Andy Levin | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sander Levin |
Director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth | |
Acting | |
In office July 2010 – January 2011 | |
Governor | Jennifer Granholm |
Preceded by | Stanley Pruss |
Succeeded by | Steven Hilfinger |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew Saul Levin August 10, 1960 Berkley, Michigan, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Mary Freeman (m. 1991) |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Sander Levin (father) Carl Levin (uncle) |
Education | Williams College (BA) University of Michigan (MA) Harvard University (JD) |
Website | House website |
Andrew Saul Levin (born August 10, 1960) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 9th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin was elected to the House in 2018, succeeding his retiring father, Sander Levin. He is the nephew of Carl Levin, a former U.S. senator.[1]
Levin was born on August 10, 1960,[2] to parents Sander Levin and Vicki Schlafer. Sander was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Andy grew up with two sisters, Jennifer and Madeleine, and a brother, Matthew.[3]
Levin graduated from Williams College with a bachelor's degree. He earned a master's degree in Asian languages and culture from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[4]
Levin was a staff attorney for the U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations in 1994 and worked as a trade union organizer and director. He ran as a Democrat for the 13th district seat in the Michigan State Senate in 2006.[5] He lost to Republican John Pappageorge by 0.6% of the vote.[6] After the election, he directed Voice@Work, a program seeking to expand trade union membership.[1]
In 2007, Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Levin deputy director in the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth (DELEG).[7] He oversaw the "No Worker Left Behind" program, which provided job training to unemployed workers.[8] In 2009, Granholm named him chief workforce officer.[9] In 2010, Granholm named him acting director of DELEG, a role he served in until the end of her administration in 2011.[10][11] He founded the clean energy firm Levin Energy Partners LLC and serves as president of Lean & Green Michigan.[4]
See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan § District 9 |
Levin ran to succeed his father in the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan's 9th congressional district.[12] He defeated former State Representative Ellen Lipton and attorney Martin Brook in the primary election with 52.5% of the vote.[13] Levin defeated Republican businesswoman Candius Stearns in the general election.[14]
See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan § District 9 |
Levin ran for a second term in 2020. He defeated Republican Charles Langworthy and several minor candidates, with 57.8% of the vote.[15]
See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan § District 11 |
In the 2022 Democratic primary, Levin lost to Haley Stevens. A Zionist and former synagogue leader known for his critical views of hard-line Israeli policies, Levin was opposed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which raised substantial sums from pro-Trump financiers, and provided $4 million for a negative publicity campaign against his candidacy. Levin has said, "AIPAC can’t stand the idea that I am the clearest, strongest Jewish voice in Congress standing for a simple proposition: that there is no way to have a secure, democratic homeland for the Jewish people unless we achieve the political and human rights of the Palestinian people."[16][17]
In November 2020, The New York Times reported rumors that Levin was considered a possible candidate for Secretary of Labor in the Biden administration; Mayor of Boston Marty Walsh was ultimately named to the post in 2021.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andy Levin | 49,612 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Ellen Lipton | 40,174 | 42.5 | |
Democratic | Martin Brook | 4,865 | 5.1 | |
Total votes | 94,651 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andy Levin | 181,734 | 59.7 | |
Republican | Candius Stearns | 112,123 | 36.8 | |
Working Class | Andrea Kirby | 6,797 | 2.2 | |
Green | John McDermott | 3,909 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 304,563 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andy Levin | 230,318 | 57.7 | |
Republican | Charles Langworthy | 153,296 | 38.4 | |
Working Class | Andrea Kirby | 8,970 | 2.2 | |
Libertarian | Mike Saliba | 6,532 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 399,116 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Levin and his wife Mary (née Freeman) have four children, and live in Bloomfield Township.[4] Levin is Jewish.