Brian Bilbray
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Brian Bilbray
Prior offices
Mayor City of Imperial Beach
U.S. House California District 50
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Brian Bilbray (b. January 28, 1951) was a Republican member of the U.S. House representing California's 50th Congressional District from 2007 to 2013.
Bilbray ran for re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 52nd District as a Republican. He was displaced from district 50 by redistricting.[1] Challenger Scott Peters (D) defeated Bilbray (R) in a race that was too close to call for more than one week after polls closed.[2]
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Bilbray was a "rank-and-file Republican."[3]
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Bilbray's academic, professional, and political career:[4]
- 2006-2013: U.S. House of Representatives, California's 50th Congressional District
- 1995-2001: U.S. House of Representatives, California's 50th Congressional District
- 1985-1995: San Diego County Board of Supervisors
- 1978-1985: Mayor, Imperial Beach, California
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-2012
Bilbray served on the following committees:[5]
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Issues
Presidential preference
2012
Brian Bilbray endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[6]
Specific votes
Fiscal Cliff
Bilbray voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 85 Republicans that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[7]
Elections
2012
Bilbray ran for re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 52nd District as a Republican. He was displaced from district 50 by redistricting. He and Scott Peters (D) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Lori Saldana (D), Shirley Decourt-Park (D), Gene Hamilton Carswell (R), Wayne Iverson (R), John Stahl (R), John Subka (R), Jack Doyle (Independent), and Ehab Shehata (Independent). Peters defeated Bilbray in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Scott Peters |
51.2% | 151,451 | |
| Republican | Brian Bilbray Incumbent | 48.8% | 144,459 | |
| Total Votes | 295,910 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Brian Bilbray (R) Incumbent |
43.1% | 61,930 |
| Scott Peters (D) |
23.7% | 34,106 |
| Lori Saldana (D) | 23.2% | 33,387 |
| John Stahl (R) | 3.8% | 5,502 |
| Wayne Iverson (R) | 3.1% | 4,476 |
| Shirley Decourt-Park (D) | 1.6% | 2,368 |
| John Subka (R) | 0.8% | 1,091 |
| Gene Hamilton Carswell (R) | 0.6% | 828 |
| Total Votes | 143,688 |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Bilbray won re-election to the United States House. He advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Francine Busby (D), Lars Grossmith (Libertarian), and Miriam Clark (Peace and Freedom) in the general election.[10]
| U.S. House, California District 50 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Brian Bilbray Incumbent |
56.7% | 142,247 | |
| Democratic | Francine Busby | 39% | 97,818 | |
| Libertarian | Lars Grossmith | 2.2% | 5,546 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Miriam Clark | 2.2% | 5,470 | |
| Total Votes | 251,081 |
Campaign themes
2012
Bilbray's campaign website listed the following issues:[11]
- Afghanistan
- Excerpt: "Since October 2001, our men and women in uniform have fought bravely to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. We cannot forget that in eight years, United States Forces and her allies have removed the Taliban from power, helped develop a new democratic Afghan government, and formed an Afghan National Security Force that is increasingly tasked with military operations."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "The future success of our American Republic rests with its most valuable asset, its citizens. For our nation to continue to lead the world, we need to put the health and well-being of our citizens first."
- Illegal Immigration
- Excerpt: "As Chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus, I have worked across party lines to secure our border and fight against amnesty. As a nation, we need to ensure respect for the laws of this country and fairness for the millions of immigrants who came here legally and have waited in line."
- Renewable Energy and the Environment
- Excerpt: "In this time of wide partisan divides, I think there is something that everyone -whether they’re Democrat, Republican, or Independent – agree on! I think we agree that the economic and environmental future of this nation depends on our development of clean, new, domestic energy technologies."
- Spending and the Deficit
- Excerpt: "Washington has a spending problem. Unfortunately, their spending problem is our problem, since we have to pay the bill. The proposed federal budget next year is $3.6 trillion dollars — more than twice the budget in 1996! Do you feel Washington is doing twice as good of a job? Of course not."
Campaign finance summary
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Personal Gain Index
- See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)
- See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)
The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:
PGI: Change in net worth
Between 2005 and 2012, Bilbray's calculated net worth[12] increased by 214.5 percent. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[13]
| Brian Bilbray Yearly Net Worth | |
|---|---|
| Year | Average Net Worth |
| 2005 | $539,020 |
| 2012 | $1,695,088 |
| Growth from 2005 to 2012: | 214% |
| Average annual growth: | 31%[14] |
| Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[15] |
The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.
Analysis
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Bilbray paid his congressional staff a total of $993,305 in 2011. He ranked 53rd on the list of the highest paid Republican representative staff salaries and ranked 173rd overall of the highest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, California ranked 5th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[16]
Staff bonuses
According to an analysis by CNN, Bilbray was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in 2012. Bilbray's staff was given an apparent $6,717.25 in bonus money.[17]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Bilbray's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $1,111,014 and $1,434,004. That averages to $1,272,509, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[18]
National Journal vote ratings
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
2012
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Bilbray ranked 195th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[19]
2011
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Bilbray ranked 210th in the conservative rankings in 2011.[20]
Political positions
Voting with party
November 2011
Brian Bilbray voted with the Republican Party 90.2 percent of the time, which ranked 185 among the 242 House Republican members as of 2011.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
Personal
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Bilbray and his wife, Karen, have five children.
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ UT San Diego, "Democrats say they'll target Bilbray," accessed March 10, 2012
- ↑ Post Bulletin, "GOP Rep. Bilbray loses re-election bid in California" November 16, 2012
- ↑ GovTrack, "Brian Bilbray" accessed April 22, 2012
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Brian P. Bilbray," accessed November 16, 2011
- ↑ Congressman Brian Bilbray, Proudly Serving California's 50th District, "Committees and Caucuses"
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Three area Republican congressmen endorse Mitt Romney," December 7, 2011
- ↑ U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
- ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
- ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
- ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Brian Bilbray"
- ↑ CNN Politics, "Congressional bonuses in a time of cuts," accessed March 8, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Bilbray, (R-Cali), 2010"
- ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 21, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Duke Cunningham |
U.S. House of Representatives - California, District 50 2006-2013 |
Succeeded by Duncan Hunter |
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U.S. House of Representatives - California, District 50 1995-2001 |
Succeeded by ' |
| Preceded by ' |
Supervisor, San Diego County 1984-1994 |
Succeeded by ' |
| Preceded by ' |
Mayor, City of Imperial Beach 1978-1984 |
Succeeded by ' |
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