1. In 1965, Michael Huffington graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, where he received the Central States Amateur Rowing Association Medal when he rowed on the light weight crew.
22 Facts About Michael Huffington
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Michael Huffington was a member of the varsity crew, student senator, and co-president of his senior class.
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Michael Huffington's wealth is derived from a merchant bank he started and his share of the family's Houston oil, gas and real estate firm that was sold to Taiwan interests in 1990.
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Michael Huffington was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
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In 1992, Michael Huffington was elected to the House of Representatives from California's 22nd District.
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Michael Huffington spent about $3.5 million in the Republican primary, in which he defeated veteran incumbent Robert J Lagomarsino.
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Michael Huffington later defeated then-Santa Barbara County Supervisor Gloria Ochoa in the general election.
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Michael Huffington donated his entire congressional salary to the Partnership for Children of Santa Barbara County in 1993, and to the Partnership for Children of San Luis Obispo County in 1994.
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In 1994, Michael Huffington did not seek re-election to the House but spent $28 million in a bid for the seat in the United States Senate held by Dianne Feinstein.
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Michael Huffington had won the seat in a special election two years earlier against John F Seymour, who had been appointed in 1991 to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Governor-elect Pete Wilson.
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At the time, Michael Huffington's campaign was the most expensive in a non-presidential election in American history.
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Michael Huffington lost to Feinstein in the general election by 1.9 percent of the vote.
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Michael Huffington withdrew before the election, although her name remained on the ballot.
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On June 29,2006, Michael Huffington co-chaired the Log Cabin Republicans "The Courage To Lead: An Evening With The Governor" dinner that honored California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Michael Huffington personally contributed $1 for every $2 contributed to the Log Cabin Republicans for that dinner.
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In 2006, Michael Huffington became the director of It's My Party Too, a group founded by former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
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In 2013, Huffington was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief in support of same-sex marriage, submitted to the Supreme Court during the Hollingsworth v Perry case.
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Michael Huffington married Arianna Michael Huffington, a Greek-born writer and lecturer, on April 12,1986.
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Since that time, Michael Huffington has made a number of contributions to LGBT causes.
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Michael Huffington spoke at the National Equality March rally at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 11,2009.
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Michael Huffington was raised Presbyterian, became Episcopalian at age 38, and ultimately joined the Greek Orthodox Church during his marriage to Arianna.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Michael Huffington gave $2.5 million to establish the Michael Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, in order to promote dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.