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Susan Davis, Democrat

Current office: U.S. House

Birth place: Cambridge, MA (04/13/1944)
Home city: San Diego, CA

Education: MA, Social Work, University of North Carolina, 1968 BA, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.

Profession: Executive Director, Aaron Price Fellowship Mentoring Program, 1990-1994 Development Associate, KPBS-TV, 1979-1983 Development Associate, KPBS-FM, 1977 Medical and Psychiatric Social Worker.

Political: Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2000-present Assemblymember, California State Assembly, 1994-2000 Member, President, Vice President, San Diego Unified School District Board of Education, 1983-1992.

Membership: Democratic Leadership Council Executive Board Member, New Democrat Coalition. President, League of Women Voters, San Diego, 1997 June Burnett Institute for Children and Families National Conference of Christians and Jews San Diego Consortium and Private Industry Council Youth Volunteer, United Way.

First elected: 11/07/2000
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2008

Family: Husband: Steven; 2 Children: Jeffery, Benjamin.


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Sailor charged with murder in Camp Pendleton shooting

Los Angeles Times 7.24.09 3:00 AM | The Navy says that although the victim, another sailor, was gay, there was no indication that the slaying was a hate crime. A 32-year-old sailor has been charged with murder in the shooting...
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Out of jail, former Rep may run for Congress again

The Hill 7.13.09 2:30 PM | Former Rep. Frank Ballance (D-N.C.), who completed a nearly four-year federal prison sentence last month, was honored over the weekend at...
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Letters to the Editor

Alameda Star 7.9.09 1:04 PM | Animal cruelty ruins paradeThe Fourth of July parade would have been as enjoyable as always, but my wife and I witnessed a very upsetting instance of cruelty to one of the horses ridden by the men...
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFING

Los Angeles Times 7.4.09 3:00 AM | Reports from Sacramento, San Diego, Los Angeles, East Los Angeles and Temecula SACRAMENTO
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Letters to the Editor

Alameda Star 7.2.09 12:55 PM | Don't represent majority I am responding to Serena Dietrich's letter "Board ignored concerns" and the opinion piece by Kerry Cook, "A call for task force to find common ground on Lesson 9.
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Alameda Star 6.25.09 12:30 PM | Bridges must stay openLike any Alamedan, I was extremely concerned to see discussion of the possibility that the three bridges from Oakland to our island might be closed.
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Alameda Letters to the editor

Alameda Star 6.11.09 12:46 PM | Headline misstated intentI appreciate your publishing my June 5 letter concerning toxic cleanup at Alameda Point. However, I found your title, "SunCal's plan will clean up the Point" misleading.
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Army weighs calls for more Stryker medevac vehicles

The Hill 5.12.09 1:02 PM | Army leaders under pressure from more than 100 lawmakers are re-examining the need for more General Dynamics Stryker battlefield ambulances.
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Members push for Stryker funding

The Hill 4.26.09 8:58 AM | More than 100 House lawmakers are pressing top defense appropriators to significantly boost funding for a medical combat vehicle in...
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Push to end ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ faces hurdles

The Hill 3.30.09 1:35 PM | Gay-rights activists are increasing their lobbying efforts to repeal a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, concerned that the Obama...
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