Steve Stockman

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Steve Stockman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th district
In office 1995–1997
Preceded by	Jack Brooks
Succeeded by	Nick Lampson
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-14) November 14, 1956 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Patti
Alma mater	University of Houston
Occupation	Consultant

Steve Stockman (born November 14, 1956) is a Republican politician who represented Texas's 9th Congressional District between 1995 and 1997.

Biography

Stockman was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, near Detroit. He graduated from Dondero High School.

In 1992, Stockman ran as a Republican for the House of Representatives against Jack Brooks. He was unsuccessful in this attempt, though he unseated the 42-year incumbent and then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in 1994.

During Stockman's time in Congress, the district represented Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, and part of Harris counties, including part of metropolitan Houston.

A conservative, he was a faculty member who conducted training for the non-partisan Leadership Institute based in Arlington, Virginia. He worked for the Leadership Institute as the Campus Leadership Program Director. He has also been involved with the Young Conservatives of Texas, and has represented Republicans at International Democrat Union meetings.

Stockman, as a one term incumbent, was defeated by Democrat Nick Lampson, in 1996.

In 2011 Stockman formed an exploratory committee, Friends of Steve Stockman, to consider a run for the TX-14 Congressional seat being vacated by Congressman Ron Paul.

Legislative Record

In Stockman's one term in office, he sponsored 22 bills or resolutions and cosponsored 241. One sponsored resolution was agreed to by both the House and Senate; 37 cosponsored bills or resolutions passed the House, of which 18 passed the Senate. Of those, 2 were vetoed and 1 died in conference.

Notable sponsored bills in the 104th Congress included:

• H.CON.RES.166 Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Washington for Jesus 1996 prayer rally. This was Stockman's only successful sponsored legislation.
• H.J.RES.87 A constitutional amendment to prevent citizenship to native-born children of non-legal residents, and other changes.
• H.R.2087 To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.
• H.R.2393 To eliminate background checks, waiting periods, and registration requirements for firearms.
• H.R.2749 To investigate the Kinsey Reports.
• H.R.4222 To make private school costs tax-deductible.

Notable cosponsored bills in the 104th Congress that became law included:

• H.R.436 required heads of Federal agencies to differentiate between different types of fats, oils, and greases, when issuing regulations.
• H.R.1514 authorized and assisted programs to enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry. The bill was aimed at improving the industry for the sake of consumers and the public.
• H.R.1627 amending the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; as well as, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
• H.R.2137 amended the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the release of information to protect the public from sexual offenders (Megan's Law).
• H.R.3396 To define and protect the institution of marriage, the Defense of Marriage Act.

Notable cosponsored bills in the 104th Congress that did not become law included:

• H.J.RES.1 A balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
• H.J.RES.79 An amendment to prohibit desecration of the flag.
• H.R.2 Line-item veto.
• H.R.123 to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States.
• H.R.1833 Banning Partial Birth Abortion.

Reelection attempts

The 1996 general election for Texas's 9th Congressional District was unusual.

After the normal primaries had been held, the district boundaries of the 18th, 29th and 30th districts were struck down as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in Bush v. Vera, necessitating redistricting of the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 18th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th and 30th Districts.

Because the redistricting was held after the normal primaries, those results were discarded and new votes for these districts were held as special elections; open to all candidates without a primary, and requiring a majority to win the seat outright.

These elections were held concurrently with the November general election for other elective positions. Stockman led Democrat Nick Lampson in the special election, 46.44 percent to 44.13 percent, but did not get a majority in a three-way race.

In the subsequent head-to-head runoff, Lampson defeated Stockman, 52.83 percent to 47.16 percent.

In 1998, Stockman was an unsuccessful Republican primary candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission. He lost to Governor George W. Bush's preferred candidate, Tony Garza, by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. Garza went on to win the Railroad Commission position in the November general election.

In 2006, he attempted to run as an independent candidate for Texas's 22nd congressional district, Tom DeLay's former seat, but he failed to gather enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. However, Stockman did register for the Special Election to fill out the remainder of the term for the Texas 22nd Congressional district, one of five candidates.

External links

• Congressional biography of Steve Stockman
• Steve Stockman biography at Infoplease.com
• Campus Leadership Program at the Leadership Institute
• Time "The Movement's Sympathetic Ears on Capitol Hill"
• Look Up Bills Sponsored/Cosponsored by Steve Stockman

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Jack Brooks	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th congressional district 1995–1997	Succeeded by Nick Lampson