Dana Rohrabacher is a Representative from California; born in Coronado, San Diego County, Calif., June 21, 1947; graduated from Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., 1965; attended Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965-1967; B.A., California State University, Long Beach, Calif., 1969; M.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1971; journalist; assistant press secretary to the Reagan presidential campaigns of 1976 and 1980; speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1988; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1989-present).