Gary Condit

Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American politician, a fiscally and socially conservative "Blue Dog" Democrat who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. During his tenure in Congress, he was generally regarded as the most conservative of California's Democratic party delegation. He represented the 18th congressional district of California, the northern San Joaquin Valley. (When he was first elected, this district was the 15th District; it became the 18th district after redistricting following the 1990 census.)

Chandra Levy Incident

In 2001, Condit became the subject of national news coverage, after Chandra Levy, a Washington, D.C. intern originally from Condit's district, disappeared. Condit, a married man, was alleged to had been involved in an affair with Levy.

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While Condit was never an official suspect in the disappearance, Levy's family — and subsequently the national media — suspected that Condit was withholding important information about the intern's disappearance. Suspicion was deepened when Condit tried to avoid answering direct questions during a televised interview with news anchor Connie Chung on Aug. 23, 2001.

Related Topics:
Connie Chung - Aug. 23 - 2001

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Condit lost the primary elections in March 2002 to his former aide Dennis Cardoza and left Congress at the end of his term in 2003.

Related Topics:
2002 - Dennis Cardoza

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Levy's remains were discovered in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., and in May 2002, a medical examiner determined Levy's cause of death was homicide.

Related Topics:
Rock Creek Park - Washington, D.C. - Homicide

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