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Condit had been mayor of Ceres, California, and then a member of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, before he was elected to the California State Assembly.
While a member of the assembly, Condit was a member of the " Gang of Five ." At the time, the Democrats (led by Assembly Speaker Willie Brown) held a 44-36 majority in the Assembly. It was rumored that the Gang of Five sought to ally with the Republicans, thereby setting up a 41-39 majority, and elect one of themselves as speaker. Things did not work out this way, however; the Republicans did not vote for a Democrat as speaker.
Condit was elected to Congress in a 1989 special election, after House Democratic Whip Tony Coelho's resignation.
In 2001, Condit became the subject of considerable news coverage, after Chandra Levy, a Washington, D.C., intern originally from Condit's district, disappeared. Condit, a married man, did not discuss the affair he had been having with the intern until rather late in the case.
Even though police did not officially consider Condit a suspect in Levy's disappearance, many in the popular media — along with Levy's family and much of the American public — suspected that Condit was withholding important information about the intern's disappearance. This suspicion was deepened when Condit tried to avoid answering direct questions during a televised interview with news anchor Connie Chung on Aug. 23, 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap.
Levy's remains were discovered in Rock Creek ParkRock Creek Park is an urban natural area with public park facilities which bisects Washington, DC. East of the park, the city has a decidedly urban character. To the west, the city is more bucolic and prosperous. A majority of foreign embassies are locate in Washington, D.C., and in May 2002, a medical examiner determined Levy's cause of death was homicideThis article is about homicide, the killing of a human being. For information about the television series, see: Homicide: Life on the Street. Homicide is the killing of another human being by one or more others. In contrast, suicide is the self killing of.
Condit lost the primary elections in March 2002 and left Congress at the end of his term in 2002.
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