Steve Watkins

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Steve Watkins (2019)

Steven Charles Watkins Jr. (born September 18, 1976 at Lackland Air Force Base , Texas ) is an American politician ( Republican Party ). Since January 3, 2019 he has been a deputy of the State of Kansas a member of the United States House of Representatives .

Life

Steve Watkins is the son of a doctor and a teacher. He was born at the Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio and grew up in Topeka , Kansas. After graduating from Topeka West High School in 1995, he studied at the United States Military Academy in West Point (New York) , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1999. He also holds masters degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University , where he obtained a Masters of Public Administration degree in 2017 . Watkins joined the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Richardson , Alaska in 2000 . In 2004 he served in the Afghan War . Steve Watkins holds the military rank of Captain . In his spare time, Watkins does dog sledding and regularly participates in the Iditarod . In 2015 Watkins attempted to climb the Himalayas , which he had to abandon because of the earthquake in Nepal . Steve Watkins is married.

In 2018 Watkins ran for the seat of the second congressional electoral district of the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives. He was supported by, among others, the representative Roger Marshall . In the internal party primary , Watkins prevailed with 26.5 percent of the vote against six other candidates. In the later congressional election Watkins finally stood against the much better known Democrat Paul Davis , who was a member of the House of Representatives from Kansas at the time. Watkins himself had not yet appeared politically until the congressional elections. The US News & World Report ranked the election campaign between the candidates as one of the closest in the country, the New York Times found Watkins just one percentage point behind Davis in a poll. On October 6, 2018, President Donald Trump spoke out for Watkins. In the election on November 6, 2019, Steve Watkins prevailed over Davis by only 0.8 percent, he won all counties in his congressional constituency with the exception of Shawnee County and Douglas Counties, which are the two most populous counties in the constituency. On January 3, 2019, Watkins took office in the House of Representatives. There he is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs , the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Education and Labor . Steve Watkins endorses the construction of Donald Trump's planned border wall with Mexico. He is also in favor of lowering the cost of medical supplies and improving the Affordable Care Act .

In December 2019, Watkins caused confusion because there is a United Parcel Service branch at the location of the address given in his voter registration . At the time of the election, Watkins had not lived in Kansas for 20 years, and since 2002 he had applied for dividends through the Alaska Permanent Fund , which is only paid out to permanent residents of Alaska. The Shawnee County District Attorney opened an investigation into election fraud because Watkins would not have been allowed to vote in the county under the circumstances.

Web links

Commons : Steve Watkins  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Davis, Watkins debate reveals immigration, health care differences. Topeka Capital Journal, October 3, 2018, accessed April 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ About Steve Watkins. In: watkins.house.gov , accessed April 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Why It's Getting Ugly in Kansas. US News & World Report, September 28, 2018, accessed April 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Steve Watkins wins tight race over Paul Davis in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District. Topeka Capital Journal, November 6, 2018, accessed April 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Healt Care. In: watkins.house.gov , accessed on 16 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Kansas congressional candidate who ran the Iditarod is having his honesty challenged. Anchorage Daily News, October 2, 2018, accessed April 16, 2020.
  7. ^ GOP congressman may have committed voter fraud with wrong address. The American Independent, December 4, 2019, accessed April 16, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Watkins, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watkins, Steven Charles Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Lackland Air Force Base , Texas