Dale Kildee

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His district included Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his term was up in 2012.<ref name=retirement>Rep. Dale Kildee to retire after 18 terms The Hill July 15, 2011</ref> He was succeeded by his nephew Dan Kildee.

Early life, education, and teaching careerEdit

Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan on September 16, 1929 to Timothy and Norma (Ullmer) Kildee.<ref name=fj2>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=fj1>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was the fourth of five children. In his senior year of high school, he won the American Legion Medal of Citizenship. In 1947, Kildee received his high school diploma from St. Mary's High School.Template:Citation needed

He earned his B.A. from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. He earned a teacher's certificate from the University of Detroit in 1955. He did graduate work in history and political science at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan from 1958 to 1959 under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship. He earned an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1961.<ref name=fj1/> He was a teacher at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy from 1954-56. Coming back in 1956 to Flint, Kildee taught Latin until 1964.Template:Citation needed

Michigan legislatureEdit

Kildee served as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives 81st district from 1965 to 1974. He then subsequently served as a member of the Michigan State Senate from 1975 to 1976.<ref name=fj1/>

U.S. House of RepresentativesEdit

ElectionsEdit

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Kildee from the 1977 Congressional Pictorial Directory

In 1976, incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Donald Riegle resigned after being appointed to fill the vacant seat in the U.S. Senate caused by the death of Philip Hart. State Senator Kildee won the general election with 70% of the vote.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He won re-election 17 times, each with at least 56% of the vote except in 1992, 1994, and 2010. In 1992, he defeated Megan O'Neill with 54% of the vote. He won Genesee County with 74%, while he lost the district's other two counties: Oakland and Lapeer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 1994 rematch, he defeated her with just 51% of the vote, the lowest winning percentage of his career.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2010, he defeated Republican farmer and businessman John Kupiec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with 53% of the vote. Kupiec won Tuscola County with 60%, while losing the district's other three counties. Kildee won Bay (49%), Saginaw (61%), and Genesee Counties (55%).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TenureEdit

In 1997, Kildee founded the House's Native American Caucus to advocate Native American issues. In 2010, Kildee revealed that he would be voting for the Senate version of the Health Care reform bill without the Stupak Amendment language restricting federal abortion funding.<ref>Stupak Ally in House Approves Senate Abortion Restrictions New York Times March 17, 2010</ref> In addition, reports surfaced that he attempted to convince anti-abortion Democrats in the Stupak coalition to vote for the bill.<ref>Kildee vs. Stupak and Health Care's Final Countdown Mother Jones March 19, 2010</ref>

Committee assignmentsEdit

He was a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and served as ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Education Reform and a member of the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. He was also a member of the House Committee on Resources, where he sat on the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. From 1993 on, he served as co-chair of the Congressional Automotive Caucus. From 1997 on, he served as co-chair of the Native American Caucus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

He met his future wife Gayle, a French teacher, while teaching at Central High School. They married in 1965 and had three children, Paul, Laura, and David.<ref name=fj2/> Both sons became army captains; their daughter became a commercial property manager.<ref name=fj2/>

In November 2011, Patrick Kildee, a second cousin of the congressman, accused Kildee of sexually abusing him more than 50 years previously when he was 12 years old. In response Kildee called the allegation untrue.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

DeathEdit

Kildee died on October 13, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 92.<ref>Former Michigan U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee dead at 92; championed education reform</ref>

Kildee was a Roman Catholic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Electoral historyEdit

Template:S-start |+ Template:Ushr: Results 1992–2000<ref name="clerk"/><ref name="fedelect">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=SOS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % |- |1992 || |Template:Party shading/Democratic |Dale Kildee |Template:Party shading/Democratic |133,956 |Template:Party shading/Democratic |54% | |Template:Party shading/Republican |Megan O'Neill |Template:Party shading/Republican |111,798 |Template:Party shading/Republican |45% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Key Halverson |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,891 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | |! style="background:#FF3300; "|Jerome White |! style="background:#FF3300; "|Workers League |! style="background:#FF3300; "|1,872 |! style="background:#FF3300; "|1% | | | | | |- |1994 || |Template:Party shading/Democratic |Dale Kildee |Template:Party shading/Democratic |97,096 |Template:Party shading/Democratic |51% | |Template:Party shading/Republican |Megan O'Neill |Template:Party shading/Republican |89,148 |Template:Party shading/Republican |47% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Karen Blasdell |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|3,240 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|2% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1996 || |Template:Party shading/Democratic |Dale Kildee |Template:Party shading/Democratic |136,856 |Template:Party shading/Democratic |59% | |Template:Party shading/Republican |Patrick Nowak |Template:Party shading/Republican |89,733 |Template:Party shading/Republican |39% | |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |Malcolm Johnson |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |Libertarian |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |3,472 |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |2% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Terrence Shulman |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,127 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0% | | | | | |- |1998 || |Template:Party shading/Democratic |Dale Kildee |Template:Party shading/Democratic |105,457 |Template:Party shading/Democratic |56% | |Template:Party shading/Republican |Tom McMillin |Template:Party shading/Republican |79,062 |Template:Party shading/Republican |42% | |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |Malcolm Johnson |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |Libertarian |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |4,006 |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |2% | | | | | | | | | | |- |2000 || |Template:Party shading/Democratic |Dale Kildee |Template:Party shading/Democratic |158,184 |Template:Party shading/Democratic |61% | |Template:Party shading/Republican |Grant Garrett |Template:Party shading/Republican |92,926 |Template:Party shading/Republican |36% | |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |Laurie Martin |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |Libertarian |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |5,337 |Template:Party shading/Libertarian |2% | |Template:Party shading/Constitution |Terry Haines |Template:Party shading/Constitution |U.S. Taxpayers |Template:Party shading/Constitution |1,657 |Template:Party shading/Constitution |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Alaya Bouché |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|824 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0%

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