Steve Chabot

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Steven Joseph Chabot (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; born January 22, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer who represented Template:Ushr in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he lost his 2022 reelection bid to Democrat Greg Landsman. Until his election loss, he was the dean of Ohio's GOP delegation to the House of Representatives, after the retirement of former Speaker John Boehner.[1]

Early life, education, and pre-political career

Chabot was born in 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Gerard Joseph and Doris Leona (née Tilley) Chabot; paternally, he is of French-Canadian descent.[2] He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1971, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a Bachelor of Arts in physical education. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1978. He worked as an elementary school teacher in 1975–1976 while taking law classes at night. Chabot also taught political science at the University of Cincinnati and chaired the Boy Scouts of Cincinnati.[3]

As a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1994, Chabot handled domestic disputes and the drafting of wills as a sole practitioner.[4] He operated out of a small law office in Westwood.[5]

Early political career

Chabot ran unsuccessfully for the Cincinnati City Council as an independent candidate in 1979 and as a Republican in 1983. He won a seat in 1985 as a Republican and was reelected for the next four years. In 1988, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against seven-term incumbent Democrat Tom Luken, who defeated him, 56–44%.[6] In 1990 he was appointed a Commissioner of Hamilton County, Ohio, and was elected later that year and again in 1992, holding that office until 1994.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 1994, Chabot ran for the U.S. House again and defeated Democratic incumbent David S. Mann of Ohio's 1st congressional district, 56%–44%. In 1996, he defeated Democrat Mark Longabaugh, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, 54%–43%.[7] In 1998, he defeated Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls, 53% to 47%.[8] In the series of debates during that campaign, Qualls criticized Chabot for not funneling enough federal spending to his home district. Chabot countered that he would not support "wasteful or unnecessary" federal programs.[9][10] In 2000, he defeated City Councilman John Cranley 53–44%.[11] In 2002, he defeated Greg Harris with 65% of the vote.[11] In 2004, he defeated Harris again, with 60% of the vote.[12]

2006

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Chabot during the
109th Congress

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot defeated Democratic challenger John Cranley again, this time by a narrower margin of 52–48%.[13]

2008

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot lost to State Representative Steve Driehaus, 52%–48%.[14]

2010

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In a rematch, Chabot defeated Driehaus,[15][16] Libertarian Jim Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson.[17] Chabot won with 52% of the vote.[18][19]

2012

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Jeff Sinnard, 58%–38%, with Green nominee Rich Stevenson and Libertarian nominee Jim Berns picking up the balance.[20] He was helped by the 2010 round of redistricting, which shifted the majority of heavily Republican Warren County to the 1st Congressional District.[21]

2014

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Fred Kundrata, 63%–37%.[22]

2016

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Michele Young, 59%–41%.[23]

2018

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Aftab Pureval, 51%–48%. Libertarian nominee Dirk Kubala took the remainder of the vote.

2020

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot defeated Democratic nominee Kate Schroder, 52%–45%. Libertarian nominee Kevin David Kahn took the remainder of the vote.[24]

2022

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chabot's district became considerably more Democratic in redistricting. It now includes the entire city of Cincinnati; previously the eastern portion had been in the heavily Republican 2nd district. Chabot had considered retiring but ultimately ran for re-election as he believed Republicans would write off the seat unless he ran again. In the general election, he lost in an upset to Democratic nominee Greg Landsman, a member of the Cincinnati City Council. Chabot was the last surviving member of the "Republican Revolution" of 1994 who was still serving in Congress.[25][26] Afterwards, Chabot stated that he would not run for the seat in 2024.[27]

Tenure

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Chabot watches President George W. Bush sign the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in 2005
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Chabot watches President Donald Trump sign the CARES Act in 2020
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U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ed Royce, members Steve Chabot and Robin Kelly in 2017 celebrate legislation to help educate more girls

In 1999, Chabot served as one of the House managers in the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.[28]

On December 18, 2019, Chabot voted against both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Of the 195 Republicans who voted, 185 voted against both articles and 10 Republicans[29] voted for impeachment.

On January 7, 2021, Chabot objected to the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results in Congress based on false claims of voter fraud.[30]

In March 2021, he voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[31]

In August 2021, Business Insider reported that Chabot had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose an exchange of stock in Allergan plc and AbbVie Inc. worth up to $30,000.[32]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

Template:Ushr: Results 1988, 1994–2022[36][37]
Year Winner Votes Pct Runner-up Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
1988 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Thomas A. Luken (inc.) style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |117,682 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |57% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |90,738 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |43%
1994 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |92,997 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |56% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |David S. Mann (inc.) style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |72,822 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |44%
1996 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |118,324 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |54% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Mark P. Longabaugh style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |94,719 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |43% Template:Party shading/Independent |John G. Halley Template:Party shading/Independent |Natural Law Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |5,381 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |2%
1998 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |92,421 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |53% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Roxanne Qualls style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |82,003 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |47%
2000 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |116,768 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |53% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |John Cranley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |98,328 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |45% style="background:Template:Party color" |David A. Groshoff style="background:Template:Party color" |Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |3,399 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |2% Template:Party shading/Independent |Richard L. Stevenson Template:Party shading/Independent |Natural Law Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |1,933 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |1%
2002 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |110,760 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |65% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Greg Harris style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |60,168 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |35%
2004 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |173,430 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |60% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Greg Harris style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |116,235 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |40% *
2006 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |105,680 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |52% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |John Cranley style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |96,584 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |48%
2008 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Driehaus style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |155,455 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |52% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |140,683 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |48% *
2010 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |103,770 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |52% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steven L. Driehaus (inc.) style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |92,672 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |45% style="background:Template:Party color" |Jim A. Berns style="background:Template:Party color" |Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |3,076 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |2% Template:Party shading/Independent |Richard L. Stevenson Template:Party shading/Independent |Natural Law Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |2,000 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |1%
2012 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |201,907 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |58% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Jeff Sinnard style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |131,490 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |38% style="background:Template:Party color" |Jim A. Berns style="background:Template:Party color" |Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |9,674 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |3% Template:Party shading/Independent |Richard L. Stevenson Template:Party shading/Independent |Green Party Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |6,645 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |2%
2014 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |124,779 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |63% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Fred Kundrata style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |72,604 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |37%
2016 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |210,014 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |59% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Michele Young style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |144,644 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |41%
2018 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |154,409 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |51% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Aftab Pureval style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |141,118 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |47% style="background:Template:Party color" |Dirk Kubala style="background:Template:Party color" |Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |5,339 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |2%
2020 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |199,560 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |52% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Kate Schroder style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |172,022 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |45% style="background:Template:Party color" |Kevin Kahn style="background:Template:Party color" |Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |13,692 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |4%
2022 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Greg Landsman style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |156,416 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |53% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steve Chabot (inc.) style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |140,058 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |47%

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*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, Rich Stevenson received 198 votes. In 2008, Eric Wilson received 85 votes and Rich Stevenson received 67 votes. In 2020, Kiumars Kiani received 11 votes.

Political positions

During the presidency of Donald Trump, Chabot voted in line with Trump's stated position 93.1% of the time.[38] As of August 2022, Chabot had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 16.4% of the time.[39]

Health care

Chabot authored a bill prohibiting a form of late-term abortion called partial-birth abortion, referred to in some medical literature by its less common name of intact dilation and extraction. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law on November 5, 2003.[40]Template:Primary source inline

Chabot favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). He favors market-based reforms that he claims will offer American families more lower-cost options.[41] He supported the March 2017 version of the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement for Obamacare.[42] On May 4, 2017, Chabot voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and pass the American Health Care Act.[43][44]

Environment

On the topic of man-made climate change, Chabot has said, "the evidence concerning man-made climate change is far from conclusive".[45] He has said cap-and-trade is an "extreme proposal" that would harm the economy.[45]

Other

In 1999, Chabot was one of the managers appointed to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.[46]

On August 22, 2011, Chabot asked Cincinnati police to confiscate cameras being used by private citizens to record a town-hall meeting, even as media television cameras recorded the incident.[47][48][49] YouTube videos of the incident provided wide awareness of it, and the participating police officer was later disciplined.[50]

In 2002, Chabot advocated teaching intelligent design alongside the theory of evolution by natural selection in Ohio high schools.[51]

Chabot has called for ending logging subsidies in the Tongass National Forest,[52] and promoted relations with Taiwan.[53] In 2002, he helped spearhead the local campaign against building a light rail system in Hamilton County.[54]

As of 2016, Chabot had traveled on congressional fact-finding missions to 46 countries at a cost of $200,000.[55]

Personal life

Chabot lives with his wife Donna in Westwood. They have two children and a grandson.[56]

Chabot is a practicing Roman Catholic.[57]

References

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