Filner was long interested in politics, serving as a staffer for Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in 1975 and for Congressman Don Fraser, also of Minnesota, in 1976.
Filner is ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Marine Transportation.
Filner won the latest Democratic primary, on June 6, 2006, with 51% of the vote, in a race against Vargas and two minor challengers, Danny Ramirez and Jesse Bresnihan.
Congressman Filner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 4, 1942 and raised in New York City.
Filner was elected to the United States House of Representatives by a two-to-one margin in 1992.
Filner was also successful in meeting several of his objectives for the 50th District, including passing legislation that restored funds to continue the construction of an international sewage treatment plant to treat raw sewage flowing into the United States from Mexico, and securing funding for State Route 905.
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