Biography
A Representative from Florida. Born in the Bronx, Bronx County, N. Y. , March 13, 1958. Graduated from Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, N. Y. A. B. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1978. M. P. P. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1983. J. D, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1983. Assistant, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Washington, D. C. Lawyer, private practice. Businessman. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2017). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.