Enid Greene

Infobox_Congressman
name = Enid Greene


date of birth = Birth date and age|1958|6|5|mf=y
place of birth = San Rafael, California
state = Utah
district = 2nd
term = 1995–1997
preceded = Karen Shepherd
succeeded = Merrill Cook
party = Republican
spouse = Joe Waldholtz (divorced)
religion = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Enid Greene, formerly Enid Greene Waldholtz (born June 5, 1958) is a politician from the state of Utah who served one term in the United States House of Representatives. She was the third woman and first Republican woman elected to congress from Utah. Since her retirement in 1997 no woman has served in Congress from Utah.

Greene was born in San Rafael, California. She graduated from East High School and earned her B.A. from the University of Utah in 1980. She received her law degree from Brigham Young University in 1983.

She worked as a lawyer for software company Novell and then at a Salt Lake City law firm. She was deputy chief of staff for Governor Norman H. Bangerter.

As a young Republican, Enid met Joe Waldholtz and they were soon in a relationship. Greene ran for the House of Representatives in 1992 against Karen Shepherd for the Utah Second District, which was entirely contained in Salt Lake County at that time, losing by four percentage points.

Greene married Waldholtz in 1993. After her marriage, Greene took the name "Enid Greene Waldholtz". During her 1994 rematch against Shepherd, Joe acted as her campaign manager. Her campaign spent approximately $2 million, the most expensive House race in the country that year. [ [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/congress_12-11a.html Online NewsHour: Enid Waldholtz - December 11, 1995 ] ] Greene was swept into the 104th Congress in the Republican landslide in November. She was named to the House Rules Committee, the first freshman on that committee in over 80 years, and considered to be a potential rising star in the party. In March 1995, she announced she was pregnant. Greene became the second representative to ever give birth while in office (the first being Yvonne Brathwaite Burke) and the first Republican.

Her term was marred with scandal as her campaign was accused of campaign finance violations. Almost $1.8 million [ [http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_96016134661+6 F.E.C. IMAGE 96016134667 (Page 7 of 16) ] ] of the money spent in the 1994 campaign came from her husband, Joe, who had embezzled nearly $4 million from her father. Joe Waldholtz disappeared in November 1995 for six days before surrendering to police. During that time she announced that she was suing for divorce, for custody of her daughter, and to change her name back to 'Enid Greene'. Under pressure from Utah Republicans, she announced on March 5, 1996 that she would not seek re-election to Congress. Joe Waldholtz pleaded guilty to federal charges of tax, bank, and campaign fraud, [ [http://www.cnn.com/US/9606/05/waldholtz.plea/index.html CNN - Waldholtz enters guilty pleas - June 5, 1996 ] ] and then, while out on parole, was subsequently convicted of forging insurance and Veterans Affairs checks from his stepmother and his late father. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04135/316203.stm Ex-GOP strategist headed back to jail ] ]

Greene has slowly made her way back up the state Republican ladder in Utah. In 2003, she was elected vice chair of the state Republican party.

Greene was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Utah in 2004, but her ticket with gubernatorial candidate Nolan Karras was unsuccessful, garnering only 34% of the vote in the Republican primary. [http://elections.utah.gov/2004.primary.election.canvass.pdf]

After losing in the primary, Greene went back to being state party vice chairwoman. Greene became acting chair of the Utah Republican Party upon the resignation of Joe Cannon in November 2006, and was unanimously elected to serve as state party chair in February 2007 until the next convention in June 2007.

Electoral history

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+ ushr|Utah|2|: Results 1992–1994cite 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 ] !|Year!!|Democrat!|Votes!|Pct!!|Republican!|Votes!|Pct!!|3rd Party!|Party!|Votes!|Pct!
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1992|
Party shading/Democratic |nowrap|Karen Shepherd
Party shading/Democratic align="right" |127,738
Party shading/Democratic |50%|
Party shading/Republican |Enid Greene
Party shading/Republican align="right" |118,307
Party shading/Republican |47%|
Party shading/Independent |nowrap|A. Peter Crane
Party shading/Independent |Independent
Party shading/Independent align="right" |6,274
Party shading/Independent align="right" |2%
|*
-
1994|
Party shading/Democratic |Karen Shepherd
Party shading/Democratic align="right" |66,911
Party shading/Democratic |36%|
Party shading/Republican |nowrap|Enid Greene Waldholtz
Party shading/Republican align="right" |85,507
Party shading/Republican |46%|
Party shading/Independent |Merrill Cook
Party shading/Independent |Independent
Party shading/Independent align="right" |34,167
Party shading/Independent align="right" |18%|
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* Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1992, Eileen Koschak of the Socialist Workers party received 650 votes.

Notes

References

*Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. "The Almanac of American Politics, 1994". Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 1993. ISBN 0-89234-058-4
*Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. "The Almanac of American Politics, 1998". Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 1997. ISBN 0-89234-080-0
*Michael Barone, Richard E. Cohen, and Grant Ujifusa. "The Almanac of American Politics, 2002". Washington, D.C.: National Journal, 2001. ISBN 0-89234-099-1
*Benson, Lee. "Blind Trust: The True Story of Enid Greene & Joe Waldholtz", Agreka Books (November 1997), ISBN 1-888106-97-2
*Leigh Dethman, Greene elected Utah GOP chief, Deseret News, February 11, 2007 [http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660194620,00.html]