Dale Kildee
Dale Kildee | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 5th district | |
In office January 3, 2003 β January 3, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Jim Barcia |
Succeeded by | Dan Kildee |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district | |
In office January 3, 1993 β January 3, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Guy Vander Jagt |
Succeeded by | Joe Knollenberg |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 7th district | |
In office January 3, 1977 β January 3, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Donald Riegle |
Succeeded by | Nick Smith |
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 29th district | |
In office January 1975 β December 1976 | |
Preceded by | Garland B. Lane |
Succeeded by | Harold J. Scott |
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 81st district | |
In office January 1965 β December 1974 | |
Succeeded by | Mark Clodfelter |
Personal details | |
Born |
Flint, Michigan, U.S. | September 16, 1929
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Gayle Kildee[1] |
Children |
Paul Laura David [1] |
Residence | Flint, Michigan |
Alma mater |
Sacred Heart Seminary University of Michigan[2] |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Teacher |
Committees |
House Committee on Education (senior) Early Childhood Committee subcommittee on Native American and Alaska Native Affairs[1] |
Dale Edward Kildee (born September 16, 1929) is a retired U.S. Representative from Michigan, serving from 1977 until 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
His district included Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his current term was up in 2012.[3] He was succeeded by his nephew Dan Kildee.
Early life, education, and teaching career
Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan on September 16, 1929 to Timothy and Norma Kildee.[1][2] He was the fourth of five children. In his senior year of high school, he won the American Legion Medal of Citizenship. In 1947, Kildee received his high school diploma from St. Mary's High School.
He earned his B.A. from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. He earned a teacher's certificate from the University of Detroit in 1955. He did graduate work in history and political science at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan from 1958 to 1959 under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship. He earned an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1961.[2] He was a teacher at the Detroit Jesuit High School from 1954-56. Coming back in 1956 to Flint, Dale taught Latin until 1964.
Michigan legislature
Kildee served as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives 81st district from 1965 to 1974. He later served as a member of the Michigan State Senate from 1975 to 1976.[2]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
In 1976, incumbent Democrat U.S. Representative Donald Riegle resigned after being appointed to fill the vacant seat in the U.S. Senate caused by the death of Philip Hart. State Senator Kildee won the general election with 70% of the vote.[4] He won re-election 17 times, each with at least 56% of the vote except in 1992, 1994, and 2010. In 1992, he defeated Megan O'Neill with 54% of the vote. He won Genessee county with 74%, while he lost the district's other two counties: Oakland and Lapeer.[5] In the 1994 rematch, he defeated her with just 51% of the vote, the lowest winning percentage of his career.[6] In 2010, he defeated Republican farmer and businessman John Kupiec[7] with 53% of the vote. Kupiec won Tuscola county with 60%, while losing the district's other three counties. Kildee won Bay (49%), Saginaw (61%), and Genesee counties (55%).[8]
Tenure
In 2010, he revealed that he would be voting for the Senate version of the Health Care reform bill without the Stupak Amendment language restricting federal abortion funding.[9] In addition, reports surfaced that he is attempting to convince pro-life Democrats in the Stupak coalition to vote for the bill.[10] In 1997, he founded the House's Native American Caucus to advocate Native American issues.
Committee assignments
He was a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and serves as ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Education Reform and a member of the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. He was also a member of the House Committee on Resources, where he sits on the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. From 1993 on, he served as co-chair of the Congressional Automotive Caucus. From 1997 on, he served as co-chair of the Native American Caucus.[11]
Personal life
He met his future wife Gayle, a French teacher, while teaching at Central. They married in 1965 and had three children, two boys and a girl. Both sons became army captains; their daughter became a commercial property manager.[1]
In November, 2011, Patrick Kildee, a second cousin of the congressman, accused Kildee of sexually abusing him more than 50 years ago when he was 12 years old. In response Kildee called the allegation untrue.[12]
Electoral history
Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | |||||
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1976 | Dale Kildee | 124,260 | 70% | Robin Widgery | 50,301 | 28% | Jimmy Sabin | American Independent | 1,451 | 1% | Max Duane | U.S. Labor | 835 | 0% | Benjamin Hoffman | Libertarian | 735 | 0% | |||||
1978 | Dale Kildee | 105,402 | 77% | Gale Cronk | 29,958 | 22% | Jimmy Sabin | American Independent | 2,179 | 2% | |||||||||||||
1980 | Dale Kildee | 147,280 | 93% | No candidate | James Beaver | Libertarian | 11,507 | 7% | |||||||||||||||
1982 | Dale Kildee | 118,538 | 75% | George Darrah | 36,303 | 23% | Dennis Berry | Libertarian | 1,842 | 1% | David Freund | Workers League | 568 | 0% | |||||||||
1984 | Dale Kildee | 145,070 | 93% | No candidate | Samuel Johnson | Independent | 10,663 | 7% | |||||||||||||||
1986 | Dale Kildee | 101,225 | 80% | Trudie Callihan | 24,848 | 20% | Gene Schenk | Independent | 1,099 | 1% | |||||||||||||
1988 | Dale Kildee | 150,832 | 76% | Kevin Cook | 47,071 | 24% | Gary Walkowicz | Workers Against Concessions | 1,174 | 1% | |||||||||||||
1990 | Dale Kildee | 90,307 | 68% | David Morrill | 41,759 | 32% |
Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | |||||
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1992 | Dale Kildee | 133,956 | 54% | Megan O'Neill | 111,798 | 45% | Key Halverson | Natural Law | 1,891 | 1% | Jerome White | Workers League | 1,872 | 1% | |||||||||
1994 | Dale Kildee | 97,096 | 51% | Megan O'Neill | 89,148 | 47% | Karen Blasdell | Natural Law | 3,240 | 2% | |||||||||||||
1996 | Dale Kildee | 136,856 | 59% | Patrick Nowak | 89,733 | 39% | Malcolm Johnson | Libertarian | 3,472 | 2% | Terrence Shulman | Natural Law | 1,127 | 0% | |||||||||
1998 | Dale Kildee | 105,457 | 56% | Tom McMillin | 79,062 | 42% | Malcolm Johnson | Libertarian | 4,006 | 2% | |||||||||||||
2000 | Dale Kildee | 158,184 | 61% | Grant Garrett | 92,926 | 36% | Laurie Martin | Libertarian | 5,337 | 2% | Terry Haines | U.S. Taxpayers | 1,657 | 1% | Alaya BouchΓ© | Natural Law | 824 | 0% |
Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | |||||
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2002 | Dale Kildee | 158,709 | 92% | No candidate | Clint Foster | Libertarian | 9,344 | 5% | Harley Mikkelson | Green | 5,188 | 3% | |||||||
2004 | Dale Kildee | 208,163 | 67% | Myrah Kirkwood | 96,934 | 31% | Harley Mikkelson | Green | 2,468 | 1% | Clint Foster | Libertarian | 2,350 | 1% | |||||
2006 | Dale Kildee | 176,171 | 73% | Eric Klammer | 60,967 | 25% | Ken Mathenia | Green | 2,294 | 1% | Steve Samoranski | Libertarian | 2,259 | 1% | |||||
2008 | Dale Kildee | 221,841 | 70% | Matt Sawicki | 85,017 | 27% | Leonard Schwartz | Libertarian | 4,293 | 1% | Ken Mathenia | Green | 4,144 | 1% | |||||
2010 | Dale Kildee | 107,286 | 53% | John Kupiec | 89,680 | 44% | J. Matthew de Heus | Green | 2,649 | 1% | Michael Moon | Libertarian | 2,648 | 1% |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Harris, David (July 16, 2011). "From an early age, U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee had appetite for politics; Flint Democrat to retire after term runs out in 2012". The Flint Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "A biography and political timeline of retiring U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee". The Flint Journal. July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- β Rep. Dale Kildee to retire after 18 terms The Hill July 15, 2011
- β "Our Campaigns - MI District 07 Race - Nov 02, 1976".
- β "Our Campaigns - MI District 9 Race - Nov 03, 1992".
- β "Our Campaigns - MI District 9 Race - Nov 08, 1994".
- β "Races too close to call in crucial Michigan district".
- β "Our Campaigns - MI - District 05 Race - Nov 02, 2010".
- β Stupak Ally in House Approves Senate Abortion Restrictions New York Times March 17, 2010
- β Kildee vs. Stupak and Health Care's Final Countdown Mother Jones March 19, 2010
- β "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Dale E. Kildee".
- β Todd Spangler (November 21, 2011). "Mich. congressman denies sex abuse 50 years ago". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Office of the House Clerk β Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2007-07-25.
- 1 2 "Election Results". Federal Election Commission.
- 1 2 "Previous Election Information". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Donald Riegle, Jr. |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 7th congressional district 1977β19931 |
Succeeded by Nick Smith |
Preceded by Guy Vander Jagt |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th congressional district 1993β20032 |
Succeeded by Joe Knollenberg |
Preceded by James A. Barcia |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 5th congressional district 2003-20133 |
Succeeded by Dan Kildee |
Notes and references | ||
1. After the 1990 Census, the 7th District was redistricted as the 9th district. Smith was elected to represent the newly drawn 7th District. 2. Vander Jagt represented the 9th District before Michigan redrew it as the 2nd District after the 1990 Census. The 9th District was again redrawn after then 2000 Census as the 5th district. Knollenberg previously represented the 11th District, and was elected in 2002 to represent the newly-drawn 9th district. 3. After the United States Census, 2000, much of the 5th District was merged with the 10th District. The remainder was merged with the former 9th District, and reconstituted as the 5th District. James A. Barcia opted against running for reelection against then-9th District incumbent. |