John Campbell
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John Bayard Taylor Campbell III (born July 19, 1955) is a Republican U.S. politician, who is currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California's 48th Congressional District.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Campbell earned his B.A. in Economics from UCLA in 1976 at the age of 21 and his M.S. in Business Taxation from USC in 1977. After receiving his Master's degree, Campbell became a CPA and joined Ernst & Young as a tax accountant.
In 1985, Campbell became President and CEO of Campbell Automotive Group. In 1990, he became President and CEO of Saturn of Orange County. Campbell became Chairman and CEO of Saab of Orange County in 1999.
Elected to represent southern Orange County's 70th District in the California State Assembly in 2000, Campbell won 60% of the vote in a five-way race to replace term-limited Assemblywoman Marilyn Brewer. Campbell was reelected in 2002 with 67% of the vote.
In the 2004 race to replace the term-limited Ross Johnson in the 35th State Senate District, Campbell won the Republican primary with 61% of the vote against fellow Assemblyman Ken Maddox, who garnered only 30% of the vote. In the general election, Campbell won 64% of the vote.
As a Senator, Campbell served as Vice Chair of both the Business Professions and Economic Development Committee and the Labor and Industrial Relations Committee. He was also a member of the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee; the Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee; the Environmental Quality Committee; and the Government Modernization, Efficiency, and Accountability Committee.
After Congressman Chris Cox resigned to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Campbell became a candidate to replace Cox in the special election held on October 4, 2005. Campbell received endorsements from most of the important Republican officials in the state, but faced some criticism as his stance on illegal immigration was seen as being too lenient. Campbell faced a strong third-party challenge from American Independent Party candidate Jim Gilchrist. On October 4, Campbell garnered 45.5% of the vote, below the 50% needed to avoid a runoff. He faced Democrat Steve Young, American Independent Jim Gilchrist, Libertarian Bruce Cohen and Green Bea Tirtilli in the December 6 runoff, which he won with 44.4% of the vote. Campbell was sworn in on December 7 of that year.
He won re-election in 2006, again facing Steve Young, winning 60-37.
Campbell lives in the affluent Shady Canyon neighborhood of Irvine, and has resided in Orange County since 1979. Married in 1980, Campbell has two sons, John IV ("Taylor") and Logan, with his wife, Catherine.
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Committees
- Member, House Committee on the Budget
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services
References
- This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "John B. T. Campbell III"
GovTrack link
External links
- Official Congressional web site
- John Campbell Political History
- Official Congressional Campaign web site
- Rep. John Campbell House website bio page
- CAMPBELL, John (of California), (1955 - ) from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
- Rep. John Campbell On the Issues
- OpenSecrets.org: Career Profile of Rep. John Campbell
- OpenCongress.org: Rep. John Campbell
- Progressive Punch: Rep. John Campbell
- Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings of Rep. John Campbell
- Washington Post Votes Database: Rep. John Campbell
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