Curtis Gans is a Jewish-American activist and writer

Writer

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 who, with Allard K. Lowenstein

Allard K. Lowenstein

Allard Kenneth Lowenstein, , was a liberal Democratic politician, a one-term congressman representing the 5th District in Nassau County, New York from 1969 until 1971. His work on civil rights and the antiwar movement has been cited as an inspiration by public figures including Congressmen, John...

 started and headed the Dump Johnson movement

Dump Johnson movement

The Dump Johnson movement was a movement within the United States Democratic Party to oppose the candidacy of President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson to become the party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election...

. He currently is Director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University. Additionally,He has served as a consultant to the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the National Committee for an Effective Congress, and has managed a number of political campaigns.
He currently lives in the Washington area with his wife and 14 children^Unsourced.