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Bob Filner
Robert Earl Filner (September 4, 1942 – April 20, 2025) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.
Filner served as the United States representative for California's 50th and 51st congressional districts from 1993 to 2012. He chaired the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs from 2007 to 2011.
Filner was elected the 35th mayor of San Diego in 2012 and served until his resignation in August 2013 following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery.
Filner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. He was Jewish, the son of Sarah F. and Joseph H. Filner. His father was a labor union organizer, U.S. Army veteran and later international metal trader.
He attended Cornell University, where he worked on The Cornell Daily Sun, a student newspaper, and took part in civil rights demonstrations. In June 1961, after pulling into the bus station in Jackson, Mississippi, as a Freedom Rider, Filner was arrested for "disturbing the peace and inciting a riot." He refused to post bond for his release and remained incarcerated for two months.
He graduated from Cornell in 1963 with a degree in chemistry, and earned his doctorate in history of science from Cornell six years later.
While completing his PhD, he moved to San Diego, becoming a history professor at San Diego State University for more than 20 years.
Filner worked for U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in 1975 and for Minnesota congressman Don Fraser in 1976. He also worked for Congressman Jim Bates from the San Diego area in 1984.
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Bob Filner
Robert Earl Filner (September 4, 1942 – April 20, 2025) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.
Filner served as the United States representative for California's 50th and 51st congressional districts from 1993 to 2012. He chaired the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs from 2007 to 2011.
Filner was elected the 35th mayor of San Diego in 2012 and served until his resignation in August 2013 following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery.
Filner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. He was Jewish, the son of Sarah F. and Joseph H. Filner. His father was a labor union organizer, U.S. Army veteran and later international metal trader.
He attended Cornell University, where he worked on The Cornell Daily Sun, a student newspaper, and took part in civil rights demonstrations. In June 1961, after pulling into the bus station in Jackson, Mississippi, as a Freedom Rider, Filner was arrested for "disturbing the peace and inciting a riot." He refused to post bond for his release and remained incarcerated for two months.
He graduated from Cornell in 1963 with a degree in chemistry, and earned his doctorate in history of science from Cornell six years later.
While completing his PhD, he moved to San Diego, becoming a history professor at San Diego State University for more than 20 years.
Filner worked for U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in 1975 and for Minnesota congressman Don Fraser in 1976. He also worked for Congressman Jim Bates from the San Diego area in 1984.
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