Gary Condit
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 18th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Richard H. Lehman |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Cardoza |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th district |
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In office September 12, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Coelho |
| Succeeded by | Norman Y. Mineta |
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Gary Adrian Condit April 21, 1948 Salina, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Berry |
| Children | Cadee & Chadwick |
| Alma mater | Modesto Junior College (A.A) University of Southern California (B.B.A) |
| Profession | Businessman |
Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is a former politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. Condit holds a B.B.A from the USC Marshall School of Business. Condit originally represented California's 15th congressional district, and then later California's 18th congressional district after redistricting following the 1990 census.
Condit gained significant national attention for an extramarital affair with intern Chandra Levy, which was exposed after Levy's disappearance in May 2001. Condit was not candid and forthcoming with investigators about his relationship with Levy, bringing him considerable negative attention and speculation that he was somehow involved in her murder. Condit lost the 2002 Democratic primary based in large part on negative publicity from the scandal. Prosecutors later convicted an illegal immigrant and Mara Salvatrucha member, Ingmar Guandique, who had committed other assaults with similar characteristics. However, lacking physical evidence, the verdict was overturned and charges subsequently dropped by Washington D.C. prosecutors after the testimony of a jailhouse informant was determined to be unreliable.
Condit began his career on the city council of Ceres, California; near Modesto, from 1972 to 1976—the last two years as mayor. He served on the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors from 1976 to 1982, and was elected to the California State Assembly in 1982.
In 1988, Condit was a member of the "Gang of Five" with Charles M. Calderon of Whittier, Gerald R. Eaves of Rialto, Rusty Areias of Los Banos and Steve Peace of Chula Vista. The group tried and failed to unseat Willie Brown, who was serving as Speaker of the Assembly of the California State Assembly at the time, by making a deal with assembly Republicans. Steve Peace co-wrote and produced the 1988 film Return of the Killer Tomatoes; Condit appeared as unbilled, unspeaking pizzeria patron during a fight sequence wearing a trucker cap who smashes a bottle on the head of a cowboy.
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