George Leventhal is a Democratic politician from the state of Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. He is currently serving his third term as an At-large member of the Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

 Council. Leventhal was first elected to the Montgomery County Council in 2002, served as Council President in 2006, and was re-elected to second and third terms in 2006 and 2010, respectively.
In his eight years on the Montgomery County Council, George L. Leventhal has been a leading advocate for low-income residents and the uninsured, the Purple Line and environmental issues.

Early Political Career

Prior to being elected to serve on the Montgomery County Council he worked on the staff of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis and served as campaign coordinator for local election campaigns in Maryland and California, including Ida G. Ruben's first successful campaign for the Maryland Senate in 1986.

From 1987 to 1990, Leventhal was a research assistant on the tax staff of the Senate Finance Committee under its then-Chairman Lloyd Bentsen

Lloyd Bentsen

Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. was a four-term United States senator from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955. In his later political life, he was Chairman of the Senate...

 of Texas. Leventhal then went on to serve as legislative director for Senator Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Ann Mikulski is the senior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Mikulski, a former U.S. Representative, is the longest-serving female senator in U.S...

 of Maryland from 1993 to 1995 and earlier served three years as Senator Mikulski's legislative assistant for appropriations, budget, tax, and transportation issues
From 1996 to 2001, Leventhal served as chairman of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee. He played a leading role in many other political and community activities in the Takoma Park-Silver Spring area and throughout Montgomery County.

Political Views

Leventhal is an ardent supporter of the Purple Line light rail line, an important transportation project that will connect Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, Riverdale and New Carrollton.

Councilmember Leventhal believes passionately in caring for our environment and living sustainably and has championed many County programs that foster these goals including: Bethesda Green, Montgomery County’s green building legislation and the Clean Energy Rewards Program.

Leventhal believes strongly in caring for the county's less-fortunate residents. In 2005 Leventhal initiated the Montgomery Cares program which provides health care to more than 26,000 poor and uninsured residents in Montgomery County.

Personal life

Leventhal lives in Takoma Park, Maryland

Takoma Park, Maryland

Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., and part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea City," is a Tree City USA and a nuclear-free zone...

 with his wife, Soraia P. Leventhal, and their two sons, Daniel, sixteen, and Francisco, twelve.

Leventhal received a Master of Administrative Science degree in public administration from the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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 School of Continuing Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley.