Steve Scalise
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| Stephen Joseph "Steve" Scalise | |
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| Assumed office May 7, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Bobby Jindal |
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| In office January 14, 2008 – May 6, 2008[1] |
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| Preceded by | Jesse Kendrick "Ken" Hollis |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
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| In office 1996 – January 14, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Quentin Dastugue |
| Succeeded by | Cameron Henry |
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| Born | October 10, 1965 |
| Political party | Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives, 2008 |
| Spouse | Jennifer Letulle Scalise (born 1975) |
| Children | Daughter Madison Carol Scalise (born 2007) |
| Occupation | Systems analyst |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Congressman Steve Scalise |
Stephen Joseph "Steve" Scalise (born October 10, 1965) is a Representative of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district[2][3] Previous to his Congressional service Scalise served in the Louisiana State Senate 5 months and the Louisiana House for 12 years. He succeeded Bobby Jindal in Congress who became Governor of Louisiana.
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[edit] Early Life
Scalise graduated from the Catholic Archbishop Rummel High School and obtained a bachelor of science degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, with a major in computer programming and a minor in political science.
[edit] Louisiana Legislature
Scalise served three terms from District 82 in the Louisiana House before he was elected in the October 20, 2007, jungle primary to the District 9 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. That position was vacated by the term-limited Ken Hollis of Metairie. Scalise received 19,154 votes (61 percent) in a three-way contest. Fellow Republican Polly Thomas polled 8,948 votes (29 percent). A Democrat, David Gereighty, polled 3,154 votes (10 percent) in the heavily Republican-oriented district. A special election will be held to fill the remaining three and one-half years in Scalise's state Senate term.
Scalise was elected three times to the Louisiana House: 1995, 1999, and 2003. His legislative peers named him to the House Appropriations Committee as the representative of the First Congressional District. Scalise initially succeeded fellow Republican Representative Quentin D. Dastugue, who made an ill-fated bid for governor in the 1995 primary.
[edit] Congressional Election
In 2004, Scalise announced that he would run for the U.S. House but thereafter deferred to the preference of party leaders and supported Jindal, who won the position vacated by the successful senatorial candidate, David Vitter.
In 2007, when Jindal was elected to the Governorship of Louisiana. Scalise annonced his intentions to seek the seat yet again. This time he received Republican party backing.
Scalise's strongest Republican Primary opponent, state representative Tim Burns from Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, accused Scalise of push polling, a practice in which a campaign contacts voters by telephone and asks probing questions which leave a negative impression of his opponent. Scalise defended his poll from criticism by Burns: "We were running a public opinion survey this week conducted by the largest Republican polling firm in the country, Public Opinion Strategies. . . . conducted with a sample of 300 people, and it shows Scalise at 57 percent, Burns at 26 percent and undecided at 17 percent The margin of error is 5.6 percent. We ran a fact-based public opinion survey, not a push poll."[4]
In the March 8 Republican primary, Scalise polled 16,799 votes (48 percent). He went on to win the runoff election on April 5 against Burns, who received 9,631 votes (28 percent) in the initial primary.[5]. [6][7].
In the May 3 general election, Scalise received 33,867 votes (75.13 percent) to Democrat Gilda Reed's 10,142 ballots (22.5 percent). Two minor candidates polled the remaining 2.36 percent of the vote. Reed was a favorite of organized labor and the Democratic constituency groups. The First District has been Republican since 1977, when Bob Livingston won a special election.[8]
Scalise was sworn in on May 7, 2008.
[edit] Personal Life
He is a member of the Seventh Ward Senior Center and the American Italian Renaissance Foundation. He is married to the former Jennifer Letulle (born 1975). The couple has one child, Madison Carol Scalise (born March 17, 2007).
[edit] Reference
- ^ Times-Picayune: BRIEFING BOOK Tuesday, News and views from the Louisiana Capitol, May 06, 2008
- ^ CURRENT HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS LEGISLATIVE DAY OF MAY 7, 2008 110TH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION
- ^ Office of the clerk, U.S. House of Represenative: New To the Web site 5/7/2008
- ^ Scalise defends integrity of GOP runoff survey- NOLA.com
- ^ Louisiana Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results Inquiry Results for Election Date: 4/05/08
- ^ nola.com ELECTIONS section
- ^ Louisiana Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results Inquiry Results for Election Date: 4/05/08
- ^ Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry
[edit] External links
- Congressman Steve Scalise official U.S. House website
- Steve Scalise official campaign 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
- Interview with Scalise in 2004
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| Preceded by Bobby Jindal |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district May 7, 2008 – present |
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