Bob Inglis
Bob Inglis | |
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Liz Patterson | |
Succeeded by | Jim DeMint |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Durden Inglis October 11, 1959 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mary Anne Inglis |
Education | Duke University (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Robert Durden Inglis Sr. (born October 11, 1959) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is a moderate member of the Republican Party. Inglis was unseated in the Republican primary runoff in 2010 by a landslide.
In 2012, Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a nationwide public engagement campaign promoting conservative and free-enterprise solutions to energy and climate challenges.
Early life, education, and law career
Inglis was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Helen Louise (née McCullough) and Allick Wyllie Inglis Jr. His ancestry is Scottish and English.[2] He grew up in Bluffton, South Carolina, near Hilton Head Island. He earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia. Upon his graduation from law school, he worked for a number of years as a lawyer in private practice, and served on the executive committee of the Greenville County Republican Party.[3] In 2015, he signed an amicus brief calling for the recognition of same-sex marriage.[4]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
- 1992
Inglis made his first run for elected office when he won the Republican nomination for the 4th District. In the general election, he defeated three-term incumbent
- 1994–1996
Proving just how Republican this district had become, Inglis was re-elected in 1994 and 1996 with no substantive opposition, both times winning more than 70 percent of the vote.
- 1998
Inglis had promised during his initial bid for the seat to serve only three terms. Accordingly, he vacated the seat in 1998 to run for the Senate against Democratic incumbent
- 2004
In 2004, DeMint opted to run for Hollings's open Senate seat instead of seeking re-election to the House. Inglis chose to try for his old House seat. He easily won a three-way Republican primary with 85 percent of the vote, all but assuring his return to Congress. He faced the founder of the HBCU Classic and first African American Democratic candidate to run for the 4th District seat, Brandon P. Brown from Taylors, in the general election. Inglis was re-elected with little difficulty in 2006 and 2008.
- 2010
Inglis faced four challengers in the Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district. It was the first time he faced substantive primary opposition as an incumbent. The challengers included 7th Circuit (
In the June 8, 2010, primary election, Inglis finished second with 27 percent of the vote, well behind first-place finisher Gowdy's 39 percent. Inglis was forced into a June 22 run-off election against Gowdy.[6] Although he had "racked up a reliably conservative record" during his six terms in the House,[7] Inglis had been criticized by his primary opponents for certain votes, including his support for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (which earned him the nickname "Bailout Bob")[8] and his opposition to the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, and was portrayed as removed from the interests of the district.[6][9] Inglis had attacked Gowdy's conservatism and questioned his opponent's support for creating a costly lake in Union County, South Carolina.[6]
In the runoff, Gowdy defeated Inglis in a landslide, 71–29 percent.[10] Following his defeat in the Republican primary, Inglis criticized the Tea Party movement, which had supported his opponent's campaign, as well as the Republican Party for courting the movement, stating, "It's a dangerous strategy, to build conservatism on information and policies that are not credible."[11]
Tenure
Inglis's 2010 Republican primary opponents asserted that his voting record in his second House tenure was more moderate than his first. He was one of seventeen House Republicans who voted for a Democratic resolution opposing the
On climate change, Inglis said that conservatives should go with the facts, and the science, and accept the National Academy of Sciences' conclusion that climate change is caused by human activities and poses significant risks, which 97 percent of climate scientists agree with.[15] Studies conclude that coal power plants are responsible for 23,600 premature deaths in the U.S. per year, and conservatives should hold them accountable, he said, perhaps with a carbon tax on their emissions.[16]
Inglis is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker. He also supported actions to aid people in war-torn Darfur. In 2006, he co-sponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act[17] and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.[18] On December 27, 2008, Inglis published an op-ed in The New York Times in support of a revenue neutral carbon tax.[19]
In October 2007, before the South Carolina
On September 15, 2009, Inglis was one of seven Republicans to cross party lines in voting to disapprove fellow South Carolina Republican
Committee assignments
In the
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
- Subcommittee on Europe
- Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
- Committee on Science and Technology
- Subcommittee on Energy and Environment(Ranking Member)
- Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
Electoral history
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 99,879 (50.3%)
- Elizabeth J. Patterson, Democrat – 94,182 (47.5%)
- Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian – 4,286 (2.2%)
- Write-in candidates – 63 (nil)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district,
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 109,626 (73.5%)
- Jerry L. Fowler, Democrat – 39,396 (26.1%)
- Write-in candidates – 154 (0.1%)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district,
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 138,165 (70.9%)
- Darrell E. Curry, Democrat – 54,126 (27.8%)
- C. Faye Walters, Natural Law – 2,501 (1.3%)
- Bob Inglis – 115,029 (74.6%)
- Stephen Brown – 33,530 (21.8%)
- Elton Legrand – 5,634 (3.7%)
United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998:[26]
- Ernest Hollings, Democrat – 563,377 (52.7%)
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 488,238 (45.7%)
- Richard T. Quillian, Libertarian – 16,991 (1.6%)
- Write-in candidates – 457 (nil)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district,
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 188,795 (69.8%)
- Brandon P. Brown, Democrat – 78,376 (29.0%)
- C. Faye Walters, Green– 3,273 (1.2%)
- Write-in candidates – 150 (0.1%)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district,
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 115,553 (64.2%)
- William Griff Griffith, Democrat – 57,490 (32.0%)
- John Cobin, Libertarian – 4,467 (2.5%)
- C. Faye Walters, Green – 2,336 (1.3%)
- Write-in candidates – 85 (0.1%)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district,
- Bob Inglis – 37,571 (67.0%)
- Charles Jeter – 18,545 (33.1%)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2008:[30]
- Bob Inglis, Republican – 184,440 (60.1%)
- Paul Corden, Democrat – 113,291 (36.9%)
- C. Faye Walters, Green – 7,332 (2.4%)
- Write-in candidates – 1,865 (0.6%)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district,
- Trey Gowdy – 34,103 (39.2%)
- Bob Inglis – 23,877 (27.5%)
- Jim Lee – 11,854 (13.6%)
- David Thomas – 11,073 (12.7%)
- Christina Jeffrey – 6,041 (7.0%)
South Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2010 – Republican primary runoff:[32]
- Trey Gowdy – 54,412 (70.7%)
- Bob Inglis – 22,590 (29.3%)
Awards and honors
Inglis was the recipient of the 2015
On October 2, 2023, Inglis wrote a strong Op-Ed in the
Personal life
Inglis and his wife Mary Anne have five grown children, and they live on a small farm near Travelers Rest, north of Greenville. He is a member of St. John in the Wilderness, an Episcopal congregation in Flat Rock, NC.
Opposition to Donald Trump
In October 2016, Inglis was one of thirty GOP ex-lawmakers to sign a public letter condemning Republican presidential candidate
Six months later, after
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External links
- "Bob Inglis for U.S. Congress". Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) official campaign site - Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN