government, including plans to " privatize, localize, consolidate, eliminate" the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy and Housing and Urban Development. The New Federalists called for sweeping cuts in the U.S. Scarborough was elected political director of the incoming legislators. Scarborough was one of a group of about 40 freshmen Republican legislators who dubbed themselves the "New Federalists" after The Federalist Papers. In 1998 he was named chairman of the Civil Service Committee. Scarborough served on the Armed Services, Judiciary, Government Reform, and Education committees. In June 2000, during his congressional career, he received a 95 percent lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union. In 19, he faced only write-in candidates as opposition. Scarborough was reelected with 72 percent of the vote in 1996. Scarborough's win coincided with a large Republican wave that allowed the Republicans to take the majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. president since 1960, however Democratic candidates had continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. This district had not supported a Democratic candidate for U.S. Whibbs was the son of former Pensacola mayor Vince Whibbs. In the general election, Scarborough defeated the Democratic candidate, Pensacola attorney Vince "Vinnie" Whibbs Jr., with 61 percent of the vote. The seat had become open when eight-term Democratic incumbent Earl Hutto retired. House of Representatives for Florida's 1st congressional district, becoming the first Republican to represent the Florida Panhandle since Reconstruction. In 1994, Scarborough was elected to the U.S. Scarborough's political profile was also raised when he assisted with a petition drive, in late-1993, opposing a proposed sixty-five percent increase in Pensacola's property taxes. Scarborough assisted Griffin in choosing other counsel from the many who offered their services, however, and helped shield the family from the media exposure, pro bono. He made several court appearances representing Griffin, before removing himself from the case, later saying: "There was no way in hell I could sit in at a civil trial, let alone a capital trial," referring to the prospect of prosecutors seeking the death penalty against Griffin. Scarborough's most high-profile case was briefly representing Michael F. Scarborough was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991 and practiced law in Pensacola. Lee, and he also coached football and taught high school. During this time, he wrote music and produced CDs with his band, Dixon Mills, including the album Calling on Robert E. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Alabama in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in 1990. Scarborough attended Pensacola Catholic High School in Pensacola. In 1969, his family moved to Meridian, Mississippi, and then to Elmira, New York in 1973, and Pensacola, Florida in 1978. Scarborough was born in Atlanta in 1963, the son of Mary Joanna ( née Clark) and George Francis Scarborough, a businessman. He was named in the 2011 Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world. Scarborough was also a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. A former member of the Republican Party, Scarborough served in the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 1st district from 1995 to 2001. He previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same network. Charles Joseph Scarborough ( / ˈ s k ɑːr b ʌr oʊ/ born April 9, 1963) is an American television host, attorney, political commentator, and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC with his wife Mika Brzezinski.
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