Steve Chabot
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Steven Joseph Chabot (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; born January 22, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer who represented Template:Ushr in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he lost his 2008 reelection bid to Democrat Steve Driehaus, before reclaiming his seat in 2010, and losing his 2022 reelection bid to Democrat Greg Landsman. Until his second election loss, he was the dean of Ohio's GOP delegation to the House of Representatives, after the retirement of former Speaker John Boehner.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Early life, education, and pre-political career
Chabot was born in 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Gerard Joseph and Doris Leona (née Tilley) Chabot; paternally, he is of French-Canadian descent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1971, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a Bachelor of Arts in physical education. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1978. He worked as an elementary school teacher in 1975–1976 while taking law classes at night. Chabot also taught political science at the University of Cincinnati and chaired the Boy Scouts of Cincinnati.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
As a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1994, Chabot handled domestic disputes and the drafting of wills as a sole practitioner.<ref>Juliet Eilperin, "Like-Minded Team of 13 to Present House's Case", Washington Post, January 14, 1999</ref> He operated out of a small law office in Westwood.<ref>Paul Barton, "Chabot guaranteed place in textbooks", Cincinnati Enquirer, January 14, 1999</ref>
Early political career
Chabot ran unsuccessfully for the Cincinnati City Council as an independent candidate in 1979 and as a Republican in 1983. He won a seat in 1985 as a Republican and was reelected for the next four years. In 1988, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against seven-term incumbent Democrat Tom Luken, who defeated him, 56–44%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1990 he was appointed a Commissioner of Hamilton County, Ohio, and was elected later that year and again in 1992, holding that office until 1994.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
In 1994, Chabot ran for the U.S. House again and defeated Democratic incumbent David S. Mann of Ohio's 1st congressional district, 56%–44%. In 1996, he defeated Democrat Mark Longabaugh, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, 54%–43%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1998, he defeated Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls, 53% to 47%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the series of debates during that campaign, Qualls criticized Chabot for not funneling enough federal spending to his home district. Chabot countered that he would not support "wasteful or unnecessary" federal programs.<ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2000, he defeated City Councilman John Cranley 53–44%.<ref name="ourcampaigns1">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2002, he defeated Greg Harris with 65% of the vote.<ref name="ourcampaigns1"/> In 2004, he defeated Harris again, with 60% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006
109th Congress
Template:See also Chabot defeated Democratic challenger John Cranley again, this time by a narrower margin of 52–48%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008
Template:See also Chabot lost to State Representative Steve Driehaus, 52%–48%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010
Template:See also In a rematch, Chabot defeated Driehaus,<ref name="nytimes1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Libertarian Jim Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson.<ref>Official Hamilton County Candidates and Issues List Template:Webarchive Hamilton County Ohio Board of Elections</ref> Chabot won with 52% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012
Template:See also Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Jeff Sinnard, 58%–38%, with Green nominee Rich Stevenson and Libertarian nominee Jim Berns picking up the balance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was helped by the 2010 round of redistricting, which shifted the majority of heavily Republican Warren County to the 1st Congressional District.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014
Template:See also Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Fred Kundrata, 63%–37%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016
Template:See also Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Michele Young, 59%–41%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018
Template:See also Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Aftab Pureval, 51%–48%. Libertarian nominee Dirk Kubala took the remainder of the vote.
2020
Template:See also Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Kate Schroder, 52%–45%. Libertarian nominee Kevin David Kahn took the remainder of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022
Template:See also Chabot's district became considerably more Democratic in redistricting. It now includes the entire city of Cincinnati; previously the eastern portion had been in the heavily Republican 2nd district. Chabot had considered retiring but ultimately ran for re-election as he believed Republicans would write off the seat unless he ran again. In the general election, he lost in an upset to Democratic nominee Greg Landsman, a member of the Cincinnati City Council. Chabot was the last surviving member of the "Republican Revolution" of 1994 who was still serving in Congress.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Afterwards, Chabot stated that he would not run for the seat in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tenure
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In 1999, Chabot served as one of the House managers in the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On December 18, 2019, Chabot voted against both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Of the 195 Republicans who voted, 185 voted against both articles and 10 Republicans<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> voted for impeachment.
On January 7, 2021, Chabot objected to the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results in Congress based on false claims of voter fraud.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2021, he voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In August 2021, Business Insider reported that Chabot had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose an exchange of stock in Allergan plc and AbbVie Inc. worth up to $30,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
- Congressional Taiwan Caucus (co-chair)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- House Baltic Caucus
- House Cambodia Caucus
- Republican Study Committee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Electoral history
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Political positions
During the presidency of Donald Trump, Chabot voted in line with Trump's stated position 93.1% of the time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As of August 2022, Chabot had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 16.4% of the time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Health care
Chabot authored a bill prohibiting a form of late-term abortion called partial-birth abortion, referred to in some medical literature by its less common name of intact dilation and extraction. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on November 5, 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Primary source inline
Chabot favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). He favors market-based reforms that he claims will offer American families more lower-cost options.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He supported the March 2017 version of the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement for Obamacare.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On May 4, 2017, Chabot voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and pass the American Health Care Act.<ref name=":02">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Environment
On the topic of man-made climate change, Chabot has said, "the evidence concerning man-made climate change is far from conclusive".<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> He has said cap-and-trade is an "extreme proposal" that would harm the economy.<ref name=":0" />
Other
In 1999, Chabot was one of the managers appointed to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.<ref>Chabot puts impeachment at center of his case for Judiciary post The Hill. 31 May 2018.</ref>
On August 22, 2011, Chabot asked Cincinnati police to confiscate cameras being used by private citizens to record a town-hall meeting, even as media television cameras recorded the incident.<ref name="cameras">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Wilkinson, Howard "Democrats’ cameras seized by police at Chabot Town Hall meeting", Cincinnati.com, August 24, 2011</ref><ref>Kurt Nimmo, [1] "Cops Confiscate Cameras at Ohio Congressman’s Town Hall", August 24, 2011</ref> YouTube videos of the incident provided wide awareness of it, and the participating police officer was later disciplined.<ref name="camerasdisc">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2002, Chabot advocated teaching intelligent design alongside the theory of evolution by natural selection in Ohio high schools.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chabot has called for ending logging subsidies in the Tongass National Forest,<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> and promoted relations with Taiwan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2002, he helped spearhead the local campaign against building a light rail system in Hamilton County.<ref name="missing_the_bus">Template:Cite news</ref>
As of 2016, Chabot had traveled on congressional fact-finding missions to 46 countries at a cost of $200,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Chabot lives with his wife Donna in Westwood. They have two children and a grandson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Chabot is a practicing Roman Catholic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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