What is Alan Lowenthal?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Alan Lowenthal |image = Alan Lowenthal 113th Congress Portrait.jpeg |state = [[California]] |district = {{ushr|CA|47|47th}} |term_start = January 3, 2013 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Loretta Sanchez]] |successor = |state_senate1 = California State |district1 = [[California's 27th State Senate district|27th]] |term_start1 = December 6, 2004 |term_end1 = November 30, 2012 |predecessor1 = [[Betty Karnette]] |successor1 = [[Fran Pavley]] |state_assembly2 = California |district2 = [[California's 54th State Assembly district|54th]] |term_start2 = December 7, 1998 |term_end2 = December 6, 2004 |predecessor2 = [[Steven T. Kuykendall]] |successor2 = [[Betty Karnette]] |birth_name = Alan Stuart Lowenthal |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|3|8}} |birth_place = [[Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Bonnie Lowenthal]]|1966|1989|end=div}}<br>Deborah Malumed |children = 2 |education = [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges|Hobart College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Ohio State University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) |website = {{url|lowenthal.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Alan Stuart Lowenthal''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|oʊ|ə|n|ˌ|θ|ɔː|l}}; born March 8, 1941) is an American politician. He is the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for [[California's 47th congressional district]] since 2013. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Lowenthal was the [[California State Assembly|California state assembly]]man for the [[California's 54th State Assembly district|54th district]] from 1998 to 2004 and [[California State Senate|California state senator]] from the [[California's 27th State Senate district|27th district]] from 2