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David McIntosh 
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd districtIn office
1995–2001Preceded by Phil Sharp Succeeded by Mike Pence Personal details Born June 8, 1958
Oakland, CaliforniaPolitical party Republican Spouse(s) Ruth McManis McIntosh Occupation Attorney/Public Official David Martin McIntosh (born June 8, 1958) is a lawyer who served as a Republican representative from Indiana from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2001. McIntosh was the Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana in 2000, losing to incumbent Democrat Frank O'Bannon He is currently a candidate in Indiana's 5th Congressional district, running in the GOP primary against incumbent Rep. Dan Burton.
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Early life
McIntosh was born in Oakland, California, but moved to his mother's hometown of Kendallville, Indiana, at age five after his father died of cancer.[1]
McIntosh attended Yale University, where he was a member and later president of the Yale Political Union and despite his political orientation its Progressive Party.[2] He graduated with a B.A. (cum laude) in 1980, and later received a J.D. from University of Chicago Law School in 1983.[3] He was taught at Chicago by Antonin Scalia, who later became a Supreme Court Justice.[4]
He is also a co-founder of The Federalist Society.[5]
Career
During the Reagan Administration, McIntosh served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General and as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.[3]
In George H. W. Bush's administration, he served as executive director of Vice President Dan Quayle's Council for Competitiveness.[6] In that role, he emphasized limiting or rolling back environmental regulations that the Council saw as inimical to economic growth[7] – such as a redraft of the Clean Air Act which would allow for companies to increase pollution emissions without notifying the public.[8]
In 2000, McIntosh ran for Governor of Indiana, but lost to incumbent Democrat Frank O'Bannon, 57 percent to 42 percent. His campaign was built around a 25 percent guaranteed property tax cut, but he never provided details on how he would accomplish it.
Since 2001, McIntosh has been a partner in the Washington law firm of Mayer Brown.[3] He planned another run for governor in 2004, but dropped out before the Indiana Republican primary after President George W. Bush gave his support to Mitch Daniels, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
In 2009, he served as a political advisor to conservative lobby groups on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.[9]
McIntosh announced he will be a candidate for Congress again in the 2012 election, running in Indiana's 5th Congressional district against GOP incumbent Dan Burton. [10]
Electoral history
Indiana's 2nd congressional district: Results 1994–1998[11] Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct 1994 Joseph H. Hogsett 78,241 46% David M. McIntosh 93,592 54% 1996 R. Marc Carmichael 85,105 40% David M. McIntosh 123,113 58% Paul E. Zimmerman Libertarian 4,665 2% 1998 Sherman A. Boles 62,452 38% David M. McIntosh 99,608 61% Cliff Federle Libertarian 2,236 1% References
- ^ Keith Schneider, "Administration's Regulation Slayer Has Achieved a Perilous Prominence," New York Times, 30 June 1992.
- ^ Easton, Nina. Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. P51.
- ^ a b c Mayer Brown - David M. McIntosh
- ^ Toobin, Jeffrey. "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court". New York Times, September 23, 2007.
- ^ Andrew Card Address Before The Federalist Society at the 2003 National Lawyers Convention
- ^ The Buying of the President 2000 by Charles Lewis (journalist) and the Center for Public Integrity, page 315.
- ^ Schneider, "Administration's Regulation Slayer."
- ^ Rosenthal, Andrew "Quayle's Moment," New York Times, 5 July 1992
- ^ "GOP struggles for anti-Sotomayor message" Associated Press, July 5, 2009.
- ^ "Former Congressman wants back into politics" Associated Press, July 5, 2009.
- ^ "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
External links
- Campaign website
- David M. McIntosh at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- David McIntosh On the Issues
- Indy Star Fact File
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Phil SharpMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd congressional district
1995–2001Succeeded by
Mike PenceParty political offices Preceded by
Dan Burton Indiana
John Doolittle California
Ernest Istook Oklahoma
Sam Johnson TexasChairman of the Republican Study Committee
1999–2000Succeeded by
Sam Johnson
TexasCategories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Indiana Republicans
- Federalist Society members
- Yale University alumni
- University of Chicago Law School alumni
- People from Oakland, California
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