Michael Forbes

Michael Forbes
Michael Forbes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by George J. Hochbrueckner
Succeeded by Felix Grucci
Personal details
Born July 16, 1952 (1952-07-16) (age 59)
Riverhead, New York
Political party Republican (until July 17, 1999)
Democratic (since July 17, 1999)
Religion Roman Catholic

Michael Patrick Forbes (b. July 16, 1952, Riverhead, New York) is a politician from the state of New York.

Contents

Early life and career

Michael Patrick Forbes was born on 16 July 1952 in Riverhead, New York. Forbes graduated from the SUNY Albany. Forbes worked as an assistant for Republicans U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. Forbes was also heavily involved with Camp Agawam of Raymond, Maine.

Congress

In 1994, Forbes ran for the House of Representatives as a Republican. He defeated incumbent George Hochbrueckner by six percentage points. Forbes got a seat on the powerful Appropriations committee, unusual for a freshman representative, due to his ties with new House Speaker Newt Gingrich. In December 1996, Forbes announced he wasn't going to vote for Gingrich for speaker. Forbes voted for Rep. Jim Leach instead. Forbes supported the Clinton impeachment.

Party switch

On July 17, 1999, Forbes switched to the Democratic Party. Forbes was promised financial support from House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Bill Clinton.

Forbes became a target for the Republican party and Democrats who had run against Forbes had become hostile to him. Forbes' only opponent was a 71-year-old librarian, Regina Seltzer. Seltzer won a court ruling halting state Democratic Party ads for Forbes.

Lost primary

In the primary election, Seltzer won the primary election by 35 votes. Seltzer was defeated by Republican Felix Grucci, who was then defeated in 2002 by Democrat Tim Bishop, who remains the incumbent. Forbes is married to Barbara Forbes and has four children: Sam, Max, Ted, and Abby.

Later career

In recent years Forbes has worked in public relations, opening his own firm. He also has blogged for the Huffington Post [1]

External links

  1. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-p-forbes

Biographies

Party switch

Lost primary

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
George J. Hochbrueckner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st congressional district

January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Succeeded by
Felix Grucci

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Michael Forbes (farmer) — Michael Forbes (born circa 1952) is a farmer, part time salmon fisherman and quarry worker from near Balmedie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland who became known after his refusal to sell his land to Donald Trump who is planning to build an extensive… …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Schumacher — Schumacher at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Born 3 January 1969 (1969 01 03) (age 42) Hürth, West Germany …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Heisley — Michael E. Heisley, Sr. Born March 13, 1937 Washington, D.C. Residence Chicago, Illinois Citizenship United States Education Georgetown University …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Wolf (economist) — Michael Wolf 2010 Michael Wolf is the founder and managing partner of ACTIVATE, a technology and strategy firm. He also currently serves on the boards of Entercom Communications Corporation.[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Moritz — Moritz at TechCrunch40, September 2007 Born 1954/1955 (age 56–57)[1] Cardiff, Wales …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Lee-Chin — Born 1951 (1951) Port Antonio, Jamaica Occupation Executive Chairman of AIC Limited, National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Net worth …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Egnor — is a neurosurgeon and intelligent design supporter. He has been a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University since 1991.[1] He completed medical school at Columbia University and has published twenty nine articles.[2]… …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Jackson — (1984) Michael Jacksons Untersch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Michael Dell — Michael Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Born February 23, 1965 (1965 02 23) (age 46) Houston, Texas, U.S …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Ellsberg — Born May 12, 1977 (1977 05 12) (age 34) San Francisco Occupation Author, Journalist Michael Ellsberg is an American author, blogger, and public speaker.[1] …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”