Andy Levin

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Andrew Saul Levin (born August 10, 1960) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 9th congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A Democrat born in Detroit to a prominent political family—as the son of former Representative Sander Levin and nephew of former Senator Carl Levin—Levin built a career in labor organizing and public policy before entering Congress. He organized healthcare workers for the Service Employees International Union and served as assistant director of organizing for the AFL-CIO, later holding state roles in Michigan's workforce development and energy departments from 2007 to 2011. In the House, Levin sat on the Education and Labor and Foreign Affairs committees, advocating for union rights, green jobs, and initiatives like the EV Freedom Act to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure. His tenure ended after a 2022 Democratic primary loss to incumbent Haley Stevens in a redrawn district, influenced by substantial campaign spending from pro-Israel groups such as AIPAC, which targeted Levin for positions deemed insufficiently supportive of Israel, including associations with critics of Israeli policy.

In brief

Andy Levin grew up watching two Levins — father Sander, uncle Carl — turn Michigan into a family civic project. He took a different door first: union organizing, human-rights law, the unglamorous work of a contract campaign.

The House seat was a handoff that lasted one redistricting cycle. He used it to talk about work as something more than a talking point, then went back to the labor world that had trained him.