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= Robert P. Zimmerman =

Robert P. Zimmerman (born Month XX, XXXX) is a candidate for New York's 3rd congressional district, which includes portions of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County and Queens. Zimmerman is a Democrat.

Early life and education
Zimmerman was born in [CITY], [STATE]. He graduated from XX High School in [YEAR] and received a [DEGREE] degree in [MAJOR] from Brandeis University in [YEAR]. He also received an MBA from Fordham University in [YEAR].

Zimmerman has been a Great Neck resident since [YEAR].

Career
Zimmerman first ran for public office in 1982 with an unsuccessful bid for New York's 4th Congressional District at age 27. He subsequently ran for the New York State Assembly in 1986 and 1988, losing both times. In 1986, Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Zimmerman to the Long Island Economic Development Council. Before that, Zimmerman served as an advisor to Congressman Lester Wolff and later Congressman James Scheuer. Zimmerman was also appointed to posts as a special representative to Lieutenant Governor Alfred B. DelBello and a special assistant to Assembly Speaker Mel Miller, representing Nassau County in both roles.

In the years since, Zimmerman has acted as an advisor to Congressman Gary Ackerman and was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Presidential Commission on the Arts, a position he held through June of 2001. More recently, Zimmerman was nominated to serve on the National Council on the Humanities by President Barack Obama.

Zimmerman owns a small business, ZE Creative Communications, a public relations firm. As a Democratic National Committee member, Zimmerman worked to reform American politics by opposing corporate money in campaigns and working to dismantle the DNC’s superdelegate system.

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 * 1) ^https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections82.pdf