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Quentin Lewis Kopp (born August 11, 1928) is an American politician and retired judge. He served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and in the California State Senate. Kopp ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of San Francisco in 1979 against Dianne Feinstein. Kopp advocated for the extension of BART to SFO which was completed in 2003. == Background and personal life == Kopp was born in 1928 in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1949 and later from Harvard Law School. Kopp is married to the former Mara Sikaters and has three children: his eldest son, Shepard, is a criminal defense attorney working in Los Angeles. His second son, Brad Kopp, is a musician who goes by the name Stark Raving Brad and lives in San Francisco. His daughter Jennifer is the executive director of the Napa Valley Grape Growers Association. Kopp was elected to a political office as an independent politician, rather than as a member of a political party. For a time, Kopp held a time slot as a radio talk show host on KGO-AM, a popular talk radio station. Kopp had his home phone number and address listed in the local phone book and was well known to answer at any reasonable hour. Personal replies to letters were common. When he was a Supervisor, Kopp generally followed a policy of riding MUNI (SF's Bus/Rail) to City Hall one day a week at minimum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quentin L. Kopp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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