Phil Gingrey
John Phillip Gingrey, M.D., (born July 10 1942), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 11th District of Georgia.
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Biography
Gingrey was born in Augusta, was educated at the Medical College of Georgia, and worked as an obstetrician and member of the Georgia State Senate before being elected to the U.S. House.
Congressional district
Georgia's 11th Congressional District covers much of northwest Georgia from Summerville, near the Tennessee border in the north, to Columbus along the western border with Alabama. In addition to rural and small-town mountain Georgia, the district encompasses much of Atlanta's white middle-class northwestern suburbs. Approximately 27 percent of the district population is rural and 72 percent is urban. Approximately 62 percent of the district's population is white and 28 percent is African-American. The Lockheed-Martin/Dobbins Air Reserve Complex in Marietta is included.
Views
Gingrey's reputation in the Georgia State Senate was that of a social conservative and a member of the Christian right. In the Georgia Senate he supported outlawing abortion and interpreted the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution as giving individual citizens rather than state militias a right to keep and use firearms. He also strongly supported the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, as well as the tax cuts of President George W. Bush. He opposes the provision of universal national health care. He is also on record as approving the actions taken by President Bush in regards to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Progressive Punch has rated Gingrey as the most conservative member of the House.
Re-election
Gingrey depends heavily on political contributions from fellow physicians to finance his election campaigns. The American College of Radiology Association, Harbin Clinic, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and American College of Cardiology are among his largest contributors in the 2004 election cycle.
Gingrey's likely Democratic Party challenger in the 2004 general election is attorney Rick Crawford.
External link
- Official website (http://www.house.gov/gingrey/)
- Campaign website (http://www.gingrey.com/)
- General Election Returns (http://www.ourcampaigns.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/RaceDetail.html?&RaceID=940)
- Planned Parenthood rating (http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/person-vote.html?person_id=3924)
- Campaign Finance (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00024760&cycle=2004)
- Top Contributors (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00024760&cycle=2004)