Jim DeMint

Jim DeMint is the United States Senator who represents South Carolina, and is a member of the Republican Party. DeMint successfully ran for reelection to the Senate in November 2010. In this election, Jim DeMint defeated Democratic challenger Alvin Greene, an unknown candidate with no political history. DeMint easily won reelection by a margin of more than 30 points.http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/candidate-list/#state=SC

DeMint and his wife live in Greenville, South Carolina where they have four married children who have children of their own. He was elected as the 55th senator in 2004 and started his political career with his first campaign for congress in 1998.http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=AboutJim

DeMint has spoken out against the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine, which once required broadcasters to air opposing viewpoints on controversial topics. On February 26, 2009, the U.S. Senate approved an amendment by DeMint to outlaw the doctrine. The amendment was attached to a bill proposing to give District of Columbia a voting representative in the Senate.http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/

Jim was one of the two members of Senate who voted against the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state on January 21, 2009.http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/21/senate-prepares-vote-clinton-confirmation/ He also supported Mitt Romney's 2008 Presidential Campaign and opposes all forms of abortion.

1. 1998: Wins South Carolina's fourth district congressional electionhttp://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=AboutJim
2. January 6, 1999: Assumes the officehttp://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=AboutJim
3. December 12, 2002: Announces candidacy for the 2004 Senatorial electionhttp://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=AboutJim
4. June 8, 2004: Wins the Republican Primary electionhttp://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=AboutJim
5. January 3, 2005: Assumes office of Senatorhttp://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=AboutJim

Jim DeMint's political career began in 1998 with a Congressional campaign. He was elected and began serving as a Republican Congressman in 1999. DeMint was reelected for two successive terms and when he was no long eligible for reelection to the House of Representatives, he campaigned for a position in the United States Senate. DeMint was successful in his 2004 Senate campaign and began serving in the role in January 2005.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000595