Editing Jim Slattery

{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Jim Slattery
|image        = Jim Slattery.jpg
|state        = [[Kansas]]
|district     = {{ushr|KS|2|2nd}}
|term_start   = January 3, 1983
|term_end     = January 3, 1995
|predecessor  = [[James Edmund Jeffries]]
|successor    = [[Sam Brownback]]
|state_house1 = Kansas
|district1    = 53rd
|term_start1  = January 8, 1973
|term_end1    = January 8, 1979
|predecessor1 = Glee Jones
|successor1   = [[Vic Miller]]
|birth_name   = James Charles Slattery
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1948|8|4}}
|birth_place  = [[Good Intent, Kansas|Good Intent]], [[Kansas]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse       = Linda Slattery
|education    = [[Washburn University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|allegiance   = {{flag|United States}}
|branch       = [[United States Army]]
|unit         = [[69th Infantry Brigade (United States)|69th Infantry Brigade]]<br>[[Kansas Army National Guard]]
|serviceyears = 1970–1975
|rank         = [[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]]
|battles      = [[Vietnam War]]
}}
'''James Charles Slattery''' (born August 4, 1948) is an American politician. He served in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1983 to 1995 representing [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]] as a Democrat, was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for governor in [[Kansas gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]] and was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[United States Senate election in Kansas, 2008|U.S. Senator]] in 2008.

== Early life, education, and early career ==
After serving in the United States Army, Slattery earned a [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) from [[Washburn University School of Law]] in 1974. While at Washburn, he was a member of the Kansas Beta chapter of [[Phi Delta Theta]].  In 1982, Slattery was inducted into Washburn's prestigious [[Sagamore Honor Society|Sagamore Society]].

Prior to his election to the Congress, Slattery served in the [[Kansas House of Representatives]], as a reserve Army officer and founded a successful{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} real estate company.

== U.S. House of Representatives ==
===Elections===
;1982
Incumbent two term Republican [[James Edmund Jeffries|Jim Jeffries]] of [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]] decided to retire. Then-State Representative Slattery decided to run and defeated Republican nominee Morris Kay 57%-43%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37067| title = Our Campaigns - KS District 2 Race - Nov 02, 1982}}</ref>

;1984
He won re-election to a second term against Jim Van Slyke with 60% of the vote, winning every county except [[Clay County, Kansas|Clay]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51742| title = Our Campaigns - KS District 2 Race - Nov 06, 1984}}</ref>

;1986–1990
Over the next few years, he won re-election with no problem in 1986 (71%),<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38291| title = Our Campaigns - KS District 2 Race - Nov 04, 1986}}</ref> 1988 (73%),<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37631| title = Our Campaigns - KS District 2 Race - Nov 08, 1988}}</ref> and 1990 (63%)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34004| title = Our Campaigns - KS District 2 Race - Nov 06, 1990}}</ref>/

;1992
After redistricting, he represented more counties in the southeastern part of the state. He defeated Jim Van Slyke 56%-41%. He performed strongly in the northern part of the district, but did poorly in the southern part, mostly new territory for Slattery. He lost two counties: [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]] and [[Linn County, Kansas|Linn]] while winning five counties with less than a 50% majority: [[Wilson County, Kansas|Wilson]], [[Woodson County, Kansas|Woodson]], [[Allen County, Kansas|Allen]], [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Bourbon]], and [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]] counties.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27987| title = Our Campaigns - KS District 2 Race - Nov 03, 1992}}</ref>

===Tenure===
Slattery served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1983 to 1995 in the [[Kansas]] delegation. 
He was a central player on many key issues, including environmental protection, health care, telecommunications, and budget cutting efforts. He worked to limit production of the [[B-2 bomber]], and was the chief sponsor of the successful amendment to terminate spending on the [[Superconducting Super Collider]] in 1993.

[[Image:Representative_Jim_Slattery.jpg|thumb|left|Slattery during his time in Congress]]

Slattery gained success as a Democrat in a relatively conservative congressional district, [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]]. He considered running for governor in 1990 against incumbent Gov. [[Mike Hayden]], an unpopular governor following changes in property tax law. Slattery decided not to run in 1990, however, and [[Joan Finney]] became the first female governor of Kansas.

In 1993, Slattery orchestrated the House campaign that killed the [[Superconducting Super Collider]].<ref name="Sun-Journal">{{cite news | title=Congress officially kills collider project| author=Michelle Mittelstadt, (AP)| date=October 22, 1993 |page = 7 |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]] |location=Lewiston, Maine | access-date=2012-07-06 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kGAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=umUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=cost%20overrun%20ssc&pg=3808%2C4981568}}</ref> The SSC would have been about three times as powerful as [[CERN]]'s [[Large Hadron Collider]], most notable for discovering a particle consistent with a [[Higgs boson]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Eryn |last=Brown |title=Higgs boson: Was July 4 announcement a blow for U.S. science? |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-higgs-boson-americans-20120706,0,306933.story |series=Science Now |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2012-07-06 |access-date=2012-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Zoe |last=Gioja |author2=Hollie O'Connor |title=Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest |url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-taxes/budget/higgs-boson-discovery-may-have-been-possible-texas/ |series=Budget |work=Texas Tribune |date=2012-07-04 |access-date=2012-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Staley |title=Europe Overtakes U.S. in Physics Pursuing God Particle |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-19/europe-overtakes-u-s-in-physics-pursuing-god-particle.html |work=Sustainability |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2012-06-20 |access-date=2012-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Robinson |last=Meyer |title=Faster, Stronger, Earlier: The American Particle Accelerator That Never Was |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/faster-stronger-earlier-the-american-particle-accelerator-that-never-was/259512/ |work=Technology |publisher=The Atlantic |date=2012-07-06 |access-date=2012-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Gail |last=Collins |title=Our Political Black Hole |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/opinion/our-political-black-hole.html |series=Op-Ed |work=The New York Times |date=2012-07-06 |access-date=2012-07-06 }}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
Slattery served on the Energy & Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Budget, and Banking Committees.

== 1994 gubernatorial election ==
{{main|1994 Kansas gubernatorial election}}

Finney served one term as governor, and Slattery decided to run for the open governorship in 1994, stepping down from Congress. However, he faced [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Bill Graves]]. Slattery lost that race, a victim of the Republican landslide of 1994.

==Post-congressional career==
===Law career===
Slattery lived in [[Virginia]] and was a partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm, [[Wiley Rein LLP]] after his defeat. In 2019, he left Wiley Rein, where he had worked for more than two decades, to start his own firm, Slattery Strategy.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2019/12/11/blumenauer-aide-heads-to-k-street-783595| title = Blumenauer aide heads to K Street - POLITICO| website = [[Politico]]}}</ref>

Jim Slattery has been practicing law since 1975 and has advised domestic and international clients who have matters pending before the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and regulatory bodies. His extensive client list has included large publicly traded corporations and smaller family-controlled businesses.  He has special experience in public policy matters related to health care, railroads, International trade, Ukraine, and Iran. Slattery maintains strong relations with senior Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate.<ref>[https://whoswhopr.com/2016/07/top-attorney-jim-slattery/ Top Attorneys of North America]</ref>

He has also done various consulting and pro bono work, including successfully advocating for the release of a [[Princeton University]] student who had been imprisoned in [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2019/12/11/blumenauer-aide-heads-to-k-street-783595| title = Blumenauer aide heads to K Street - POLITICO| website = [[Politico]]}}</ref>

His youngest son, [[Mike Slattery (politician)|Mike Slattery]], lives in [[Mission, Kansas]]. Mike was elected to the Kansas State House in 2008, defeating his Republican opponent Ronnie Metzker. Mike edged out fellow Democrat Andy Sandler by three votes in a hotly contested primary.

===2008 U.S. Senate campaign===
{{main|2008 United States Senate election in Kansas}}

Slattery declared his intention to run for the United States Senate in March 2008<ref>[http://www.kansas.com/454/story/339189.html] {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[The Wichita Eagle]]''</ref> against incumbent [[Pat Roberts]], and officially announced his run in a statewide tour on April 29.<ref>[http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/11167 "Slattery finally getting it going against Roberts, plans April 29 kickoff"] Steve Kraske, ''[[Kansas City Star]]'', April 19, 2008</ref>

Slattery was defeated by Roberts. The loss was the 25th consecutive setback for Democrats running for U.S. Senate seats from Kansas (24 regular elections plus a 1996 special election following the resignation of [[Bob Dole]]). The state last elected a Democrat in 1932, [[George McGill (Kansas politician)|George McGill]], who lost his re-election bid in 1938.

===Iran===
In February 2015, Slattery claimed to have visited Iran in December 2014 from an invitation by the Iranian government where he attended the [[World Against Violence and Extremism|World Against Violence and Extremism conference]] making him the first American lawmaker to visit the country after the [[Iranian Revolution]]. He claimed to have met with then-President of Iran [[Hassan Rouhani]] stating that Rouhani was "deeply committed to improving this relationship with the United States". The visit came at a time during negotiations leading to the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/10/ex-congressman-visits-iran-and-makes-urgent-call-for-better-ties|title=Ex-congressman visits Iran and makes urgent call for better ties|work=The Guardian|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=July 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://iranprimer.usip.org/discussion/2015/jan/21/former-us-congressman-visits-iran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318175800/http://iranprimer.usip.org/discussion/2015/jan/21/former-us-congressman-visits-iran|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2015|title=Former US Congressman Visits Iran|work=United States Institute of Peace|date=January 21, 2015|access-date=July 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?324252-1/us-iran-relations|title=U.S.-Iran Relations|work=CSPAN|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=July 30, 2023}}</ref>

In 2019, Slattery assisted with the release of [[Xiyue Wang]], a Princeton University student who was imprisoned in Iran from 2016 to 2019 after being accused of espionage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2019/12/09/former-kansas-congressman-assists-with-release-of-us-prisoner-in-iran/2117975007/|title=Slattery assists with release of U.S. prisoner in Iran|work=The Topeka Capital-Journal|date=December 9, 2019|access-date=July 30, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wileyrein.com/professionals.cfm?sp=bio&id=177 Partner profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233537/http://www.wileyrein.com/professionals.cfm?sp=bio&id=177 |date=2013-12-30 }} at Wiley Rein LLP
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160110010744/http://www.slatteryforsenate.com/ Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate] 
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*[http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=KSS1&cycle=2008 Campaign contributions (2008)] at [[OpenSecrets.org]]
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