John Shadegg

John Shadegg

John Barden Shadegg (born October 22, 1949 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American politician ( Republican Party ). Between 1995 and 2011 he was a member of the United States House of Representatives , until 2003 for the 4th and then for the 3rd Congressional constituency .

Family, education and work

John Shadegg attended Camelback High School and then the University of Arizona until 1972 , at whose law school he then studied law until 1975. After his admission as a lawyer, he began to practice this profession. From 1969 to 1975 he was a member of the Aviation Division of the Arizona National Guard. Between 1983 and 1990 he served on the staff of the Attorney General of Arizona. He then served as an advisor to the Republican parliamentary group in the Arizona House of Representatives .

Shadegg is married to Shirley Lueck. The couple have a son and a daughter.

Congressman

Shadegg moved to the US House of Representatives on January 3, 1995 after his victory in the 1994 election for the 4th Congressional constituency of Arizona. In the following years he was confirmed in this mandate with more than 60% of the votes. From 2003 he represented the geographically largely identical new 3rd congressional electoral district as a result of the redistricting of the constituencies. In 2004, 2006 and 2008 he was confirmed in office with over 50% of the votes. In 2010 he lost his seat at Ben Quayle and retired from the 3 January 2011 Congress of.

He was a member of the Energy and Trade Committee and a committee that dealt with United States Energy Independence and Global Warming ( Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ).

After the death of Senator John McCain in August 2018, Shadegg was under discussion as his possible interim successor, who will be determined by Governor Doug Ducey for the period up to the by-election in November 2020 .

Positions

Shadegg is considered politically conservative. He voted against a fixed date for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and was against the introduction of minimum wages. He also advocated the erection of a border fence on the border with Mexico .

Web links

• John Shadegg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Jonathan Martin: Arizona Governor Faces a Tough Choice: A Senator Made From McCain's Mold or Trump's. In: The New York Times , August 26, 2018.