Given the question: Facts: - state house: pennsylvania - successor: jewell williams - party: democrat - predecessor: junius m. emerson - spouse: dorothy - district: 197th - term end: november 30 , 2000 - constituency: part of philadelphia county - term start: january 4th , 1983 - birth date: 25 august 1950 - name: andrew j. carn - alma mater: howard university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andrew carn .
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andrew j. carn is a former democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives .he graduated from thomas edison high school in 1968 and earned a degree in electrical engineering from howard university in 1973 .he was sworn in to represent the 197th legislative district in 1983 , a position he held until the 2000 election , when he was defeated for the democratic nomination by jewell williams a carn-controlled non-profit company , the 197 plan development corp. , was sued by the department of community and economic development for $ 40,000 in unaccounted for funds .