Alan Lowenthal

Alan Lowenthal

Alan S. Lowenthal (born March 8, 1941 in New York City ) is an American politician . He has represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives since 2013 .

Career

Alan Lowenthal attended Hobart College in Geneva ( New York ) until 1962 . This was followed by studies at Ohio State University in Columbus until 1967 . Among other things, he studied philosophy. Since 1969 he has taught this subject at California State University in Long Beach . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1992 to 1998 he was a member of Long Beach City Council; from 1998 to 2004 he was a member of the California State Assembly . He then sat in the State Senate between 2004 and 2012 .

In the 2012 congressional elections , Lowenthal was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 47th  constituency of California , where he succeeded Loretta Sanchez , who moved to the 46th district, on January 3, 2013 . In the election he prevailed against the Republican Gary DeLong with a margin of 29,530 votes. He was the oldest new MP in the 113th Congress . After two re-elections so far in 2014 and 2016, he can continue to exercise his office today. His new legislative term runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018.

Alan Lowenthal is married for the second time and has two grown sons. His first wife, Bonnie Lowenthal, was also a member of the State Assembly of California.

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• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

• Web presence at the congress
• Alan Lowenthal in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)