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|name = Jack Kingston |image = Rep. Jack Kingston.jpg |office = Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference |leader = Dennis Hastert |term_start = January 3, 2003 |term_end = January 3, 2007 |predecessor = Deborah Pryce |successor = Kay Granger |state1 = Georgia |district1 = {{ushr|GA|1|1st}} |term_start1 = January 3, 1993 |term_end1 = January 3, 2015 |predecessor1 = Lindsay Thomas |successor1 = Buddy Carter |state_house2 = Georgia |district2 = 153rd |term_start2 = January 1985 |term_end2 = January 3, 1993 |predecessor2 = Bobby Phillips |successor2 = Eric Johnson |birth_name = John Heddens Kingston |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|24}} |birth_place = Bryan, Texas, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = Libby Morris |children = 4 |alma_mater = University of Georgia (BA) }}John Heddens Kingston (born April 24, 1955) is the former U.S. representative for {{ushr|Georgia|1|}} in southeast Georgia, serving from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the House leadership (2002–06) when he served as vice-chair of the Republican Conference.[1] In 2014, he ran for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by retiring senator Saxby Chambliss and advanced beyond the May 20 primary to the July 22 runoff, where he was defeated by David Perdue.[2] He currently works as a public policy principal at the firm of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington.[3] Since August 2015, he has been chairman of the Georgia Republican Party Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Georgia GOP.[4] In 2016, he endorsed Ted Cruz for president,[5] but later he served as senior advisor and spokesperson for the Donald Trump campaign.[6] In 2017, he became a CNN political commentator.[7] CNN dropped him in February 2019.[8]{{TOC limit}} Early life, education, and business careerKingston was born on April 24, 1955, in Bryan, Texas. He is the son of Martha Ann (née Heddens) and Albert James Kingston, Jr., a widely published university professor, who co-founded the National Reading Conference. His father was born in Brooklyn, New York and his mother in Los Angeles, California.[9] As a child, Kingston lived briefly in Ethiopia. He grew up in Athens, Georgia.[10][11] Kingston received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in economics from the University of Georgia in 1978,[12] where he also joined Lambda Chi Alpha and the Demosthenian Literary Society. He has lived in Savannah, since 1977 and sold insurance and worked in agribusiness throughout southeastern Georgia, before entering politics in 1982. He was vice president of Palmer, Cay and Carswell. from 1979–1992.[13] Georgia House of Representatives (1985–1993)ElectionsIn 1984, he defeated Democratic candidate Bobby Phillips 62%–38%.[14] He won re-election in 1986, 1988, and 1990 all unopposed. Committee assignments
U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2015)ElectionsIn 1992, Kingston gave up his seat in the state house to pursue a congressional run in Georgia's 1st congressional district after five-term Democratic incumbent Lindsay Thomas announced his retirement. The district had been one of the first areas of Georgia where the old-line conservative Democratic Party voters had begun splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level. While conservative Democratics represented much of this area in the state legislature well into the 1990s, the district has only supported a Democratic nominee for president once since 1960, when Jimmy Carter swept every county in the state during his successful run for the presidency in 1976. Kingston won the election with 58% of the vote, becoming the first Republican to represent this district since Reconstruction, and the first to win an undisputed election in the district in 118 years. Kingston was helped by the 1990s round of redistricting, which significantly altered the district. The 1st had been based in Savannah for over a century. However, redistricting shifted most of Savannah's African-American residents to the newly created 11th District. Kingston was reelected 10 times, never dropping below 63% of the vote and even running unopposed in 1998 and 2004. Even when the district included all of Savannah (as was the case from 1996 to 2002 and again after the 2010s round of redistricting), Kingston was reelected without serious difficulty.[16] TenureFrom 2003 through the end of 2006, Kingston served as vice-chairman of the House Republican Conference, the sixth-ranking post among House Republicans. An early attempt to become chair of the influential House Appropriations Committee in the 112th Congress (2011–2013) was unsuccessful. Kingston was an early supporter of earmark reforms and spending reductions.[17] Throughout his tenure, Kingston has received over 40 awards on a diversity of issues from various interest groups.[18]
Kingston signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge by the Americans for Tax Reform,[19] and in 2009 he was named a "Taxpayer Hero" by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste for his votes to reduce government spending and taxes.[20] In 2010 Kingston signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.[21]
Kingston is a supporter of Medicare prescription drug coverage. He has voted to allow HMOs to be sued, and also to limit damages and shorten time limits for medical lawsuits.[22] In 2010, he voted against the Affordable Care Act, asserting the bill would raise premiums, taxes, and cut Medicare.[23]
Kingston has voted to bar the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases,[24] and voted to add pollutants to the Clean Water Act.[25] He has voted against tax incentives for renewable energy and in favor of opening the Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling.[24]
Kingston voted to loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases and to allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad.[26]
Kingston sponsored legislation in 1999 to authorize the expansion of the Savannah harbor in order to accommodate larger vessels.[27]
Regarding the extension of the House work week from 3 days to 5 in 2006, Kingston commented, "Keeping us up here eats away at families. Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families – that's what this says." He added, "Time away from Washington is just as important to being an effective member of Congress as time spent in the Capitol. When I'm here, people call me Mr. Congressman. When I'm home, people call me 'Jack, you stupid SOB, why did you vote that way?' It keeps me grounded."[28]
In an address to the Jackson County Republican Party, on December 14, 2013, Kingston, who is on the House Agricultural Committee, which oversees the federal school lunch program for the underprivileged, commented that it may be beneficial for students to "...sweep the floor in the cafeteria" to promote a work ethic and "instill in them that there is, in fact, no such thing as a free lunch."[29] Kingston has said he was not “allegedly” advocating that poor children be singled out but rather that all children should perform chores to learn work ethic but emphasised those students specifically that were getting free lunches as the ones that should be working. "This is not targeted to any one group. It would be very helpful for kids in any socio-economic group to do chores and learn the work ethic. Those kids aren't there because of any fault of their own and I never suggested that they were," Kingston said on CNN.[30] LegislationKingston has sponsored 103 bills and resolutions, including:[31] 103rd Congress (1993–1994)
105th Congress (1997–1998)
106th Congress (1999–2000)
107th Congress (2001–2002)
109th Congress (2005–2006)
110th Congress (2007–2008)
111th Congress (2009–2010)
112th Congress (2011–2012)
113th Congress (2013–2014)
Committee assignmentsKingston's committee assignments in the 113th Congress (2011–2013) were:
Caucus memberships
2014 U.S. Senate election{{Main|United States Senate election in Georgia, 2014}}In May 2013, Kingston officially announced he would run for the open senate seat vacated by Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss.[33] In the third quarter of 2013, Kingston outpaced his House colleagues in campaign fundraising for the open Senate seat.[34] He was endorsed in the race by Sean Hannity and Neal Boortz,[35] as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.[36] After advancing past the May 20 primary to the July 22 runoff, Kingston lost to David Perdue with 49% of the vote.[2] 2018 Florida school shootingOn 18 February, four days after the school shooting at Florida high school which left 17 people dead, in an interview with CNN, Kingston suggested that the survivors of the massacre, who had organized to oppose gun violence, were being taken advantage of by "left wing activists" and funded by George Soros.[37][38] His comments angered the survivors of the shooting who described them as "despicable" and called on Kingston to apologize.[39] Electoral history{{update section|date=December 2014}}
Personal lifeKingston is married to Libby Morris. They have four adult children.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He appeared as an extra in The Last Song, a movie filmed in Savannah and Tybee Island.[42] References1. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jack-kingston-r-ga/gIQAcHQNAP_topic.html |title=Who Runs Gov: Jack Kingston |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=2013-12-02 |date=July 24, 2012}} 2. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/us/politics/georgia-republicans-kingston-perdue-senate-primary.html |title=Georgia Republicans Choose David Perdue as Their Senate Candidate |first=Ashley |last=Parker |date=July 23, 2014 |work=The New York Times |page=A17 |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Jack Kingston|url=http://www.squirepattonboggs.com/professionals/k/jack-kingston|publisher=Squire Patton Boggs|accessdate=2 March 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://gagop.org/jack-kingston-to-head-georgia-republican-party-foundation/ |title=Jack Kingston to Head Georgia Republican Paty Foundation |date=August 20, 2015 |website=gagop.org |publisher=Georgia Republican Party |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718053951/http://gagop.org/jack-kingston-to-head-georgia-republican-party-foundation/ |archive-date=July 18, 2016 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/17/jack-kingston-endorses-ted-cruz-for-president/ |title=Jack Kingston endorses Ted Cruz for president |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |date=February 17, 2016 |website=ajc.com |publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=September 10, 2016 |quote= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062231/http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/17/jack-kingston-endorses-ted-cruz-for-president/ |archive-date=October 7, 2016 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1608/26/sitroom.01.html |title=Transcripts |date=August 26, 2016 |website=cnn.com |access-date=September 10, 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1702/25/ndaysat.02.html|work=CNN|title=NEW DAY SATURDAY|date=February 25, 2017|accessdate=April 12, 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnn-cuts-ties-two-more-pro-trump-contributors-1182341|work=CNN|title=CNN Cuts Ties With Two More Pro-Trump Contributors|date=February 5, 2019|accessdate=February 5, 2019}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/kingston.htm |title=kingston |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716084700/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/kingston.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }} 10. ^{{cite book |title=The Almanac of American Politics 2000 |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |publisher=National Journal Group Inc. |year= 1999 |page=461 }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://companionsforheroes.org/teams/u-s-rep-jack-kingston/ |title=U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston |website=Companions for Heroes |access-date=September 10, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915160916/http://companionsforheroes.org/teams/u-s-rep-jack-kingston/ |archivedate=September 15, 2016 |df=mdy-all }} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://kingston.house.gov/aboutjack/ |title=Jack Kingston Biography |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225101326/http://kingston.house.gov/aboutjack/ |archivedate=December 25, 2013 }} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/26816/jack-kingston |publisher=Project Vote Smart |title=Jack Kingston's Biography |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=699426 |title=GA State House 125 Race – Nov 06, 1984 |publisher=Our Campaigns |date= |accessdate=2012-08-28}} 15. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BbkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6EQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6696,2597912&dq=jack+kingston&hl=en |title=Snow co-sponsors tax legislation for tax reform commission |work=Walker County Messenger |date=March 8, 1989 |page=6A |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=914|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Jack Kingston|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2018-01-08}} 17. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46077.html |title=Tea party favorite may not get chair |author=Simmi Aujla |publisher=Politico.Com |date=December 7, 2010 |accessdate=2012-08-28}} 18. ^{{cite web|title=About Jack Kingston – Awards |url=http://www.kingston.house.gov/aboutjack/awards.htm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516024634/http://kingston.house.gov/aboutjack/awards.htm |archivedate=May 16, 2014 }} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atr.org/taxpayer-protection-pledge |title=List of Pledge Signers in the 113th Congress |accessdate=2013-12-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124043911/http://www.atr.org/taxpayer-protection-pledge |archivedate=November 24, 2013 }} 20. ^{{cite press release |author=Leslie K. Paige |date=October 7, 2009 |url=http://ccagw.org/media/press-releases/taxpayer-watchdog-group-names-rep-jack-kingston-%E2%80%9Ctaxpayer-hero%E2%80%9D |title= Taxpayer Watchdog Group Names Rep. Jack Kingston a "Taxpayer Hero" |publisher=Council for Citizens Against Government Waste |accessdate=2013-12-02}} 21. ^{{cite press release|author=Virginia Galloway |date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=Americans for Prosperity |title=Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. Representative Jack Kingston |url=http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax//wp-content/uploads/2010/06/kingston.pdf |accessdate=April 7, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219061216/http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax/ |archivedate=February 19, 2015 |df=mdy }} 22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Jack_Kingston.htm#Health_Care |title=Jack Kingston on Health Care |publisher=OnTheIssues |accessdate=2013-12-22}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/speech_detail.php?sc_id=508473&keyword=&phrase=&contain= |title=Project Vote Smart – Representative Jack Kingston – Affordable Health Care For America Act |publisher=Votesmart.org |accessdate=2010-08-22}}{{dead link|date=April 2015}} 24. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Jack_Kingston.htm#Energy_+_Oil |title=Jack Kingston on Energy & Oil |publisher=OnTheIssues |accessdate=2013-12-02}} 25. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Jack_Kingston.htm#Environment |title=Jack Kingston on the Environment |publisher=OnTheIssues |accessdate=2013-12-02}} 26. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Jack_Kingston.htm#Gun_Control |title=Jack Kingston on Gun Control |publisher=OnTheIssues |accessdate=2013-12-02}} 27. ^{{cite news |last=Merrigan |first=JoAnn |title=House Approves Bill to Help Fund Savannah Harbor Deepening |url=http://www.wsav.com/story/23772441/house-approves-bill-to-help-fund-savannah-harbor-deepening |publisher=WSAV-TV |date=23 October 2013 |accessdate=April 7, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111213559/http://www.wsav.com/story/23772441/house-approves-bill-to-help-fund-savannah-harbor-deepening |archivedate=January 11, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} 28. ^{{cite news|author=Lyndsey Layton |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501342_pf.html |title=Culture Shock on Capitol Hill: House to Work 5 Days a Week |work=The Washington Post |date=2006-12-06 |accessdate=2010-08-22}} 29. ^{{cite news |author=Evan Bleier |publisher=UPI |url=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/12/19/Rep-Jack-Kingston-suggests-kids-sweep-the-floor-in-the-cafeteria-for-school-lunch/8751387458572/ |title=Rep. Jack Kingston suggests kids 'sweep the floor in the cafeteria' for school lunch |accessdate=December 19, 2013}} 30. ^{{cite news| url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/20/georgia-congressman-defends-school-lunch-comments/ | work=CNN | title=Georgia congressman defends school lunch comments | date=December 20, 2013 |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 31. ^{{cite web|title=Legislation Sponsored or Cosponsored by Jack Kingston |url=https://www.congress.gov/member/jack-kingston/K000220?q={%22sponsorship%22%3A%22sponsored%22} |publisher=congress.gov|accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 32. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44176|title=CBO’s Estimate of the Net Budgetary Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Coverage Provisions Has Not Changed Much Over Time|last=Banthin|first=Jessica|date=May 14, 2013|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|accessdate=November 27, 2014}} 33. ^{{cite web|url=http://atr.rollcall.com/jack-kingston-will-make-announcement-on-thursday/ |title=Jack Kingston Plans Announcement Tour for Thursday |first=Kyle |last=Trygstad |date=April 30, 2013 |work=Roll Call |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 34. ^{{cite web |last=Trygstad |first=Kyle |title=Jack Kingston Raised $880K in Fourth Quarter |url=http://atr.rollcall.com/jack-kingston-raised-880k-in-4th-quarter/ |work=Roll Call |date=January 8, 2014 |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 35. ^{{cite web |last=Richards |first=Jon |title=Jack Kingston Picks Up Endorsement from Sean Hannity |url=http://www.peachpundit.com/2014/04/11/jack-kingston-picks-up-endorsement-from-sean-hannity/ |publisher=Peach Pundit |date=April 11, 2014 |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 36. ^{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Sean |title=Chamber of Commerce backs Kingston in crowded Georgia Senate race |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/17/chamber-of-commerce-backs-kingston-in-crowded-georgia-senate-race/ |publisher=Washington Post |date=April 17, 2014 |accessdate=April 7, 2015}} 37. ^{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/media/374605-ex-gop-lawmaker-suggests-florida-shooting-survivors-being-coached-by-left-wing|title=Ex-GOP lawmaker suggests 'left-wing groups' are coaching Fla. shooting survivors|last=Savransky|first=Rebecca|date=2018-02-20|work=TheHill|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en}} 38. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/conspiracy-theorists-anti-gun-rallies-george-soros-812737|title=Right-wing conspiracy theorists blame George Soros for teenage survivors' anti-gun activism|date=2018-02-20|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en}} 39. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jack-kingston-florida-survivors-hijacked_us_5a8c1f50e4b09fc01e037d29|title=Florida Survivors Push Back After GOP Activist Says They're 'Hijacked By Left-Wing Groups'|last=Frej|first=Willa|date=2018-02-20|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en-US}} 40. ^{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |accessdate=2008-01-10 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archivedate=July 25, 2007 }} 41. ^{{cite web |url=http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_1104/swfed.htm |title=Georgia Election Results – Official Results of the Tuesday, November 04, 2008 General Election |publisher=Secretary of State of Georgia |date=2009-02-18 |accessdate=2009-02-26 }} 42. ^{{cite web |last=Landers |first=Mary |url=http://savannahnow.com/node/743333 |title=Wayward wildlife crashes Miley set |publisher=savannahnow.com |accessdate=2010-08-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628101544/http://savannahnow.com/node/743333 |archivedate=June 28, 2009 |df=mdy-all }} External links
from the 153rd district|years=1985–1993}}{{s-aft|after=Eric Johnson}} |-{{s-par|us-hs}}{{s-bef|before=Lindsay Thomas}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 1st congressional district|years=1993–2015}}{{s-aft|after=Buddy Carter}} |-{{s-ppo}}{{s-bef|before=Deborah Pryce}}{{s-ttl|title=Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference|years=2003–2007}}{{s-aft|after=Kay Granger}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingston, Jack}} 11 : 1955 births|Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans|Living people|Members of the Georgia House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)|People from Athens, Georgia|People from Bryan, Texas|Politicians from Savannah, Georgia|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|University of Georgia alumni|21st-century American politicians |
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