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词条 Jim Slattery
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  1. Early life, education, and early career

  2. U.S. House of Representatives

     Elections  Tenure  Committee assignments 

  3. 1994 Gubernatorial election

  4. Post-congressional career

     Law career  2008 U.S. Senate campaign 

  5. References

  6. External links

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|party = Democratic
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James Charles Slattery (born August 4, 1948) is an American politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district as a Democrat, was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1994 and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator in 2008.

Early life, education, and early career

After serving in the United States Army, Slattery earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Washburn University School of Law in 1974. While at Washburn, he was a member of the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta. In 1982, Slattery was inducted into Washburn's prestigious Sagamore Society.

Prior to his election to the Congress, Slattery served in the Kansas House of Representatives, as a reserve Army officer and founded a successful{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} real estate company.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

1982

Incumbent two term Republican Jim Jeffries of Kansas's 2nd congressional district decided to retire. Then-State Representative Slattery decided to run and defeated Republican nominee Morris Kay 57%-43%.[1]

1984

He won re-election to a second term against Jim Van Slyke with 60% of the vote, winning every county except Clay.[2]

1986–1990

Over the next few years, he won re-election with no problem in 1986 (71%),[3] 1988 (73%),[4] and 1990 (63%)[5]/

1992

After redistricting, he represented more counties in the southeastern part of the state. He defeated Jim Van Slyke 56%-41%. He performed strongly in the northern part of the district, but did poorly in the southern part, mostly new territory for Slattery. He lost two counties: Coffey and Linn while winning five counties with less than a 50% majority: Wilson, Woodson, Allen, Bourbon, and Franklin counties.[6][7]

Tenure

Slattery served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 in the Kansas delegation.

He was a central player on many key issues, including environmental protection, health care, telecommunications, and budget cutting efforts. He worked to limit production of the B-2 bomber, and was the chief sponsor of the successful amendment to terminate spending on the Superconducting Super Collider in 1993.

Slattery gained success as a Democrat in a relatively conservative congressional district, Kansas's 2nd congressional district. He considered running for governor in 1990 against incumbent Gov. Mike Hayden, an unpopular governor following changes in property tax law. Slattery decided not to run in 1990, however, and Joan Finney became the first female governor of Kansas.

In 1993, Slattery orchestrated the House campaign that killed the Superconducting Super Collider.[8] The SSC would have been about three times as powerful as CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most notable for discovering a particle consistent with a Higgs boson.[9][10][11][12][13]

Committee assignments

Slattery served on the Energy & Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Budget, and Banking Committees.

1994 Gubernatorial election

{{main|1994 Kansas gubernatorial election}}

Finney served one term as governor and Slattery decided to run for the open governorship in 1994, stepping down from Congress. However, he faced Republican Bill Graves. Slattery lost that race, a victim of the Republican landslide of 1994.

Post-congressional career

Law career

Slattery lived in Virginia and was partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm, Wiley Rein LLP after his defeat. His youngest son, Mike, lives in Mission, Kansas. Mike was elected to the Kansas State House in 2008, defeating his Republican opponent Ronnie Metzker. Mike edged out fellow Democrat Andy Sandler by three votes in a hotly contested primary.

2008 U.S. Senate campaign

{{main|United States Senate election in Kansas, 2008}}

Slattery declared his intention to run for the United States Senate in March 2008[14] against incumbent Pat Roberts, and officially announced his run in a statewide tour on April 29.[15]

Slattery was defeated by Roberts. The loss was the 25th consecutive setback for Democrats running for U.S. Senate seats from Kansas (24 regular elections plus a 1996 special election following the resignation of Bob Dole). The state last elected a Democrat in 1932, George McGill, who lost his re-election bid in 1938.

References

1. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37067
2. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51742
3. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38291
4. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37631
5. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34004
6. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27987
7. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27987
8. ^{{cite news | title=Congress officially kills collider project| author=Michelle Mittelstadt, (AP)| date=October 22, 1993 |page = 7 |work=Sun Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine | accessdate=2012-07-06 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kGAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=umUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=cost%20overrun%20ssc&pg=3808%2C4981568}}
9. ^{{cite news |first=Eryn |last=Brown |title=Higgs boson: Was July 4 announcement a blow for U.S. science? |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-higgs-boson-americans-20120706,0,306933.story |series=Science Now |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2012-07-06 |accessdate=2012-07-06 }}
10. ^{{cite news |first=Zoe |last=Gioja |author2=Hollie O'Connor |title=Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest |url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-taxes/budget/higgs-boson-discovery-may-have-been-possible-texas/ |series=Budget |work=Texas Tribune |date=2012-07-04 |accessdate=2012-07-06 }}
11. ^{{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Staley |title=Europe Overtakes U.S. in Physics Pursuing God Particle |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-19/europe-overtakes-u-s-in-physics-pursuing-god-particle.html |work=Sustainability |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2012-06-20 |accessdate=2012-07-06 }}
12. ^{{cite news |first=Robinson |last=Meyer |title=Faster, Stronger, Earlier: The American Particle Accelerator That Never Was |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/faster-stronger-earlier-the-american-particle-accelerator-that-never-was/259512/ |work=Technology |publisher=The Atlantic |date=2012-07-06 |accessdate=2012-07-06 }}
13. ^{{cite news |first=Gail |last=Collins |title=Our Political Black Hole |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/opinion/our-political-black-hole.html |series=Op-Ed |work=New York Times |date=2012-07-06 |accessdate=2012-07-06 }}
14. ^ {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Wichita Eagle
15. ^"Slattery finally getting it going against Roberts, plans April 29 kickoff" Steve Kraske, Kansas City Star, April 19, 2008

External links

  • Partner profile at Wiley Rein LLP
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160110010744/http://www.slatteryforsenate.com/ Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate]
  • {{CongLinks | congbio=S000477 | votesmart=26867 | fec=S8KS00235 | congress=james-slattery/1067 }}
  • Campaign contributions (2008) at OpenSecrets.org
  • Lobbyist profile at OpenSecrets.org
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