David Trott

David Trott (2015)

David A. Trott (* 16th October 1960 in Birmingham , Michigan ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . Since January 2015, he has represented the 11th Congressional constituency of the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives . He will not run again in 2018.

Career

David Trott attended the Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield . He then studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor until 1981 . After a subsequent law degree at Duke University in Durham ( North Carolina ) and his admission to the bar, he began to work in this profession. He is also active in a few other industries. He is co-owner of Dietz Trott Sports & Entertainment and owner of Trott Recovery Services . He is the CEO of his company Trott & Trott PC , which, among other things, represents banks in bankruptcy proceedings.

In the 2014 election , Trott was elected to the US House of Representatives in Michigan's 11th Congressional constituency in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Kerry Bentivolio , whom he defeated in his party's primary on January 3, 2015 . In the actual election, he defeated Democrat Bobby McKenzie with 56 to 40 percent of the vote. Since he was confirmed in office in 2016, he is also a member of the 115th Congress of the United States , which met on January 3, 2017 . However, his result of 53 percent in 2016 was close; In the 2016 presidential election , Republican Donald Trump had also won 49 to 45 percent of the vote against Democrat Hillary Clinton , but this was the only congressional constituency in Michigan in which Trump was unable to improve the result as a Republican candidate compared to 2012. In addition, this congressional constituency has the highest proportion of well-educated in the state, which tends to speak against Trump.

In mid-September 2017, like his two congressional colleagues Dave Reichert and Charlie Dent, he announced a week earlier that he would not run again in the 2018 election (for the context, see situational conditions for the election ). He said he wanted to spend more time with his family and return to the private sector. His mandate runs until January 3, 2019.

Web links

• David Trott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Web presence at the congress

Individual evidence

1. ^ Trott defeats McKenzie in the 11th District. In: The Detroit News , November 5, 2014.
2. ↑ David Wasserman: Trott Retirement Moves MI-11 from Likely Republican to Toss Up. In: The Cook Political Report , September 11, 2017.
3. ↑ Michigan Republican announces he won't seek re-election. In: WILX.com , September 11, 2017 (English, AP report).