Steve Scalise

Steve Scalise
Official portrait, 2019
House Majority Leader
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Speaker
Preceded bySteny Hoyer
House Minority Whip
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
LeaderKevin McCarthy
Preceded bySteny Hoyer
Succeeded byKatherine Clark
House Majority Whip
In office
August 1, 2014 – January 3, 2019
Speaker
Preceded byKevin McCarthy
Succeeded byJim Clyburn
Chair of the Republican Study Committee
In office
January 3, 2013 – August 1, 2014
Preceded byJim Jordan
Succeeded byRob Woodall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 1st district
Assumed office
May 3, 2008
Preceded byBobby Jindal
Member of the Louisiana Senate
from the 9th district
In office
January 14, 2008 – May 6, 2008
Preceded byKen Hollis
Succeeded byConrad Appel
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 82nd district
In office
January 8, 1996 – January 14, 2008
Preceded byQuentin Dastugue
Succeeded byCameron Henry
Personal details
Born
Stephen Joseph Scalise

(1965-10-06) October 6, 1965 (age 58)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Jennifer Letulle
(m. 2005)
Children2
Alma materLouisiana State University (BS)
Website

Stephen Joseph Scalise[1] (/skəˈls/ skə-LEESS; born October 6, 1965) is an American politician who has served as the House majority leader since 2023 and the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Republican Party,[2][3] he served as the House majority whip from 2014 to 2019 and the House minority whip 2019 to 2023.

Before his election to Congress, Scalise served four months in the Louisiana State Senate and three terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was the chair of the House Republican Study Committee from 2013 to 2014.[4] On June 19, 2014, Scalise's Republican colleagues elected him majority whip of the United States House of Representatives. He assumed office on August 1. He is the first Louisianian to serve as majority whip since Hale Boggs of 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. Scalise's district includes most of New Orleans's suburbs, such as Metairie, Kenner, and Slidell, as well as a portion of New Orleans itself.

On June 14, 2017, during practice for that year's Congressional Baseball Game, Scalise was shot and seriously wounded by an anti-Trump domestic terrorist[5][6][7] who was targeting Republicans.[8] Scalise underwent treatment for several months, returning to Congress on September 28.

On October 11, Scalise defeated Jim Jordan to win the Republican nomination for the October 2023 Speaker of the House election following the removal of Kevin McCarthy. However, he withdrew a day later after failing to consolidate the necessary votes.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Steve Scalise | Biography, Shooting, & Facts | Britannica". Britannica. October 12, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Current House Floor Proceedings Legislative Day of May 7, 2008 110th Congress – Second Session". Clerk.house.gov. Archived from the original on September 5, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Office of the clerk, U.S. House of Representative". Clerk.house.gov. May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  4. ^ "Deborah Barfield Berry, With Alexander departing, delegation's clout in question? Will Alexander loss, Senate battle hurt Louisiana in the nation's capital?". Shreveport Times. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  5. ^ Sparling, Hannah K. (May 17, 2021). "After Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup objects, FBI changes designation of baseball shooting". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Beitsch, Rebecca (May 17, 2021). "FBI reclassifies 2017 baseball field shooting as domestic terror". The Hill. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Pagliery, Jose (June 15, 2017). "Suspect in congressional shooting was Bernie Sanders supporter, strongly anti-Trump". CNN. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Prokop, Andrew (October 12, 2023). "Steve Scalise quits speaker race after humiliating 24 hours". Vox. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  10. ^ Beckett, Lois (October 13, 2023). "Republican hardliner Steve Scalise drops out of House speaker race". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

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