Dan Lungren
Dan Lungren | |
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Chair of theHouse Administration Committee | |
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Bob Brady |
Succeeded by | Candice Miller |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia | |
In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Doug Ose |
Succeeded by | Ami Bera |
Constituency | 3rd district |
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1989 | |
Preceded by | Mark W. Hannaford |
Succeeded by | Dana Rohrabacher |
Constituency | 34th district(1979–1983) 42nd district(1983–1989) |
29thAttorney General of California | |
In office January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999 | |
Governor | Pete Wilson |
Preceded by | John Van de Kamp |
Succeeded by | Bill Lockyer |
Personal details | |
Born | Long Beach, California,U.S. | September 22, 1946
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Bobbi Lungren (m.1969) |
Children | 3 |
Education | University of Notre Dame(BA) Georgetown University(JD) |
Daniel Edward Lungren(born September 22, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as theU.S. representativeforCalifornia's 3rd congressional districtfrom 2005 to 2013. A member of theRepublican Party,during his tenure, the district covered most ofSacramento County,portions ofSolano County,as well as all ofAlpine County,Amador CountyandCalaveras County.
Lungren previously represented theLong Beacharea in Congress from 1979 to 1989 and served as the 29thAttorney General of Californiafrom 1991 to 1999. He was the Republican nominee forGovernor of Californiain1998,losing toDemocratGray Davis.As of 2024, Lungren is the last Republican to officially serve as California State Attorney General to date. In Congress, he was a member of theRepublican Study Committee.[original research?]
Early life, education and private career
[edit]Dan Lungren was born inLong Beach, California,of Irish, Swedish and Scottish descent. From 1952, Lungren's father, John, was the personal physician to and a close friend of former PresidentRichard Nixon.[1]
Lungren graduated fromSt. Anthony High Schoolin 1964 and matriculated to theUniversity of Notre Dame,where he earned an A.B. degree with honors inEnglishin 1968.[2]He returned to California to chair Youth for Nixon during Nixon's first successful run for the presidency.[3]
Lungren began his legal studies at theUniversity of Southern California Law Schoolbut transferred toGeorgetown University Law Center,where he earned hisJ.D.degree in 1971. During his years at Georgetown, Lungren worked for U.S. Senators George Murphy (R-California) and Bill Brock (R-Tennessee). From 1971 to 1972, he was Special Assistant to the co-chair of theRepublican National Committee(RNC); Lungren's wife, Bobbi, worked in the Nixon White House at the time.[4]When Lungren returned to Long Beach, he joined a law firm and practiced civil law for a short time before running unsuccessfully for Congress in 1976. He was successful in 1978.[5]
U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989)
[edit]Lungren first served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1989, representing portions ofLong BeachandOrange County.Radley Balkowrote in 2012: "Lungren rose in stature with the election ofRonald Reaganin1980,and quickly became a darling of the tough-on-crime crowd and the risingmoral majoritymovement. "[6]He was one ofNewt Gingrich's chief lieutenants during this time; he was a founding member of theConservative Opportunity Society.He served on theHouse Judiciary Committee,where he pushed for "tough on crime" legislation. In 1984, Lungren sponsored theComprehensive Crime Control Act,"at the time one of the most sweeping pieces of anti-crime legislation in U.S. history."[6]In addition, he supportedasset forfeitureas a weapon in theWar on Drugs,saying he wanted to "[m]ake it illegal for a dry cleaner or a grocery store to take money from a drug dealer (...) and if they do, seize the business. Put the merchant in jail."[6]
Lungren also supportedsanctionsagainst employers who hired illegal immigrants, but also favored a temporary guest-worker program. He was the principal House cosponsor of the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill, which became theImmigration Reform Act of 1986.He also independently sponsored a "guest worker" bill, designed to allow for importation of "temporary" immigrant laborers.[7]
California statewide offices
[edit]In late 1987, California GovernorGeorge Deukme gianattempted to appoint Lungren to fill a vacancy in the office ofCalifornia State Treasurer.Thestate Assemblyconfirmed Lungren's appointment, but thestate Senaterejected it. Arguing that only one house of theLegislatureneeded to confirm him, Lungren took his case to theCalifornia Supreme Court;while pursuing this action, he did not seek re-election to the U.S. House. On June 23, 1988, the state Supreme Court ruled that both houses of the legislature had to confirm Lungren's appointment; he thus found himself out of a job in bothWashington, D.C.andSacramento.[8]
Lungren was electedAttorney General of Californiain1990;he served two terms from 1991 to 1999. Shortly after becoming attorney general, Lungren, a staunch supporter ofcapital punishment,presided over California's first execution in over twenty years.[6]During his tenure in the office, he helped pass legislation such as "Megan's Law","3-Strikes-and-You're-Out "," Sexual Anti-Predator Act "and the" California's Safe Schools Plan ".[9]He also sponsored a law allowing minors as young as 14 who are accused of murder to be tried as adults and "led a national effort to limit lawsuits filed by prisoners, which produced the federalPrison Litigation Reform Act of 1996."[6]His 1993 letter to five majorvideo gamepublishers and seven major video game retailers, asking them "to stop the manufacturing, licensing, distribution, or sale of any video game that portrays graphic and gratuitous violence", was called "the strongest anti-violence statement yet from a top government official" by the gaming press, even with Lungren's accompanying statement that he was strictly making an appeal to the companies' sense of civic responsibility and not calling for any form of government censorship.[10][11]In 1996, he was considered as a possiblevice presidentialcandidate to run with Republican nomineeBob Dole.[12]That same year, Lungren "vigorously opposed"Proposition 215,which legalizedmedical marijuanain California.[6]
In 1998 Lungren ran as the Republican candidate for the governorship against Democratic Lieutenant GovernorGray Davis.Davis received 57.9% of the votes, while Lungren got 38.4%. During the campaign, Davis maintained that Lungren, who presented himself as the political heir to former California Governor and U.S. PresidentRonald Reagan,was too conservative for California. Davis also criticized Lungren's hesitancy, as California Attorney General, to enforce laws restricting assault weapons and his waiting until the last minute to become part of a class action lawsuit against the cigarette industry.
U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2013)
[edit]In2004Lungren was elected toCalifornia's 3rd congressional district,which included several rural and exurban areas east of Sacramento.[13]He had moved toGold River,a Sacramento suburb, in the 1990s.
Lungren was reappointed to the Judiciary Committee based on his previous five terms of seniority; he also served on theHomeland Security Committee.In 2005, Lungren supported theUSA PATRIOT Act,which renewed the federal government's ability to perform secret surveillance including wiretaps of citizens and monitoring of public and private computerpacket-switched networksto prevent terrorism from hitting the United States. In 2006, Lungren and fellow U.S. RepresentativeJane Harmanauthored the SAFE Port Act, which improves security at the ports including additional requirements for maritime facilities, foreign port assessments, container security initiatives and Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism. The bill passed the House with bipartisan support. Also in 2006, he sponsored the "Streamlined Procedures Act" which "would strip federal courts of the power to reviewhabeas corpuspetitions in state death penalty cases. "[6]In 2007, Lungren was appointed to theHouse Administration Committee.[citation needed]
Lungren stated that he opposed "any bill brought to the floor of the House that includes an amnesty provision that confers citizenship status." He cited his concern as the millions of "legal immigrants who wait years in order to obtain permanent residence and citizenship."[14]Lungren was an opponent of "the huge growth of spending earmarks." Described as a "maverick", he "cited the need for the party to adopt more fiscally conservative policies."[15]
On July 29, 2008, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6295, introduced by Lungren. This legislation was to stop the use of submersible and semi-submersible vessels used to transport drugs and other contraband that pose a threat to communities and national security. Shortly after the2008 election,a newly reelected Lungren challengedJohn Boehnerfor House Minority Leader. Although Lungren did not win the post, Boehner appointed him as Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee. To serve in this new role, he left his seat on theBudget Committee.Lungren became Chairman of the House Administration Committee when Republicans took control of the House in January 2011.The Cook Political Reportby theNational Journalnamed Lungren the Republican most vulnerable to redistricting in2012.[16]
Lungren lost his reelection bid forCalifornia's 7th congressional district,reapportioned after the2010 United States census,in the November 2012 election, won by the Democratic challenger,Ami Bera,by a margin of 5,700 votes – 51.1% to 48.9%.[17]
Committee assignments
[edit]- Committee on House Administration(Chairman)
- Committee on the Judiciary
- Committee on Homeland Security
- Joint Committee on Printing
- Joint Committee on the Library
- Republican Study Committee
Political campaigns
[edit]2004
[edit]Lungren ran for Congress again in the 3rd congressional district after six-year incumbent U.S. RepresentativeDoug Oseannounced his retirement.[18]Lungren stated that his desire to serve in Congress again was rekindled by theSeptember 11 attacks.He won a come from behind victory in a three-way primary against Mary Ose (wife of Doug) and State SenatorRico Ollerin 2004.[19]
2010
[edit]Lungren was challenged by Democratic nomineeAmi Bera,a physician by occupation, American Independent Jerry Leidecker, Peace and Freedom nominee Mike Roskey and Libertarian Douglas Arthur Tuma. Lungren was reelected with 50.6% of the vote, with Bera accumulating 42.7% and 6.7% for other candidates.[20]
2012
[edit]After the 2010 U.S. Census, Lungren's district was renumbered as the 7th district. It lost all of its territory outside Sacramento County and had a more evenly divided registration of Republicans and Democrats than its predecessor.[21]He again faced Democrat Ami Bera in the November general election.[22]With the 7th seen as a swing district, the race was described as a potential "PACBattlefield ".[23]In one of the most-watched House races nationally, both sides poured in millions of dollars for their campaigns. Bera was ultimately elected to the seat, with 51.7% of the vote to Lungren's 48.3%[24]
Electoral history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford(incumbent) | 100,988 | 50.7 | |
Republican | Dan Lungren | 98,147 | 49.3 | |
Total votes | 199,135 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratichold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren | 90,554 | 53.7 | |||
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford(incumbent) | 73,608 | 43.7 | |||
American Independent | Lawrence John Stafford | 4,410 | 2.6 | |||
Total votes | 168,572 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
RepublicangainfromDemocratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 138,024 | 71.8 | |
Democratic | Simone[28] | 46,351 | 24.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 7,794 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 192,169 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 142,845 | 69.0 | |
Democratic | James P. Spellman | 58,690 | 28.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 5,514 | 2.7 | |
Total votes | 207,049 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 177,783 | 73.0 | |
Democratic | Mary Lou Brophy | 60,025 | 24.6 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 5,811 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 243,619 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 140,364 | 72.8 | |
Democratic | Michael P. Blackburn | 47,586 | 24.7 | |
Peace and Freedom | Kate McClatchy | 4,761 | 2.5 | |
Total votes | 192,711 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren | 3,407,927 | 46.8 | |||
Democratic | Arlo Smith | 3,379,021 | 46.4 | |||
Libertarian | Paul N. Gautreau | 256,378 | 3.5 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 242,871 | 3.3 | |||
Total votes | 7,286,197 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
RepublicangainfromDemocratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 4,363,760 | 54.0 | |
Democratic | Tom Umberg | 3,189,836 | 39.4 | |
Libertarian | Richard Burns | 275,265 | 3.4 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 259,073 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 8,087,934 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gray Davis | 4,860,702 | 58.0 | |||
Republican | Dan Lungren | 3,218,030 | 38.4 | |||
Green | Dan Hamburg | 104,179 | 1.2 | |||
Libertarian | Steve Kubby | 73,845 | 0.9 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Gloria La Riva | 59,218 | 0.7 | |||
American Independent | Nathan Johnson | 37,964 | 0.4 | |||
Natural Law | Harold H. Bloomfield | 31,237 | 0.4 | |||
Total votes | 8,385,175 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
DemocraticgainfromRepublican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren | 177,738 | 62.0 | |
Democratic | Gabe Castillo | 100,025 | 34.8 | |
Libertarian | Douglas Arthur Tuma | 9,310 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 287,073 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 135,709 | 59.5 | |
Democratic | Bill Durston | 86,318 | 37.9 | |
Libertarian | Douglas Arthur Tuma | 3,772 | 1.6 | |
Peace and Freedom | Michael Roskey | 2,370 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 228,169 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 155,424 | 49.5 | |
Democratic | Bill Durston | 137,971 | 44.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Dina J. Padilla | 13,378 | 4.2 | |
Libertarian | Douglas Arthur Tuma | 7,273 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 314,046 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 131,169 | 50.1 | |
Democratic | Ami Bera | 113,128 | 43.2 | |
American Independent | Jerry L. Leidecker | 6,577 | 2.5 | |
Libertarian | Douglas Arthur Tuma | 6,275 | 2.4 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mike Roskey | 4,789 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 261,938 | 100.0 | ||
Republicanhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ami Bera | 141,241 | 51.7 | |
Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 132,050 | 48.3 | |
Total votes | 273,291 | 100.0 | ||
DemocraticgainfromRepublican |
Personal life
[edit]Lungren and his wife Bobbi have three children: Jeff, Kelly and Kathleen. He has seven grandchildren. In 2010 he was inducted into the College of Fellows of theDominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
References
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External links
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- U.S. Congressman Dan Lungrenofficial U.S. House website
- Biographyat theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office)at theFederal Election Commission
- ProfileatVote Smart
- The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, final districtsCalifornia Citizens Redistricting Commission | "Fair Representation - Democracy at Work!"
- AppearancesonC-SPAN
- 1946 births
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- American people of Swedish descent
- California attorneys general
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- Living people
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- Politicians from Long Beach, California
- Lawyers from Long Beach, California
- University of Notre Dame alumni
- 21st-century American legislators
- Members of Congress who became lobbyists