David M. McIntosh
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| David McIntosh | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd district |
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| In office 1995–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Sharp |
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| Succeeded by | Mike Pence |
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| Born | June 8, 1958 Oakland, California |
| Political party | Republican |
David Martin McIntosh (born June 8, 1958) is a lawyer who served as a Republican representative from Indiana from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2001. He was born in Oakland, California, but moved to his mother's hometown of Kendallville, Indiana at age five, after his father died of cancer.[1] In 2000 McIntosh ran for governor of Indiana, but lost to incumbent Democrat Frank O'Bannon 57% to 42%. His campaign was built around a 25% guaranteed property tax cut that he never provided details on how he would accomplish it.
Since 2001, McIntosh has been a partner in the Washington law firm of Mayer Brown.[2] He planned another run for governor in 2004, but dropped out before the Indiana Republican primary after President Bush gave his support to Mitch Daniels, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
McIntosh attended Yale University, where he was a member of the Yale Political Union and, despite his later political orientation, its Progressive Party. [3] He graduated with a B.A. (cum laude) in 1980, and later received a J.D. from University of Chicago Law School in 1983.[citation needed] He was taught at the latter by Antonin Scalia, who later became a Supreme Court Justice.[citation needed]
During the Reagan Administration, McIntosh served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General and as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.[citation needed]
In George H. W. Bush's administration, he served as executive director of Vice President Dan Quayle's Council for Competitiveness.[4] In that role, he emphasized limiting or rolling back environmental regulations that the Council saw as inimical to economic growth.[5]
McIntosh is also a co-founder of The Federalist Society.[6]
[edit] Electoral history
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
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| 1994 | Joseph H. Hogsett | 78,241 | 46% | David M. McIntosh | 93,592 | 54% | ||||||||
| 1996 | R. Marc Carmichael | 85,105 | 40% | David M. McIntosh | 123,113 | 58% | Paul E. Zimmerman | Libertarian | 4,665 | 2% | ||||
| 1998 | Sherman A. Boles | 62,452 | 38% | David M. McIntosh | 99,608 | 61% | Cliff Federle | Libertarian | 2,236 | 1% |
[edit] References
- ^ Keith Schneider, "Administration's Regulation Slayer Has Achieved a Perilous Prominence," New York Times, 30 June 1992.
- ^ http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=M810650051 - viewed 29 July 2007.
- ^ Easton, Nina. Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. P51.
- ^ The Buying of the President 2000 by Charles Lewis (journalist) and the Center for Public Integrity, page 315.
- ^ Schneider, "Administration's Regulation Slayer."
- ^ Andrew Card Address Before The Federalist Society at the 2003 National Lawyers Convention
- ^ Election Statistics. Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
