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                  Alex Alben
                  
                  
D-8th
                  District, Washington
                  
                  
(b.
                  1958)
               
               

                  

               
            
         
         
         

            

               

                  

               
               

                  

               
               

                  
 
               
               

                  
 
                     

                        

                           

                              

                           
                           

                              

                              
                           
                        
                        

                           

                              
 
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    

                                       

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Alex
                  Alben- (b.
                  1958)
                  
                  
Alex Alben ran as a Democrat for
                  the United States House of Representatives twice,
                  losing both times. He ran as a Democrat in
                  Washington's 8th Congressional District in 2002 and
                  2004. In 2004, he lost to incumbent Republican
                  Representative Jennifer Dunn. In 2004, he lost the
                  Democratic Primary to radio talk show host Dave
                  Ross. 
                  
                  
Education:
                  
                  
--Graduate
                     of StanfordUniversity (1980)
                     
                     
--Stanford
                     Law School (1984)
                  
                  
Affiliations:
                   
                  
                  
--Boys and Girls Club,
                     YWCA and Youth-Theatre Northwest.
                     
                     
 
                  
                  
Career:
                  
                  
-- Early 1980s
                     --Research assistant at CBS News.
                     
                     
--In 1985 he worked as an
                     entertainment lawyer for the Beverly Hills law
                     firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman.
                     
                     
                     
-- Worked with legal and
                     business affairs for Orion Pictures and Warner
                     Bros. until 1993.
                     
                     
--Served as General Counsel
                     and Vice-President for Business Affairs at
                     Starwave Corporation 
                     
                     
--Served as the head of
                     government affairs for RealNetworks.
                     
                     
 
                  
                  
 Publication:
                  
                  
Guest
                     Columnist:
                     
                     
Changing
                     TV economics prompts fresh thinking about public
                     airwaves--By
                     Alex Alben,Special to The Times, March 7,
                     2007
                     
                     
 
                  
                  

               
            
         
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                            Lee, R. "The History Guy: Candidate Alex
                           Alben"
                           
                           
http://www.politics.historyguy.com//alben_alex.html
                            
                        
                     
                  
                   
               
            
            

               

                  

                     

                        

                           
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Ellen
                                    Alben
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Emily
                                    Alben
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Jeremy
                                    Alben
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Jennifer
                                    Dunn
                                    (2002
                                    Congressional
                                    Election)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Dave
                                    Ross-(2004
                                    Congressional Primary
                                    Election)--Democratic
                                    Primary Opponent
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Heidi
                                    Behrens-Benedict
                                    (2004
                                    Congressional Primary
                                    Election)----Democratic
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