Biography

08/25/1950 -

CARN, Andrew J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 25, 1950; B.S., Howard University, 1973; electrical engineer and housing developer; director, Philadelphia Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.; producer and moderator, The Breakfast Show; executive director, Philadelphia Committee for Service to Youth, Inc.; director, Negro Trade Union Leadership Council; unsuccessful campaign for Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1980); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1982 and served 8 more consecutive terms; appointed, Select Committee to Investigate the Commonwealth's Response to Medicaid Fraud (1986); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (2000); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1998, 2000).