Early Life, Education, and Early Career
The son of liberal State Senator and Democratic Party leader George Miller, Jr., he was born in Richmond, California in 1945. He graduated from Diablo Valley Community College and San Francisco State University.
After his father died in 1969, Miller ran in a March 1969 special election to succeed him as state senator for California's 7th State Senate district, but Republican John Nejedly defeated him 57% to 42%.
He then attended the University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall), where he received his Juris Doctor. After admission to the university, served as legislative assistant to California Senate majority leader George Moscone before entering the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974.
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