CUPERTINO Meg Whitman, Republican candidate for governor, today announced the endorsement of United States Representative Dan Lungren.  Lungren, a Republican, served as California's Attorney General for eight years and won the 1998 Republican nomination for governor.  Today he represents Californias 3rd Congressional District, which covers parts of Sacramento and stretches from Solano County to Alpine County.

For three decades, Dan Lungren has served Californians with distinction in Congress and as our attorney general.  His commitment to public service is unparalleled as is his integrity and staunch support of conservative ideals.  I am honored to have his endorsement, Whitman said.  

Meg Whitman possesses both the leadership experience and innovative spirit needed to lead California back to prosperity, Lungren said.  Her strong values and her vision for creating jobs and curing our states out-of-control spending give me great confidence in her ability to fix our broken state government and grow our party.

Lungren, who was elected to the 3rd district in 2004, serves as a member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security committees and is the ranking Republican on the House Administration Committee.  From 1979 until 1989, he represented the 42nd Congressional District in Southern California.  He has been a national leader on criminal justice issues and sponsored Californias Megans Law, which gives Californians the right to know if sexual predators reside in their neighborhoods.  As attorney general from 1991 until 1999, he helped write and then defended Californias landmark Three Strikes and Youre Out law