Ander Crenshaw

Ander Crenshaw is the Republican representative of Florida's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. After many years serving at the state level in Florida, Crenshaw won his first election to the United States Congress in 2000.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001045 In the 2010 midterm election, Crenshaw was reelected to his sixth term, defeating Independent opponent Troy Stanley with 77.2 percent of the vote.http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/florida

Crenshaw is a member of the Appropriations Committee.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31130 He also serves on the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, and the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31130 In addition, he is a deputy minority whip on the Republican Leadership Whip Team.http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm?p=Biography1

Crenshaw was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1944 and attended Robert E. Lee High School.http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm?p=Biography1 He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1966 and his law degree from the University of Florida in 1969.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001045 Crenshaw worked as an investment banker before starting his political career in 1972. At that time, he was elected to the Florida State House of Representatives.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31130 After serving there for six years, Crenshaw made an unsuccessful run for secretary of state in Florida in 1978.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31130 By 1980, he made his first run for the United States Congress and lost.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31130 He was elected to the Florida State Senate in 1986 and served there until 1994, holding positions as the Senate Republican leader from 1990 to 1992 and Senate president in 1993.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31130

Strengthening national defense and supporting military men and women are key priorities for Crenshaw.http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm?p=Biography1 He has also advocated permanent tax relief.http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm?p=Biography1 Crenshaw was able to bring the National Veterans Cemetery to Jacksonville, and he is currently working to make Naval Station Mayport a nuclear aircraft carrier homeport.http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm?p=Biography1 During his most recent term, Crenshaw voted against the health care reform bill, the 2009 stimulus package and the clean energy bill of 2009.http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/florida/4 Also in the last term, he supported the TARP bill with 90 other Republicans.http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/florida/4