George Miller III is the U.S. Representative for California's 7th congressional district, serving since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 through 2010, Miller served as chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, formerly known as the Education and the Workforce Committee. The son of liberal State Senator and Democratic Party leader George Miller, Jr., he was born in Richmond, California in 1945. He was graduated from Diablo Valley Community College and San Francisco State University. After he earned his bachelors degree, his father died in 1969. Miller ran to... succeed his father in the March 1969 special election, but Republican John Nejedly defeated him 57% to 42% in California's 7th State Senate district. He then attended the University of California, Davis School of Law , where he received his Juris Doctor. After admission to the university, served as legislative assistant to California Senate majority leader George Moscone before entering the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. In 1974, incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Ron Dellums decided to run in the newly redrawn 8th district.
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