He worked as a life insurance salesman in San Diego to pay for college, then became a certified financial planner, specializing in municipal bonds.
[6][7] Levene developed an interest in politics, and he challenged Phil Gingrey, the incumbent member of the United States House of Representatives in Georgia's 11th congressional district, in the Republican primary election.
Levene withdrew from the Minnesota race because of lack of 6th district voter interest and failed to obtain the 1,000 valid signatures in Michigan.
After failing to obtain the required signatures in Michigan, his application to run for the New Hampshire's 1st district was denied by the N.H. Secretary of State.
Levene has proposed a coastal enclave of "New Israel" in South Texas along the Laguna Madre, to be located south of Baffin Bay and east of U.S. Route 77, as an alternative Middle East peace proposal to be granted in exchange for the evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank.
The enclave would not reach the Rio Grande Valley at the southernmost tip of Texas, however, and hence would leave the existing Mexico–United States border intact.
His idea was to eliminate the congressional pensions of all incumbents who ran for office again after a maximum of twelve years in the House or Senate.
He believed that the motivation to retire and take a potentially substantial lifetime pension would overcome the desire to run for office after this period.