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McCURDY, David Keith, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Canadian, Hemphill County, Tex., March 30, 1950; attended the public schools; B.A., University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1972; J.D., University of Oklahoma, College of Law, 1975; rotary graduate fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, international economics, 1977-1978; served in the United States Air Force Reserve, airman, 1969-1972; admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1975; Oklahoma State assistant attorney general, 1975-1977; private practice, Norman, Okla., 1978-1980; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1995); chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Second Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1994, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate.