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Former Congressman Howard Berman, who was defeated by fellow Democratic representative Brad Sherman (D - Sherman Oaks) in a heated and closely watched election last year, has scored a new job with the law firm Covington & Burling. Berman will join the firm's policy and government affairs practice, and be based out of its Washington, D.C., office.

In political campaigns, how and when a strategist chooses to spend money can mean the difference between winning and losing. In the San Fernando Valley race this year between Congressional Representatives Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, the candidates' campaigns spent astronomical sums - a combined $11.7 million, breaking the previous record for most spent by two Congressional candidates on a single campaign in California, with an additional $4.5 million spent by outside groups.