词条 | Rick Hill |
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|name = Rick Hill |image = RickHill2.jpg |state = Montana |district = {{ushr|MT|AL|at-large}} |term_start = January 3, 1997 |term_end = January 3, 2001 |predecessor = Pat Williams |successor = Denny Rehberg |birthname = Richard Hill |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|30}} |birth_place = Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |alma_mater = St. Cloud State University Concord University }}Richard Hill (born December 30, 1946) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana.[1] He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Montana in 2012.[2] Early life, education, and business careerHill was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He was one of four children and grew up in a one-room apartment in the back of a tire repair shop. At age four Rick was paralyzed by polio. In 1964, he graduated from Aitkin High School in Aitkin, Minnesota. In 1968, he graduated from Saint Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Hill received his Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Concord Law School in Los Angeles, California.[1] He owns a surety bonding company.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} Early political careerHe served as Republican precinct committeeman and state committeeman from Lewis and Clark County, Montana; member, served on the board of directors, Montana Science and Technology Alliance; and chaired the Montana State Worker’s Compensation Board from 1993 to 1996.[1] In 1993, Governor Marc Racicot asked Hill to act as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Montana State Fund, where he worked in a volunteer, unpaid capacity for three years.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} U.S. House of RepresentativesElectionsIn 1996, Hill ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Montana's At-large congressional district.[1] He won the Republican primary with a plurality of 44% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated Democrat Bill Yellowtail, who had been a Regional Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency,[3] 52%-43%.[4] In November 1998, Hill won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Dusty Deschamps 53%-44%.[5] In 2000, Hill decided not to run for re-election to a third term, citing vision problems, which were subsequently corrected. The election was won by Republican nominee Denny Rehberg, who defeated Nancy Keenan,[6] a three-term State School Superintendent.[7] TenureBetween 1997 and 2000, Hill sponsored 32 bills, of which 22 did not made it out of committee and four were passed into law by Congress.[8] He voted with the Republican party 91% of the time.[9] Committee assignmentsHill served on the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources.[10] 2012 gubernatorial election{{Main|Montana gubernatorial election, 2012}}In November 2010, he announced he would run for Governor of Montana in 2012.[11] He chose State Senator Jon Sonju as his running mate.[12] On November 6, 2012, he lost to his Democratic opponent, Steve Bullock, in the general election.[13] Personal lifeIn May 1976, Hill filed for divorce from his first wife, Mary Hill ({{nee}} Spaulding), after having an affair with another woman. In 1980, after the couple failed to reconcile, Spaulding filed for divorce and Hill obtained custody of the three children.[14][15][16] He married his second wife, Betti, in 1983. References1. ^1 2 3 {{CongBio|H000605|date=April 24, 2011|inline=yes}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_c843d1e2-e929-11df-932f-001cc4c03286.html|title=Former GOP U.S. Rep. Rick Hill to run for Montana governor|newspaper=Missoulian|last=Johnson|first=Charles|date=November 6, 2010|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZM0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6591,2027960|title=Montana Voters To Choose Between Adulterer, Spouse Abuser |date=October 24, 1996|last=Anez|first=Bob|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1996/96Stat.htm#26|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1996|work=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|date=July 23, 1997|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1998/98Stat.htm#26|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1998|work=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|date=January 3, 1999|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.mtstandard.com/news/local/article_bd9f68ae-e92a-11df-9cdd-001cc4c002e0.html|last=Gouras|first=Matt|agency=Associated Press |title=Former U.S. Rep. Rick Hill to run for Governor|date=November 5, 2010|newspaper=Montana Standard|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/27/us/political-briefing-some-big-thunder-in-big-sky-country.html|title=Political Briefing; Some Big Thunder in Big Sky Country|author=Ayres, B. Drummond Jr.|date=May 27, 1999|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=June 27, 2011}} 8. ^Congressional profile at GovTrack; retrieved March 15, 2012. 9. ^Voting record maintained by the Washington Post; retrieved March 15, 2012. 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_617a7c2c-3a77-11e1-925a-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Campaign stop: Candidate Rick Hill visits with Ravalli County commissioners|last=Lindquist|first=Laura|newspaper=Ravalli Republic|date=January 8, 2012|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 11. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.rickhill2012.com/index.php/media/latest-news/67-latest-news/200-rick-hill-announces-run-for-governor-2012|title=Rick Hill Announces run for Governor|date=November 13, 2010|accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/rick_hill_announces_jon_sonju_as_gubernatorial_running_mate/26232|title=Rick Hill Announces Jon Sonju as Gubernatorial Running Mate|newspaper=Flathead Beacon|last=Reece |first=Myers|date=January 18, 2012 |accessdate=March 15, 2012}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=2012 Montana Governor Results|url=http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/governor/montana|work=2012 Election Central|publisher=Politico. com|accessdate=November 9, 2012}} 14. ^{{cite news|title=Hill Divorce Papers Surface: More Details Shed Light on Candidate's Marital Troubles|last=McLaughlin|first=Kathleen|date=October 4, 1996|work=Billings Gazette}} 15. ^{{cite news|title=Candidate Releases Mass of Divorce Records|last=McLaughlin|first=Kathleen|date=August 31, 1996|work=Montana Standard|page=A3}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=Hill's Wife Says Affair Broke Them Up|date=October 6, 1996|newspaper=The Independent Record|location=Helena}} External links
from Montana's at-large congressional district|years=1997–2001}}{{s-aft|after=Denny Rehberg}} |-{{s-ppo}}{{s-bef|before=Roy Brown}}{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Governor of Montana|years=2012}}{{s-aft|after=Greg Gianforte}}{{s-end}}{{bioguide}}{{USCongRep-start|congresses= 105th–106th United States Congresses |state=Montana}}{{USCongRep/MT/105}}{{USCongRep/MT/106}}{{USCongRep-end}}{{MontanaUSRepresentatives}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Rick}} 7 : 1946 births|Living people|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Montana|Montana Republicans|People from Grand Rapids, Minnesota|Politicians from Helena, Montana|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives |
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