Mel Levine
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Meldon Edises Levine (born June 7, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is an attorney and former Democratic Congressman from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960 and was student body president (1963-64) and valedictorian at the University of California, Berkeley. After attending Princeton (MPA 1966) and Harvard (JD 1969) Universities, he was admitted to the California bar in 1970, following which he set up a private practice.
He was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John V. Tunney from 1971 to 1973. He served in the California State Assembly from 1977 to 1982. He served in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1992 and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1992. He supported the 1991 Gulf War Authorization Act which authorized the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678.[1] Levine is married to New Yorker journalist Connie Bruck. He has three children from a previous marriage: Adam Paul, Jake and Cara. He lives in Santa Monica, and is currently a partner in law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
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- ^ Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa (1991). The Almanac of American Politics 1992. Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 150-151. 0-89234-051-7.
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| Preceded by Alan Sieroty |
California State Assemblyman, 44th District 1977-1982 |
Succeeded by Tom Hayden |
| Preceded by Robert K. Dornan |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district 1983–1993 |
Succeeded by Carlos J. Moorhead |
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