Tom Campbell (California politician)
Thomas J. Campbell | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 12th and 15th district | |
| In office 1989–1993 in 12th 1995–2001 in 15th | |
| Preceded by | Ernie Konnyu Norman Y. Mineta |
| Succeeded by | Due to redistricting, most of what was the 12th District became the 14th District. Anna Eshoo was elected to succeed Campbell in the reconfigured 12th District. Mike Honda succeeded Campbell in what is now the 15th District. |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Susanne Campbell |
| Education | University of Chicago (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
Thomas J. "Tom" Campbell (born August 14, 1952) is a former congressman from California's 12th and 15th districts, a former professor at Stanford Law School, the former dean of the Haas School of Business, and a former professor of business administration at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently serving as a visiting professor at the Chapman University School of Law. He served as the Director of Finance for the State of California in 2004 and 2005, and he previously served five nonconsecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. He is currently running for the Class 3 Senate Seat held by Barbara Boxer, attempting to represent the Republican Party in the November 2010 election.
Early life
Born in Chicago, Campbell obtained his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Chicago (1973), a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1976) and then a subsequent Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago (1980)[1]. He served as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White from 1977 to 1978 and, the year before that, for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge George E. MacKinnon. His mentor was Milton Friedman. He was raised in a Democratic family, but became a Republican during college.
Campbell was admitted to the bar in 1976 and went into private practice in Chicago. He was a White House Fellow in the offices of the Chief of Staff and Counsel (1980–1981). He then served in the Reagan Administration as Director of the Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission (1981–1983).
Law professor
Campbell became a law professor at Stanford Law School in 1983, receiving tenure as a full professor in 1987.
Congressional and State Senate career
Campbell took a leave of absence in 1988 to run for the Republican nomination in California's 12th Congressional District, which included his home in Campbell and Stanford University. The 12th had traditionally been a moderate Republican bastion, but had grown increasingly friendly to Democrats over the years. Campbell narrowly defeated his Democratic opponent, San Mateo County Supervisor Anna Eshoo. He served two terms before making an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Alan Cranston. He lost the Republican primary to a considerably more conservative Republican, Bruce Herschensohn, who in turn was defeated by Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Boxer. His political career would have probably been in jeopardy in any case; his district had been renumbered as the 14th District and had been made considerably more Democratic than its predecessor. (It was won by Eshoo, who still holds the seat.)
In 1993, California State Senator Becky Morgan stepped down mid-term, and Campbell won a special election to replace her. In the California State Senate, Campbell was Chairman of the Housing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Education Committee, and served on the Budget Committee. California Journal rated him the Best Problem Solver in the State Senate, the Most Ethical State Senator, and the overall Best State Senator.
In 1995, 15th District Democratic Congressman Norman Mineta, later the Secretary of Commerce under president Bill Clinton and Secretary of Transportation under George W. Bush, unexpectedly resigned. Campbell's home had been redrawn into this San Jose-based district, and he ran in the special election. Mineta had held the seat since 1975, and it was widely considered a safe Democratic district. Despite the considerable disadvantage in voter registration and Democratic attempts to tie him to Speaker Newt Gingrich, Campbell won the December special election easily. He won a full term almost as easily in 1996 and was handily re-elected in 1998.
Campbell was one of the more moderate House Republicans. He was very liberal on social issues (for instance, he was a strong supporter of abortion and gay rights) while conservative on fiscal matters. This was not surprising, as Bay Area Republicans tend to be somewhat more moderate than their counterparts in the rest of California. Campbell has maintained a significant libertarian following, due to his views and actions.
Campbell led a group of seventeen bipartisan members of Congress who filed a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton in 1999 over his conduct of the war in Kosovo. In the filing, they accused Clinton of not reporting to Congress within 48 hours on the status of the action as required by the 1973 War Powers Resolution and not first obtaining a declaration of war from Congress as required in the Constitution. Congress had voted 427 to 2 against a declaration of war with Yugoslavia and had voted to deny support for the air campaign. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that since Congress had voted for funding after the U.S. was actively engaged in the war with Kosovo, legislators had sent a confusing message about whether they approved of the war. Campbell said afterwards that this was a sidestepping of the law, and lawmakers who disagree with a war should not be forced to cut off funding for troops who are in the midst of it in order to get a judge to order an end to it.[2]
In 2000, Campbell won the Republican nomination to take on Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. Despite touting his service as a Republican representing a strongly Democratic district, he was a decided underdog against the popular Feinstein. Campbell was badly defeated, losing by over 19 points. He even lost his own district by almost 15 points. State Assemblyman Mike Honda, a Mineta protege, won Campbell's old seat by 12 points; the Republicans have only put up nominal challengers in that district since then.
In 2008, Campbell wrote in Reason that he would be voting no on Proposition 8 per his Republican beliefs that "government should be limited. Government has no business making distinctions between people based on their personal lives."[3]
Return to law
He then returned to Stanford, ending what had turned out to be a 13-year leave of absence. He remained there until his appointment at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 2002.
As Dean of the Haas School, Campbell stressed the study of corporate social responsibility and business ethics amid an era of corporate scandals. A full-fledged Center for Responsible Business was established. In September 2004, Campbell was named by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to his newly formed Council of Economic Advisors. From 2004 to 2005 Campbell took a leave of absence from his Berkeley post to serve as director of the California Department of Finance in the Schwarzenegger administration.
On Aug 27th, 2007, Campbell announced that he would step down from his position at Haas in the summer of 2008.[4] Campbell joined the Chapman School of Law for a 2-year visiting appointment which began January 2009, serving as the Fletcher Jones Distinguished Visiting Professor at Chapman University School of Law.[5]
Run for California Governor, 2010
In July 2008, Tom Campbell filed the necessary paperwork in order to establish a committee with the intent to raise funds for a prospective race for the Republican nomination to be Governor of California in 2010.[6]
Run for Senator from California, 2010
On January 13, 2010, it was reported in the Wall Street Journal that Tom Campbell would run for the United States Senate instead of for Governor of California.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 41,867 | 58.1 | |
| Republican | Ernie Konnyu (incumbent) | 30,162 | 41.9 | |
| Total votes | 72,029 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 136,384 | 51.7 | |
| Democratic | Anna Eshoo | 121,523 | 46.0 | |
| Libertarian | Tom Grey | 6,023 | 2.3 | |
| Total votes | 263,930 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 125,157 | 60.8 | |
| Democratic | Robert Palmer | 69,270 | 33.7 | |
| Libertarian | Chuck Olson | 11,271 | 5.5 | |
| Total votes | 205,698 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bruce Herschensohn | 956,136 | 38.2 | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 895,970 | 35.8 | |
| Republican | Sonny Bono | 417,848 | 16.7 | |
| Republican | Isaac Park Yonker | 95,344 | 3.8 | |
| Republican | Alexander Swift Eagle Justice | 60,110 | 2.4 | |
| Republican | John W. Spring | 54,941 | 2.2 | |
| Republican | John M. Brown | 20,710 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 2,501,069 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 100,804 | 60.2 | |
| Democratic | Hal Plotkin | 18,095 | 10.8 | |
| Democratic | Amal B. Winter | 15,244 | 9.1 | |
| Republican | Virgil McVicker | 11,251 | 6.7 | |
| Democratic | Phil Stokes | 8,085 | 4.9 | |
| Libertarian | Jon Petersen | 5,423 | 3.2 | |
| independent (politician) | Nancy Jewell Cross | 4,322 | 2.6 | |
| Democratic | John J. "Jack" Hickey | 4,240 | 2.5 | |
| Total votes | 167,464 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 54,372 | 58.9 | |||
| Democratic | Jerry Estruth | 33,051 | 35.8 | |||
| independent (politician) | Linh Kieu Dao | 4,922 | 5.3 | |||
| independent (politician) | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 42 | 0.0 | |||
| Total votes | 92,387 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 132,737 | 58.6 | |
| Democratic | Dick Lane | 79,048 | 34.8 | |
| Reform | Valli Sharpe-Geisler | 6,230 | 2.7 | |
| Libertarian | Ed Wimmers | 5,481 | 2.4 | |
| Natural Law | Bruce Currivan | 3,372 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 226,868 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 111,876 | 60.6 | |
| Democratic | Dick Lane | 70,059 | 37.9 | |
| Natural Law | Frank Strutner | 2,843 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 184,778 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 1,697,208 | 56.2 | |
| Republican | Ray Haynes | 679,034 | 22.5 | |
| Republican | Bill Horn | 453,630 | 15.1 | |
| Republican | John M. Brown | 68,415 | 2.2 | |
| Republican | Linh Dao | 64,559 | 2.1 | |
| Republican | James Peter Gough | 58,853 | 1.9 | |
| Total votes | 3,021,699 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dianne Feinstein (incumbent) | 5,932,522 | 55.9 | |
| Republican | Tom Campbell | 3,886,853 | 36.6 | |
| Green | Medea Benjamin | 326,828 | 3.1 | |
| Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 187,718 | 1.8 | |
| American Independent | Diane Beall Templin | 134,598 | 1.2 | |
| Reform | Jose Luis "Joe" Olivares Camahort | 96,552 | 0.9 | |
| Natural Law | Brian M. Rees | 58,537 | 0.5 | |
| Total votes | 10,623,608 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
References
- ^ http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/campbell.html
- ^ Ron Paul's Congressional office (06-09). "Judge sides with Clinton". U.S. House of Representatives homepage. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Ending Marriage Discrimination in California: Why Republicans should vote no on Prop 8 Tom Campbell, October 24, 2008
- ^ Ex-congressman Campbell plans to step down as Haas School dean
- ^ Chapman University - Faculty - Visiting - Honorable Tom Campbell
- ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/09/BAO211LPB7.DTL The San Francisco Chronicle. "Tom Campbell files papers in governor race," (July 9th, 2008).
- ^ Our Campaigns "California District 12 - Republican Primary Race," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1990," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ U.S. Election Atlas "1992 Senatorial Republican Primary Election Results - California," (retrieved August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Join California: Election History for the State of California "November 2, 1993 Special Election," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Join California: Election History for the State of California "December 12, 1995 Special Election," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Senator," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
- ^ Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Senator," (retrieved on August 6th, 2009).
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