A Representative from California. Born in Coronado, San Diego County, Calif. , June 21, 1947. Graduated from Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. , 1965. Attended Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1965-1967. B. A. , California State University, Long Beach, Calif. , 1969. M. A. , University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1971. Journalist. Assistant press secretary to the Ronald Reagan presidential campaigns of 1976 and 1980. Speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1988. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1989-January 3, 2019). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.