Tucker, Walter R., III (Walter Rayford, III), 1957-

Walter Rayford Tucker III (born May 28, 1957) is an American politician and minister who served as mayor of Compton and a U.S. Representative from California.

Tucker was born in Compton, California. He finished Compton High School in 1974 as class valedictorian and attended Princeton University for the next two years. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1978 with a degree in political science and earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1984.

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