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David Martin McIntosh (born June 8, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who served as the
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for
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from 1995 to 2001. He is a co-founder of two conservative political groups,
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and
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. McIntosh was the Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana in 2000, losing to Democratic incumbent
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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in
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in 2012.


Early life, education, and law career

McIntosh was born in
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, the son of Jean Marie (Slough), a judge, and Norman McIntosh. He moved to his mother's hometown of
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, at age five after his father died. McIntosh attended
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, where he was a member and later president of the
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and, despite his political orientation, its Progressive Party. He graduated with a B.A. (cum laude) in 1980, and later received a J.D. from
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in 1983.Mayer Brown – David M. McIntosh
/ref> McIntosh was taught at Chicago by Antonin Scalia, who later became a Supreme Court Justice. He is also a co-founder of
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.


Early political career

During the
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, McIntosh served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General and as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. In George H. W. Bush's administration, he served as executive director of Vice President
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's Council for Competitiveness. In that role, he emphasized limiting or rolling back environmental regulations that the Council saw as inimical to economic growth – such as a redraft of the Clean Air Act which would allow for companies to increase pollution emissions without notifying the public.


U.S. House of Representatives


Elections

;1994 Incumbent Democrat U.S. Congressman Philip Sharp of
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decided to retire. McIntosh decided to run and won the Republican primary with a plurality of 43% in a four candidate field. In the general election, he defeated Democratic
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Joe Hogsett 54%–46%. ;1996 He won re-election to a second term with 58% of the vote. ;1998 He won re-election to a third term with 61% of the vote.


Tenure

McIntosh fought against U.S. Senator Bob Dole to get rid of regulations within the health and food industries. After Newt Gingrich resigned as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, McIntosh thought about running himself. He decided not to run and endorsed William Reynolds Archer, Jr.


Committee assignments

He was a member of the
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and was Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee.


2000 gubernatorial election

In 2000, McIntosh ran for
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, but lost to incumbent
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, 57 percent to 42 percent. His campaign was built around a 25 percent guaranteed property tax cut, but he never provided details on how he would accomplish it.


Post-congressional career

Since 2001, McIntosh has been a partner in the global law firm of
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. In 2009, he served as a political advisor to
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groups on
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's nomination to the Supreme Court.


2004 gubernatorial election

He planned another run for governor in 2004, but dropped out before the Indiana Republican primary after
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gave his support to
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, former Director of the White House
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.


2012 congressional election

In 2012 McIntosh announced his candidacy for Congress, running in the newly redrawn
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, held by retiring Republican
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. He was narrowly defeated in the primary by former U.S. Attorney
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, losing to her by 1,010 votes out of over 100,000 votes cast.


Club for Growth

In December 2014, McIntosh was named the head of the
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. On November 7, 2020, on behalf of the Club for Growth, McIntosh was a signatory to a message communicated by Sen. Mike Lee to White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, expressing unequivocal support for
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following his loss in the 2020 election to Joe Biden and urging President Trump "to exhaust every legal and constitutional remedy at isdisposal to restore Americans faith in our elections."


Electoral history


References


External links

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David McIntosh On the Issues
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