Dan Lungren

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dan Lungren

| image = DanLungren 2009.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2009

| office = Chair of the House Administration Committee

| term_start = January 3, 2011

| term_end = January 3, 2013

| predecessor = Bob Brady

| successor = Candice Miller

| office1 = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California

| constituency1 = {{ushr|CA|3|3rd district}}

| term_start1 = January 3, 2005

| term_end1 = January 3, 2013

| predecessor1 = Doug Ose

| successor1 = Ami Bera

| constituency2 = 34th district (1979–1983)
42nd district (1983–1989)

| term_start2 = January 3, 1979

| term_end2 = January 3, 1989

| predecessor2 = Mark W. Hannaford

| successor2 = Dana Rohrabacher

| order3 = 29th

| office3 = Attorney General of California

| governor3 = Pete Wilson

| term_start3 = January 7, 1991

| term_end3 = January 4, 1999

| predecessor3 = John Van de Kamp

| successor3 = Bill Lockyer

| birth_name = Daniel Edward Lungren

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|9|22}}

| birth_place = Long Beach, California, US

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Republican

| spouse = {{marriage|Bobbi Kolls|1969|2022|end = died}}

| children = 3

| education = University of Notre Dame (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

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Daniel Edward Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician. A native of Long Beach, California, his career as an elected official began when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, representing the Long Beach area from 1979 to 1989. He then served as attorney general of California from 1991 to 1999, and ran unsuccessfully for governor of California in 1998, losing to Democrat Gray Davis.

In 2005, he returned to Congress, representing {{ushr|CA|3}}, which covered most of Sacramento County, portions of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine County, Amador County and Calaveras County. In 2012, his seat was redistricted, and he sought re-election in {{USHR|CA|7}}, losing to Democrat Ami Bera.

Early life, education and private career

Daniel Edward Lungren was born in Long Beach, California, on September 22, 1946,{{cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/160401719/|title = Lungren's Political Path Chosen Early|last = Lesher|first = Dave|date = May 7, 1998|accessdate = February 11, 2025|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|via = Newspapers.com|page = A1, A38|url-access = subscription}} to a family of Irish, Swedish and Scottish descent. From 1952, Lungren's father, John, was the personal physician to and a close friend of former President Richard Nixon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/01/us/john-c-lungren-83-nixon-s-doctor-is-dead.html|title=John C. Lungren, 83, Nixon's Doctor, Is Dead|first=Lawrence K.|last=Altman|work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 2000|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729081650/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/01/us/john-c-lungren-83-nixon-s-doctor-is-dead.html|url-status=live}}

Lungren graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1964 and matriculated to the University of Notre Dame, where he earned an A.B. degree with honors in English in 1968.{{Cite web |title="Independence Ave" |url=http://independenceave.org/congress/member/ca/03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712160429/http://independenceave.org/congress/member/ca/03 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }} He returned to California to chair Youth for Nixon during Nixon's first successful run for the presidency.{{Cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n17_v50/ai_21129279/pg_1|title=Biodata|access-date=August 4, 2008|archive-date=October 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015052743/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n17_v50/ai_21129279/pg_1|url-status=live}} He anticipated military service during the Vietnam War but was ruled ineligible due to a knee injury he sustained while playing football in high school.

Lungren began his legal studies at the University of Southern California Law School but transferred to Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his J.D. degree in 1971. During his years at Georgetown, Lungren worked for Republican U.S. Senators George Murphy of California and Bill Brock of Tennessee. From 1971 to 1972, he was Special Assistant to the co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC); Lungren's wife, Bobbi, worked in the Nixon White House at the time.{{Cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n17_v50/ai_21129279/pg_2?tag=artBody;col1|title=Biodata|access-date=July 31, 2008|archive-date=September 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924110821/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n17_v50/ai_21129279/pg_2?tag=artBody;col1|url-status=live}} 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.[http://lungren.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=32 United States House of Representatives website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226194238/http://lungren.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=32 |date=December 26, 2007 }}

U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989)

Lungren first served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1989, representing portions of Long Beach and Orange County. Radley Balko wrote in 2012: "Lungren rose in stature with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, and quickly became a darling of the tough-on-crime crowd and the rising moral majority movement."Balko, Radley (November 19, 2012) [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/dan-lungren-drug-warrior-reelection_n_2159755.html?1353357429 Dan Lungren, Drug Warrior, Loses Bid For Reelection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424233217/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dan-lungren-drug-warrior-reelection_n_2159755?1353357429= |date=April 24, 2023 }}, Huffington Post He was one of Newt Gingrich's chief lieutenants during this time; he was a founding member of the Conservative Opportunity Society. He served on the House Judiciary Committee, where he pushed for "tough on crime" legislation. In 1984, Lungren sponsored the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, "at the time one of the most sweeping pieces of anti-crime legislation in U.S. history." In addition, he supported asset forfeiture as a weapon in the War 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."

Lungren also supported sanctions against 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 the Immigration Reform Act of 1986. He also independently sponsored a "guest worker" bill, designed to allow for importation of "temporary" immigrant laborers.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1992&dat=19850729&id=EC9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LE8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5114,4285082|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711140527/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1992&dat=19850729&id=EC9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LE8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5114,4285082|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2012|title="Merced Sun-Star July 29, 1985}}

California statewide offices

In late 1987, California Governor George Deukmejian attempted to appoint Lungren to fill a vacancy in the office of California State Treasurer. The state Assembly confirmed Lungren's appointment, but the state Senate rejected it. Arguing that only one house of the Legislature needed to confirm him, Lungren took his case to the California 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 both Washington, D.C. and Sacramento.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-25-mn-5026-story.html|title=Lungren Vows Not to Retire From Politics, Hints at New Effort in 1990|first1=Richard C.|last1=Paddock|first2=Mark|last2=Gladstone|date=June 25, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2023|archive-date=September 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927234623/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-25-mn-5026-story.html|url-status=live}}

Lungren was elected Attorney General of California in 1990 and re-elected in 1994. He ran as a staunch supporter of capital punishment, and in 1992, executions resumed in California after a 25-year pause, with a total of five occurring under his tenure.{{cite web|url = https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/data/executions?state=California&federal=No|title = Execution Database|website = Death Penalty Information Center|accessdate = February 10, 2025}}{{cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/177393272/|title = Harris Dies after Judicial Deal|last1 = Morain|first1 = Dan|last2 = Gorman|first2 = Tom|date = April 22, 1992|accessdate = February 10, 2025|page = 1|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|url-access = subscription|quote = Robert Alton Harris died in San Quentin's gas chamber at sunrise Tuesday, becoming the first person executed in California in 25 years.}} He also 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".[http://lungren.house.gov/biography/ "Congressman Dan Lungren official web site"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417194355/http://lungren.house.gov/biography/ |date=April 17, 2012 }} 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 federal Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996." His 1993 letter to five major video game publishers 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.{{cite magazine|title=California's Attorney General Attacks Video Violence|magazine=GamePro|issue=55|publisher=IDG|date=February 1994|page=186}}{{cite magazine|last=Semrad |first=Ed |title=Violence in Video Games... Part 2!|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=54|publisher=EGM Media, LLC|date=January 1994|page=6}} In 1996, he was considered as a possible vice presidential candidate to run with Republican nominee Bob Dole.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-20-mn-16707-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 20, 1996|title=Lungren as Dole Running Mate? Some Can See It|author=Bill Stall|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305225703/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-20/news/mn-16707_1_dan-lungren|url-status=live}} That same year, Lungren "vigorously opposed" Proposition 215, which legalized medical marijuana in California.

In 1998, Lungren was the Republican candidate for governor of California, running against Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis. During the campaign, Davis maintained that Lungren, who presented himself as the political heir to former California Governor and U.S. President Ronald 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. Lungren touted his crime policies and promoted the economic records of the two preceding Republican governors, George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson. On election day, Davis won with 57.9% of the vote, while Lungren got 38.4%.

U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2013)

In 2004 Lungren was elected to California's 3rd congressional district, which included several rural and exurban areas east of Sacramento.{{cite web|title=Rep. Dan Lungren (R) |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/dan-lungren-ca/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129114707/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/dan-lungren-ca/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |work=Almanac |publisher=National Journal |access-date=July 3, 2012 }} He had moved to Gold 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 the Homeland Security Committee. In 2005, Lungren supported the USA PATRIOT Act, which renewed the federal government's ability to perform secret surveillance including wiretaps of citizens and monitoring of public and private computer packet-switched networks to prevent terrorism from hitting the United States. In 2006, Lungren and fellow U.S. Representative Jane Harman authored 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 review habeas corpus petitions in state death penalty cases." In 2007, Lungren was appointed to the House Administration Committee.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

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."{{cite web|title=Immigration Position |url=http://lungren.house.gov/immigration/ |publisher=US House of Representatives |access-date=July 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712134120/http://lungren.house.gov/immigration/ |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }} 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."{{cite web|title=California District 3 Rep. Dan Lungren |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/memberdistrict/306 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129135858/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/memberdistrict/306 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |work=Almanac |publisher=National Journal |access-date=July 26, 2012 }}

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 the 2008 election, a newly reelected Lungren challenged John Boehner for 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 the Budget Committee. Lungren became Chairman of the House Administration Committee when Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. The Cook Political Report by the National Journal named Lungren the Republican most vulnerable to redistricting in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/top-10-republicans-most-vulnerable-to-redistricting-20110415 |title=Top 10 Republicans Most Vulnerable to Redistricting |author=David Wasserman and Julia Edwards |date=April 15, 2011 |work=Cook Political Report |publisher=National Journal |access-date=April 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501045824/http://nationaljournal.com/top-10-republicans-most-vulnerable-to-redistricting-20110415 |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}

Lungren lost his reelection bid for California's 7th congressional district, reapportioned after the 2010 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%.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lungren-loses-his-House-seat-4042548.php |title=Lungren loses his House seat |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=November 16, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116135848/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lungren-loses-his-House-seat-4042548.php |url-status=live }}

=Committee assignments=

Political campaigns

=2004=

Lungren ran for Congress again in the 3rd congressional district after six-year incumbent U.S. Representative Doug Ose announced his retirement.[http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/754937.html Sacramento Bee article on Lungren's 2001 congressional election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511062603/http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/754937.html |date=May 11, 2008 }} Lungren stated that his desire to serve in Congress again was rekindled by the September 11 attacks. He won a come from behind victory in a three-way primary against Mary Ose (sister of Doug) and State Senator Rico Oller in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/members/polltrack/2004/races/house/ca/ca03.htm?|title=National Journal polltracking re Lungren in 2004}}

=2010=

{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 3}}

Lungren was challenged by Democratic nominee Ami 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-results-2010/#/house/CA3|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Senate, House and gubernatorial races|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=November 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103232104/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-results-2010/#/house/CA3|url-status=live}}

=2012=

{{see also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 7}}

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.{{cite news|title=Dan Lungren ramps up re-election efforts in Sacramento Co. seat|url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/03/dan-lungren-ramps-up-re-election-efforts-for-sacramento-seat.html|newspaper=Sacramento Bee|date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725151626/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/03/dan-lungren-ramps-up-re-election-efforts-for-sacramento-seat.html|archive-date=July 25, 2012}} He again faced Democrat Ami Bera in the November general election.{{cite news|title=Dan Lungren defends embattled Sacramento GOP voter drive|url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/06/dan-lungren-responds-to-sacramento-gop-voter-drive-issues.html|access-date=July 31, 2012|newspaper=Sacramento Bee|date=June 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725203605/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/06/dan-lungren-responds-to-sacramento-gop-voter-drive-issues.html|archive-date=July 25, 2012}} With the 7th seen as a swing district, the race was described as a potential "PAC Battlefield".{{cite news|last=Morain |first=Dan |title=Dan Morain: Lungren-Bera race likely to be a PAC battlefield |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/22/4646299/lungren-bera-race-likely-to-be.html#storylink=cp |access-date=July 31, 2012 |newspaper=Sacramento Bee |date=July 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725075300/http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/22/4646299/lungren-bera-race-likely-to-be.html |archive-date=July 25, 2012 }} 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%[http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/217462/2/Lungren-concedes-District-7-seat-to-Bera Dan Lungren concedes Congressional District 7 race to Ami Bera] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130221222405/http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/217462/2/Lungren-concedes-District-7-seat-to-Bera |date=February 21, 2013 }} News10.net. November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012.

Later career

After leaving Congress, Lungren co-founded the lobbying firm Lungren Lopina LLC.{{cite news|url = https://finance.yahoo.com/news/king-spalding-adds-ex-us-125240236.html|title = King & Spalding Adds Ex-US Congressman, California AG|date = April 12, 2018|accessdate = November 17, 2024|work = Law.com|publisher = Yahoo Finance}}{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dan-lungren-returns-for-a-visit/2015/01/21/250c5182-a1af-11e4-9f89-561284a573f8_story.html|title = Dan Lungren returns for a visit|last1 = Kamen|first1 = Al|last2 = Itkowitz|first2 = Colby|date = January 21, 2015|accessdate = November 17, 2024|newspaper = The Washington Post|url-access = limited}} In 2018, he joined the law firm King & Spalding, working from their offices in Washington, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.{{cite news|url = https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/dan-lungren-joins-king-spalding/|title = Dan Lungren Joins King & Spalding|work = Corporate Crime Reporter|date = April 10, 2018|accessdate = November 17, 2024}}

Personal life

In 1969, Lungren married Bobbi Kolls, with whom he had three children; the couple resided in Alexandria, Virginia, at the time of her death in 2022.{{cite web|url = https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/barbara-lungren-obituary?id=36018530|title = Barbara "Bobbi" Lungren|publisher = Legacy.com|newspaper = The Sacramento Bee|date = July 28, 2022|accessdate = November 17, 2024}} He is Catholic.{{cite news|url = https://www.cal-catholic.com/dan-lungren-not-conceding-to-ami-bera-in-nailbiter/|title = Dan Lungren not conceding to Ami Bera in nailbiter|date = November 7, 2012|work = California Catholic Daily|accessdate = November 17, 2024}}

Electoral history

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|votes = 90,554

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|candidate = Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent)

|votes = 73,608

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|candidate = Lawrence John Stafford

|votes = 4,410

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|votes = 138,024

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|candidate = Simone[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19801021&id=GK8SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7022,1332174 Google News Archive – Spokane Daily Chronicle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424233214/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19801021&id=GK8SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7022,1332174 |date=April 24, 2023 }} "Candidate names confuse," by Tom Raum (October 21, 1980 – retrieved on July 30, 2009).

|votes = 46,351

|percentage = 24.1

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|candidate = John S. Donohue

|votes = 7,794

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|votes = 142,845

|percentage = 69.0

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|candidate = James P. Spellman

|votes = 58,690

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|votes = 5,514

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|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021080858/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf |date=October 21, 2011 }} "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1984," (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

|votes = 177,783

|percentage = 73.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Mary Lou Brophy

|votes = 60,025

|percentage = 24.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = John S. Donohue

|votes = 5,811

|percentage = 2.4

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 243,619

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123044610/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf |date=January 23, 2017 }} "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986," (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

|votes = 140,364

|percentage = 72.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Michael P. Blackburn

|votes = 47,586

|percentage = 24.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = Kate McClatchy

|votes = 4,761

|percentage = 2.5

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 192,711

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=California Attorney General election, 1990[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=331380 Our Campaigns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024005817/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=331380 |date=October 24, 2012 }} "California Attorney General Race – November 6, 1990", (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren

|votes = 3,407,927

|percentage = 46.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Arlo Smith

|votes = 3,379,021

|percentage = 46.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Paul N. Gautreau

|votes = 256,378

|percentage = 3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = Robert J. Evans

|votes = 242,871

|percentage = 3.3

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 7,286,197

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=California Attorney General election, 1994[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40654 Our Campaigns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030183512/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40654 |date=October 30, 2006 }} "California Attorney General Race – November 8, 1994", (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

|votes = 4,363,760

|percentage = 54.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Tom Umberg

|votes = 3,189,836

|percentage = 39.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Richard Burns

|votes = 275,265

|percentage = 3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = Robert J. Evans

|votes = 259,073

|percentage = 3.2

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 8,087,934

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=California gubernatorial election, 1998[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207 Our Campaigns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129184848/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207 |date=January 29, 2009 }} "California Attorney General Race – November 3, 1998," (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Gray Davis

|votes = 4,860,702

|percentage = 58.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren

|votes = 3,218,030

|percentage = 38.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Hamburg

|votes = 104,179

|percentage = 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Steve Kubby

|votes = 73,845

|percentage = 0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = Gloria La Riva

|votes = 59,218

|percentage = 0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = American Independent Party

|candidate = Nathan Johnson

|votes = 37,964

|percentage = 0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Natural Law Party (United States)

|candidate = Harold H. Bloomfield

|votes = 31,237

|percentage = 0.4

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 8,385,175

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/us%20reps%20all%20formatted.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325020641/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/us%20reps%20all%20formatted.pdf |date=March 25, 2009 }} "United States Representative in Congress", (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren

|votes = 177,738

|percentage = 62.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Gabe Castillo

|votes = 100,025

|percentage = 34.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Douglas Arthur Tuma

|votes = 9,310

|percentage = 3.2

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 287,073

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/congress.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115135046/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/congress.pdf |date=November 15, 2012 }} "United States Representative in Congress," (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

|votes = 135,709

|percentage = 59.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Bill Durston

|votes = 86,318

|percentage = 37.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Douglas Arthur Tuma

|votes = 3,772

|percentage = 1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = Michael Roskey

|votes = 2,370

|percentage = 1.0

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 228,169

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221042514/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf |date=December 21, 2008 }} "United States Representative in Congress", (retrieved on July 31, 2009).}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

|votes = 155,424

|percentage = 49.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Bill Durston

|votes = 137,971

|percentage = 44.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Peace and Freedom Party

|candidate = Dina J. Padilla

|votes = 13,378

|percentage = 4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Douglas Arthur Tuma

|votes = 7,273

|percentage = 2.3

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 314,046

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|percentage =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = United States House of Representatives elections, 2010

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

| votes = 131,169

| percentage = 50.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ami Bera

| votes = 113,128

| percentage = 43.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = American Independent Party

| candidate = Jerry L. Leidecker

| votes = 6,577

| percentage = 2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Douglas Arthur Tuma

| votes = 6,275

| percentage = 2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Peace and Freedom Party

| candidate = Mike Roskey

| votes = 4,789

| percentage = 1.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 261,938

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2012{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044155/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf|url-status=dead|title=2012 general election results|archivedate=October 19, 2013}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ami Bera

| votes = 141,241

| percentage = 51.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Dan Lungren (incumbent)

| votes = 132,050

| percentage = 48.3

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 273,291

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

| winner = California Democratic Party

| loser = California Republican Party

}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070315031538/http://lungren.house.gov/ U.S. Congressman Dan Lungren] official U.S. House website
{{CongLinks | congbio=l000517 | votesmart=16730 | fec=H6CA34112 | congress= }}
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, final districts [http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/ California Citizens Redistricting Commission | "Fair Representation - Democracy at Work!"]
{{C-SPAN|22671}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 34th congressional district|years=1979–1983}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 42nd congressional district|years=1983–1989}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 3rd congressional district|years=2005–2013}}

{{s-ttl|title=Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee|years=2009–2011}}

{{s-ttl|title=Chair of the House Administration Committee|years=2011–2013}}

{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Governor of California|years=1998}}

{{s-ttl|title=Order of precedence of the United States
{{small|as Former US Representative}}|years=}}

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