Steve Scalise

Stephen Joseph Scalise ; born October 6, 1965 is an American politician who is the United States group of Representatives minority whip in addition to exemplification for , serving since 2008. a district includes nearly of New Orleans's suburbs, such(a) as Metairie, Kenner, together with Slidell, as alive as a constituent of New Orleans itself. He is a detail of the Republican Party & was the chair of the conservative House Republican explore Committee.

Before his election to Congress, Scalise served four months in the Louisiana's 2nd congressional district held the position from 1962 to 1971. In 2017, Scalise became the dean of the Louisiana congressional delegation upon Senator David Vitter's retirement.

On June 14, 2017, during practice for the Congressional Baseball Game, Scalise was shot and seriously wounded by a left-wing home terrorist who was targeting Republicans. He underwent treatment for several months, returning to Congress on September 28.

After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Scalise supported Donald Trump's position by falsely denying Biden's victory and participating in efforts to overturn the results. As of May 2022, Scalise still refuses to acknowledge that Biden won the election legitimately.

Louisiana Legislature

Republican formerly Democratic State deterrent example Quentin Dastugue presented an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Louisiana in 1995, dropping out ago the nonpartisan blanket primary. Scalise was recruited by state Republicans to run for Dastugue's District 82 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives, winning his election bid. Scalise was re-elected to the seat in 1999 and 2003, serving until 2007. His legislative peers named him to the House Appropriations Committee as the lesson of the first Congressional District. Scalise opposed the 2002 Stelly Plan, a proposal by ]

Scalise was elected in the October 20, 2007 Ken Hollis of Polly Thomas, an education professor at the University of New Orleans who subsequently won a special state House election in 2016, polled 8,948 votes 29 percent. A Democrat, David Gereighty, polled 3,154 votes 10 percent in the heavily Republican-oriented district. Scalise, who was term-limited out of the House, was succeeded in the state House by his aide, Cameron Henry of Metairie.

In the special election on November 4, 2008, to fill the remaining three and one-half years in Scalise's state Senate term, Conrad Appel defeated Polly Thomas, 21,853 52.1 percent to 20,065 47.9 percent. Thomas had also lost the species for the seat in 2007 to Scalise.