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'Daniel (Dan) Hamburg' (born October 6 1948) is an American politician and a former Democratic Party Congressman from California. He is active in both the Democratic Party and United States Green Party.
Hamburg was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Stanford University and graduated in 1971. He then lived in Ukiah, California, where he founded an alternative school and served on the city planning commission from 1976 to 1981. He also founded a cultural study program in China and served on the board of supervisors of Mendocino County, California, from 1981 to 1985.
Hamburg was elected to the 1st Congressional District of California in 1992, beating incumbent Frank Riggs. While in Congress he was named one of ''People'' magazine's "sexiest people on the Hill" and as one of ''People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. In 1994, a national backlash against Democrats helped Riggs to defeat Hamburg in a rematch. Hamburg became a member of the Green Party; in 1998 the same year he ran for California governor as a Green. Hamburg running as the first ever Green Party of California candidate for Governor finished third of seven candidates with 104,117 votes for 1.3% of the total vote [1]. During the 2000 presidential election Hamburg backed Green presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
Hamburg became executive director of Voice of the Environment[2], and on December 8, 2004, was arrested along with his wife Carrie for trying to deliver a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell concerning alleged voter fraud in Ohio in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. [3]
Shortly afterwards, they were arrested outside of a Wal-Mart store in Ukiah for protesting for the legalization of medical marijuana.^[1]
Hamburg has endorsed the religious teachings of Adi Da.

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1. Former Congressmen Arrested By Wal-Mart Manager MarijuanaNews.com