sentences:  On November 4, 2008, Andal ran for Congress in California's 11th district and was defeated by incumbent Democrat Jerry McNerney.Andal was born in 1959 in Salem, Oregon to Gene and Carolyn Andal.He graduated from Newbury Park High School in 1977, the University of California, San Diego (BA), the University of the Pacific (MA), and the University of Southern California (EdD).