12th District: Sander Levin (D)

NAME: Sander Levin

AGE: 78 (Born Sept. 6, 1931)

RESIDENCE: Royal Oak

PARTY: Democrat

EDUCATION: Law degree, Harvard University, 1957; Master's degree in international relations, Columbia University, 1954; Bachelor's degree, University of Chicago, 1952

POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House member, 1983-present; Candidate for governor, 1970 and 1974; Michigan state senator, 1965-70; Michigan Democratic Party chairman, 1968-69; Oakland County Board of Supervisors, 1961-64

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Assistant administrator, Agency for International Development, 1977-81, Fellow, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, 1975; Practiced corporate and commercial law and taught at Wayne State University, 1971-74; Practiced law, 1957-64

PERSONAL: Wife, Vicki, died in 2008; Four children

ONLINE: http://www.levinforcongress.com