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 .