Judd Gregg

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Judd Gregg
Senior Senator from New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 5, 1993 Serving with John E. Sununu
Preceded by	Warren Rudman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989
Preceded by	James C. Cleveland
Succeeded by	Charles Douglas III
86th Governor of New Hampshire
In office January 4, 1989 – January 7, 1993
Preceded by	John H. Sununu
Succeeded by	Steve Merrill
Born	February 14, 1947 (1947-02-14) (age 61) Nashua, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kathleen MacLellan Gregg
Alma mater	Columbia University Boston University
Religion	Congregationalist

Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is a former Governor of New Hampshire and current United States Senator serving as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a businessman and attorney in Nashua before entering politics.

[edit] Biography

Born in Nashua, he is the son of Hugh Gregg, who was Governor from 1953 to 1955. Gregg graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1965. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1969, a J.D. in 1972 and an LL.M. in 1975, both from Boston University.

[edit] Elected office

Gregg was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1980. He was reelected in 1982, 1984 and 1986. He declined to run for reelection in 1988, and ran for Governor of New Hampshire instead. He won that election and was reelected in 1990, New Hampshire being one of two states (Vermont is the other) that continues to elect its governors to two-year, rather than four-year, terms. He served in that position until 1993.

[edit] Senate

In 1992, he decided to run for the United States Senate instead of running for governor again. Gregg has been a United States Senator since 1993. He was reelected to a second term in 1998 and ran for a third term in the U.S. Senate election, 2004. That year he defeated campaign finance activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock, the then-94-year-old Democratic nominee, by 66% to 34%.

In January 2005, Gregg was elected to chair the U.S. Senate Committee on Budget by the Senate Republican Conference. While chairman of this committee Gregg has been a steadfast supporter of lower spending.^[1] Throughout his Senate career he has been highly supportive of lower taxes as well.

Gregg, likely due to the state he represents, has a moderate record on social issues. In June of 2006 he joined six of his fellow Republicans in voting against the Federal Marriage Amendment. In April of 2007 he was among the breakaway Republicans to support the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. However, his record on the issue of abortion is a solidly pro-life one. Gregg has voted for some gun control measures and against others. He voted against the Brady Bill, but in recent years has voted for trigger control locks on firearms and in favor of the ban on assault weapons.

During the 2004 Presidential Election, Gregg stood in for John Kerry during practice sessions held by George W. Bush in preparation for the 2004 United States Presidential Election Debates. Four years earlier he had played the part of Al Gore for the same purpose.

On October 29, 2007, Gregg endorsed Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, to be the Republican nominee for President of the United States.

[edit] Committee Assignments

• Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on Defense
  • Subcommittee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Ranking Member)
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Subcommittee on Children and Families
  • Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
• Committee on the Budget

[edit] Special interest ratings

Republicans for Environmental Protection issued Gregg an "environmental harm demerit" for sponsoring the 2006 S.C. Resolution 83, which according to REP "included only one revenue-raising instruction to Senate appropriations committees, an abuse of the congressional budget process in order to force oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," and "would perpetuate America's dangerous oil dependence and damage the most scenic, wildlife-rich reserve in the circumpolar north."^[2] The organization also praised Gregg, together with John Sununu, for their work to pass the New England Wilderness act, which classified nearly 100,000 acres (400 km²) of New Hampshire and Vermont as wilderness.^[3] In 2006, Gregg received a score of 43% from the nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters.^[4]

The University of New Hampshire renamed its Environmental Technology Building Gregg Hall, because Gregg used earmarks to secure $266 million of federal funds for research and development projects for the university. The Senator was also instrumental in the establishing of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in 1999.

In 2007, Gregg voted for the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (H.R. 6) and the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1639).

[edit] Personal life

Judd Gregg as painted by Richard Whitney

Gregg belongs to the Congregationalist Church. He is married to Kathleen MacLellan Gregg; the couple has two daughters, Molly and Sarah, and a son, Joshua.

In October 2003, the Senator's wife was kidnapped during an attempted burglary at the couple's Fairfax County, Virginia home. Mrs. Gregg escaped harm after her captors forced her to drive to a local bank and withdraw money. Two days later, two suspects were arrested in New Jersey and charged in that state with aggravated assault on a police officer and possession of stolen property. Virginia authorities charged them with kidnapping, burglary and robbery.

On October 20, 2005, Gregg won about $850,000 by getting five of six numbers on a Powerball ticket when he purchased four different $5 quik-piks at a Washington DC gas station.

[edit] Electoral history

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• United States Senator Judd Gregg Senate website

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• New York Times — Judd Gregg News collected news and commentary
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Judd Gregg profile
• Gregg as governor at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
• Environmental Technology building named for Senator Gregg — The New Hampshire

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