Tim Hutchinson

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Tim Hutchinson

Young Timothy "Tim" Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949 in Bentonville , Arkansas ) is an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Arkansas in both chambers of the US Congress .

Life

As a boy, Tim Hutchinson attended public schools in Gravette and Springdale ; after he graduated from Bob Jones University , a Protestant -konservative University in Greenville ( South Carolina ), where he took his degree in 1972. In 1990 he earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Arkansas . Hutchinson himself was employed as a history lecturer at John Brown University in Siloam Springs ; He also worked temporarily as a pastor and as a co-owner of the KBCV radio station.

politics

Hutchinson's political career began in 1985 when he entered the Arkansas House of Representatives ; he stayed there until 1992. In that year he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took his seat on January 3, 1993 as the successor to the no longer candidate John Paul Hammerschmidt . In the Republican primary , he had previously prevailed against Richard L. Barclay , also a member of the House of Representatives. Hutchinson sat after re-election until January 3, 1997 in the lower house of Congress.

Tim Hutchinson (right) handing a check token with (from left) US Secretary of Education Roderick Paige , Governor Mike Huckabee and Lieutenant Governor Win Rockefeller in 2002 .

In 1996 he did not run for re-election, but for the successor to the outgoing Democratic US Senator David Pryor . Originally, then- Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee , was the favorite for the Republican nomination; However, when Governor Jim Tucker was sentenced to probation for conspiracy and postal fraud and was forced to resign, Huckabee followed him into office, clearing the way for Hutchinson. In the election, he met the Attorney General of Arkansas, Winston Bryant . Although a native of Arkansas won US President Bill Clinton at the same time the presidential election , scoring in his home state a lead of 17 percentage points over Republican Bob Dole , but Bryant could not benefit from it. With 53 percent of the vote, Hutchinson won, becoming the first Republican US Senator from Arkansas since the time of the Reconstruction . In the House of Representatives, his younger brother Asa became his successor.

In the Senate, Hutchinson's voting behavior was very conservative. Like most Republicans, he is considered a pro-life activist , campaigned for tax cuts, advocated the death penalty and supported a draft constitutional amendment that would criminalize burning the US flag . He is also an opponent of same-sex marriage and government intervention in the economy. Among other things, he was a member of the Armed Forces Committee and the Committee on Health, Education and Labor . In October 2002 he was one of 16 senators who introduced the draft Iraq resolution, the adoption of which started the Iraq war .

In 2002, Hutchinson ran for re-election. On the Democratic side, Arkansas Attorney General Mark Pryor , son of his predecessor David Pryor, ran. While Pryor was supported with a commercial by his father, who is still popular in Arkansas, the focus of interest was Hutchinson’s divorce from his wife Donna after 29 years of marriage and his subsequent wedding to an assistant from his congressional staff. Pryor did not raise this issue in his election campaign; but it was still well known and harmed Hutchinson. Ultimately, he lost by eight percentage points, making him the only Republican incumbent to relinquish his seat this year.

Another résumé

After leaving Congress on January 3, 2003, Hutchinson joined the Washington-based Dickstein Shapiro law firm a little later . He lives in Alexandria ( Virginia ). His sons, Jeremy and Timothy, identical twins, were both elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives, including his brother-in-law Kim Hendren .

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personal data
SURNAME Hutchinson, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hutchinson, Young Timothy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Bentonville