and a former member of the Republican Study Committee.
Lungren previously represented the Long Beach area in Congress from 1979 to 1989, served as California's Attorney General from 1991 to 1999, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of California in 1998, losing to Democrat Gray Davis, who was later recalled.
Dan Lungren was born in Long Beach, California, of Irish, Swedish, and Scottish extraction. From 1952, Lungren's father was the personal physician and a close friend of former President Richard Nixon.
Lungren graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1964 and matriculated to the University of Notre Dame, where he earned an A.B. with honors in English in 1968. He returned to California to chair Youth for Nixon during Nixon's first successful run for the presidency.