Daniel E. Lungren is a Republican representing the 3rd Congressional District of the state of California.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9 He has been serving continuously in the House of Representatives since January 2005.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000517http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf Lungren was reelected in the 2010 general election with 50.1 percent of the vote in a field of five candidates and 6.9 percent ahead of the next closest contender.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf Lungren was also a congressman from 1971 to 1989 serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141716

Congressman Lungren is ranking member of the House Administration Committee, the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee on the Library. He is also a member of the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee.http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/committees.tt?commid=hjudi In addition, Lungren serves on the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology. Representative Lungren has also been selected to chair the House Administration Committee and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies.http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_5074dedc-0d0e-11e0-904e-001cc4c002e0.html

Daniel Edward Lungren was born on September 22, 1946 in Long Beach, California.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000517 He attended the University of Notre Dame, graduated with honors in 1968, and received a law degree from Georgetown University in 1971.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000517 Besides his congressional career, Lungren has practiced law as a private attorney, worked as a staffer for two United States Senators and worked for both the National Congressional Council and California State Republican Conventions.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000517 He has also served as an assistant to the co-chairman of the Republican National Committee.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9

Lungren first ran for public office at the age of 30.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9 Besides representing California’s 3rd Congressional District, Lungren has also represented the state's 34th and 42nd Congressional Districts.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141716http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_8c9cefe9-bee4-545c-9b8b-25d6b3a8dec0.html Lungren served a partial term for State Treasurer when Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to complete the term for the late Jesse Unruh. In 1990 he was elected Attorney General of California, staying in office eight years. After losing to Gray Davis in a run for California Governor in 1998, Lungren served as a Harvard University Institute of Politics fellow, practiced law privately and had a syndicated radio talk show.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9 He returned to Congress January 2005.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000517 Congressman Lungren lives with his wife, Bobbi, in Gold River, California.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141716

Lungren helped write California’s Three Strikes Law, which mandates a 25 years to life prison sentence for third time felony offenders.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/28/60II/main527248.shtml He also sponsored Megan’s Law, which allows Californians to find out if there are sexual predators living in their area.http://lungren.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=2,9 Lungren supports a photo ID requirement for national elections, a sealed border and military recruitment on college campuses. He opposes taxes, enforcing legal limits on CO2 emissions and embryonic stem cell research.http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Dan_Lungren.htm Congressman Lungren voted along party lines 95.3 percent of the time.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/states/ca/