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Jim talent

James Matthes "Jim" Talent (* 18th October 1956 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . He represented the state of Missouri in both houses of Congress .

Family, education and work

Jim Talent grew up in Des Peres , a suburb of St. Louis, in a middle-class Jewish family . His paternal grandparents had immigrated from Russia shortly after the October Revolution of 1917, and his mother's German ancestors had settled in the area in the 1830s. His father was the first in the family to graduate and had attended Harvard Law School . His studies at Washington University in St. Louis (Bachelor in Political Science 1978) and at the University of Chicago ( Juris Doctor 1981) followed in 1982/83 as a trainee lawyer for judge Richard Posnerat the US Court of Appeals . He also taught law at Washington University . Talent initially worked as a lawyer from 1981 to 1987 in a joint law firm (Moller Talent Kuethanl Welch), and from 1988 to 1992 in the large law firm Lashly and Baer in St. Louis.

He has been married to Brenda Lyons since 1984; they have two daughters and one son. The talent, who grew up in a Jewish family, converted to Christianity after a radio sermon by James Dobson . The Presbyterian lives in Chesterfield .

Political career

Talent first became politically active in 1984 when he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives. In the 96th district of this lower house of the State Legislature he was re-elected several times and was there from 1988 to 1992 leader of the Republicans, who were then in the minority (minority leader). In the 1992 election , he ran for the United States House of Representatives and beat the Democratic holder, Joan Kelly Horn , with 51 to 49 percent of the vote. He was a member of Congress from January 3, 1993 for the 2nd Congressional District Missouris, which includes the southwestern suburbs of St. Louis . From 1997 to 2001 he was Chairman of the Small Business Committee . In 2000 he did not run again for Congress, but ran for the election of governor of Missouris. He was narrowly defeated by Democrat Bob Holden and left Congress on January 3, 2001. He was succeeded by Todd Akin .

Two years later, in the by-election for the United States Senate on November 5, 2002, he won one of Missouri's two seats against Jean Carnahan , the widow of Senator Mel Carnahan , who was killed in a plane crash , and thus filled the remainder of Carnahan's mandate until January 2007 from. The outcome of the election had long been unclear and was marked by strong donations on both sides, with Talent receiving support from the White House . In the next regular election in 2006 , he faced the Democrat Claire McCaskill and was beaten by her on November 7, 2006 in a head-to-head race. Thanks in part to the help of Vice President Dick Cheney in fundraising, his financial resources for the election campaign exceeded those of his rival candidate.

Talent withdrew from active politics despite being re-listed as Missouri's gubernatorial candidate in 2008 and 2012. He practiced as a lawyer again and was active as a lobbyist in Washington, DC . In 2008 and 2012 , he supported Mitt Romney for his party's candidacy, and Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker in the 2016 election . He advised the elected President Donald Trump on his presidential transition and was under discussion as a possible defense or trade minister in the Trump cabinet .

Positions

Talent is considered decidedly conservative and was a major supporter of the George W. Bush administration . He spoke out against stem cell research and supported the proposal for an amendment to the constitution that would make burning the American flag a criminal offense ( Flag Desecration Amendment ).

Web links

Commons : Jim Talent  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Michael Jim Talent. In: Russian Heritage Museum.
  2. ↑ Dan Gilgoff: The Jesus Machine. In: Huffington Post , March 12, 2007.
  3. ↑ James Talent's Biography. In: Vote Smart.
  4. ^ The 1992 Elections: State by State. In: The Washington Post , November 5, 1992.
  5. ↑ John Mercurio: Fight for control of Senate intensifies. In: CNN.com , November 1, 2002.
  6. ↑ Michael Jim Talent. In: Russian Heritage Museum.
  7. ↑ Talent, Jim. In: Our Campaigns.
  8. ↑ See the Senate Political Direction chart: Sen. James “Jim” Talent. In: Govtrack.us.
personal data
SURNAME Talent, jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Talent, James Matthes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri