Tom McClintock

Thomas McClintock has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of the State of California, since 2009.

Positions, record and controversies
According to McClintock's official campaign Web site, he took these positions during the 2008 campaign:

Spending
McClintock supports implementing a federal spending limit, and reducing wasteful and mismanaged spending from the government.

Immigration
To lower the amount of illegal immigration, McClintock supports completing the southern border fence and enforcing current immigration laws more strictly, rather than creating new ones.

Wildfires
McClintock believes that allowing forest and land management to be done by local government will help lower the amount of wildfires in California.

National Security
McClintock supports fully funding the military as well as returning to Reagan's "peace through strength" idea.

Education
For a better education system, McClintock favors allowing local government and communities to make education decisions rather than using a "one size fits all" model.

Taxes
McClintock supports making the 2003 Bush tax cuts permanent, and thus allow businesses the opportunity to grow.

Bio
McClintock was born July 10, 1956, in Bronxville, N.Y. He holds a B.A. from the University of California-Los Angeles, and he has worked as a journalist and public policy analyst. McClintock was a member of the California state assembly from 1982 to 1992, and 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the California State Senate from 2000 to 2008. McClintock ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1992; he ran unsuccessfully Governor of California in 2003.

2008 elections
He won the Republican nomination in the June 2008 primaries and went on to defeat Charlie Brown (D) to replace retiring incumbent Rep. John Doolittle R-Calif.) in the November, 2008 general election.

Money in politics
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External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on California's 4th Congressional District

External articles

 * Skeptic, "Follow The Money: Doolittle, McClintock & Gaines," The Folsom Telegraph (California) blog, October 26, 2008.