Bob Dold
Encyclopedia
Robert James "Bob" Dold, Jr. (born June 23, 1969) is the U.S. Representative
for . He is a member of the Republican Party
. Prior to his election, Dold ran his family-owned business, Rose Pest Solutions. Dold defeated Democratic Party nominee Dan Seals
to replace Republican incumbent Mark Kirk
.
and graduated from New Trier High School
in Winnetka
where he was quarterback of the football team and captain of the wrestling and lacrosse teams. He earned a BA from Denison University
where he served as President of the Campus Governance Association, a law degree from Indiana University
where he was selected by his classmates to give the commencement address, and an MBA from Northwestern University
’s Kellogg School of Management
.
Dold was an intern in the administration of Vice President Dan Quayle
. He also clerked for a New York State Judge and served as an investigative counsel for the Republican-led House Government Reform and Oversight Committee.
In his first radio ad of the general election campaign, Dold described himself as a small business owner, fiscal conservative and social moderate. Dan Seals
' campaign disputed Dold's credentials as a "social moderate".
Dold was endorsed by the Chicago Tribune
, the US Chamber of Commerce
and the Electrical Contractors' Association.
Former New York City
mayor Rudy Giuliani
and president of Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist
campaigned for Dold.
After reporting nearly equal fund-raising for the second quarter, Dold's fund-raising outpaced Seals' in the third quarter. Dold began the final quarter with more cash on hand than Seals.
At the request of the Federal Election Commission
the Dold campaign amended their Second Quarter, 2010, filing in September, 2010 to reflect debts and expenditures that had been incurred in the second quarter but had not yet been billed when the filing period ended.
2012
The National Journal
's Cook Political Report
named Dold, who holds the most Democratic district of any Republican in the country, one of the top 10 Republicans most vulnerable to redistricting in 2012.
. Burgeson and Dold had previously worked together on Sen. Bob Dole
's 1996 Presidential campaign. Dold instituted a policy that "staff may not work on matters of substance with former clients."
Dold supports a constitutional ban on gay marriage but also supports some civil rights for same sex couples such as entering into contracts and hospital visitation. He was recommended by the pro-life
organizations Illinois Federation for Right to Life and Illinois Family Institute. Eagle Forum
, a conservative, pro-life interest group, rescinded its endorsement at Dold's request. Dold considers himself pro-choice
but with exceptions. He is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership
.
and runs Rose Pest Solutions, a business his family owns. Dold attends Kenilworth Union Church and is a scoutmaster for Kenilworth Boy Scout
Troop #13.
Dold has claimed residency in the 10th District for his entire life. Although he consistently voted in Wilmette
, he received about $4,000 in tax breaks in 2004 through 2006 for claiming a homeowner’s exemption on a house he owns in Chicago’s Roscoe Village
neighborhood, according to the Cook County
Assessor’s office. Election law recognizes a difference between a 'principal residence' where one can claim a tax break, and a 'permanent residence' where one can continue to vote even if 'principally' living somewhere else.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for . He is a member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. Prior to his election, Dold ran his family-owned business, Rose Pest Solutions. Dold defeated Democratic Party nominee Dan Seals
Dan Seals (Illinois politician)
Daniel Joseph Seals is an American business consultant and a Democratic politician from Illinois. Seals was the Democratic nominee in three campaigns to become U.S. Representative for . The first two times he was defeated by the incumbent Mark Kirk...
to replace Republican incumbent Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district....
.
Early life, education, and career
Dold was born in Evanston, IllinoisEvanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
and graduated from New Trier High School
New Trier High School
New Trier High School is a public four-year high school , with its major campus located in Winnetka, Illinois, USA, and a second campus in Northfield, Illinois, with freshman classes and district administration...
in Winnetka
Winnetka, Illinois
Winnetka is an affluent North Shore village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Winnetka was featured on the list of America's 25 top-earning towns and "one of the best places to live" by CNN Money in 2011...
where he was quarterback of the football team and captain of the wrestling and lacrosse teams. He earned a BA from Denison University
Denison University
Denison University is private, coeducational, and residential college of liberal arts and sciences founded in 1831. It is located in Granville, Ohio, United States, approximately 30 miles east of Columbus, the state capital...
where he served as President of the Campus Governance Association, a law degree from Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
where he was selected by his classmates to give the commencement address, and an MBA from Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
’s Kellogg School of Management
Kellogg School of Management
The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel,...
.
Dold was an intern in the administration of Vice President Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle
James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....
. He also clerked for a New York State Judge and served as an investigative counsel for the Republican-led House Government Reform and Oversight Committee.
Election
2010In his first radio ad of the general election campaign, Dold described himself as a small business owner, fiscal conservative and social moderate. Dan Seals
Dan Seals (Illinois politician)
Daniel Joseph Seals is an American business consultant and a Democratic politician from Illinois. Seals was the Democratic nominee in three campaigns to become U.S. Representative for . The first two times he was defeated by the incumbent Mark Kirk...
' campaign disputed Dold's credentials as a "social moderate".
Dold was endorsed by the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, the US Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
The United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....
and the Electrical Contractors' Association.
Former New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
mayor Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....
and president of Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax...
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
Grover Glenn Norquist is an American lobbyist, conservative activist, and founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform...
campaigned for Dold.
After reporting nearly equal fund-raising for the second quarter, Dold's fund-raising outpaced Seals' in the third quarter. Dold began the final quarter with more cash on hand than Seals.
At the request of the Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...
the Dold campaign amended their Second Quarter, 2010, filing in September, 2010 to reflect debts and expenditures that had been incurred in the second quarter but had not yet been billed when the filing period ended.
2012
The National Journal
National Journal
National Journal is a nonpartisan American weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends. National Journal was first published in 1969. Times Mirror owned the magazine from 1986 to 1997, when it was purchased by David G. Bradley...
's Cook Political Report
Cook Political Report
The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, Governor's offices and the American Presidency. The Cook Political Report is led by a staff of five...
named Dold, who holds the most Democratic district of any Republican in the country, one of the top 10 Republicans most vulnerable to redistricting in 2012.
Tenure
Dold hired lobbyist Eric Burgeson as his Congressional Chief of StaffChief of Staff
The title, chief of staff, identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer , who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide to an important individual, such as a president.In general, a chief of...
. Burgeson and Dold had previously worked together on Sen. Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
's 1996 Presidential campaign. Dold instituted a policy that "staff may not work on matters of substance with former clients."
Dold supports a constitutional ban on gay marriage but also supports some civil rights for same sex couples such as entering into contracts and hospital visitation. He was recommended by the pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
organizations Illinois Federation for Right to Life and Illinois Family Institute. Eagle Forum
Eagle Forum
Eagle Forum is a conservative interest group in the United States founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 and is the parent organization that also includes the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Eagle Forum PAC. The Eagle Forum has been primarily focused on social issues; it describes...
, a conservative, pro-life interest group, rescinded its endorsement at Dold's request. Dold considers himself pro-choice
Pro-choice
Support for the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-choice movement, a sociopolitical movement supporting the ethical view that a woman should have the legal right to elective abortion, meaning the right to terminate her pregnancy....
but with exceptions. He is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership
Republican Main Street Partnership
The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group of moderate members of the United States Republican Party. They tend away from the dominant social conservatism of many Republicans and towards a moderate fiscal conservatism and limited government to a degree. The group is the rough equivalent of...
.
Committee assignments
- Committee on Financial ServicesUnited States House Committee on Financial ServicesThe United States House Committee on Financial Services is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries...
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises
- Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
Personal life
Dold is married and has three children. Dold resides in Kenilworth, IllinoisKenilworth, Illinois
Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, north of downtown Chicago. It is the newest of the nine suburban North Shore communities bordering Lake Michigan, and is the only one developed as a planned community...
and runs Rose Pest Solutions, a business his family owns. Dold attends Kenilworth Union Church and is a scoutmaster for Kenilworth Boy Scout
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
Troop #13.
Dold has claimed residency in the 10th District for his entire life. Although he consistently voted in Wilmette
Wilmette, Illinois
Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located north of Chicago's downtown district and has a population of 27,651. Wilmette is considered a bedroom community in the North Shore district...
, he received about $4,000 in tax breaks in 2004 through 2006 for claiming a homeowner’s exemption on a house he owns in Chicago’s Roscoe Village
North Center, Chicago
North Center is one of the 77 community area of the Chicago, Illinois, located in the city's North Side. North Center is bordered on the north by Montrose Avenue, on the south by Diversey Parkway, on the west by the Chicago River and on the east by Ravenswood Avenue; it includes the neighborhoods...
neighborhood, according to the Cook County
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
Assessor’s office. Election law recognizes a difference between a 'principal residence' where one can claim a tax break, and a 'permanent residence' where one can continue to vote even if 'principally' living somewhere else.
External links
- Congressman Robert Dold official U.S. House site
- Bob Dold for U.S. Congress official campaign site