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|preceded=[[Jake Garn]] | |preceded=[[Jake Garn]] | ||
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| − | |succeeded= | + | |succeeded=[[Mike Lee]] |
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| − | '''Robert Foster Bennett''', born September 18, 1933 (age {{age|1933|9|18}}), is | + | '''Robert Foster Bennett''', born September 18, 1933 (age {{age|1933|9|18}}), is the former [[Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Utah]]. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1992 after serving as chief executive officer at for the [[United States Department of Transportation]].<Ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000382</ref> Over the course of the 111th Congress, Bennett voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88% of the time during the current Congress.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b000382/</ref>. |
| − | In May of 2010, Bennett failed to garner the support of the 40 percent of the delegates he needed in order to win the right to appear on the primary ballot. He finished third and last behind a businessman and a [[Tea Party Movement]]-sympathetic attorney. He therefore | + | In May of 2010, Bennett failed to garner the support of the 40 percent of the delegates he needed in order to win the right to appear on the primary ballot. He finished third and last behind a businessman and a [[Tea Party Movement]]-sympathetic attorney. He therefore left the Senate after the session of Congress ended.<ref name=reuters>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6472DK20100508?type=politicsNews</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000382, Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] | *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000382, Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] | ||
| − | [[Category: United States Senators]] | + | [[Category: Former United States Senators]] |
[[Category: 110th United States Congress]] | [[Category: 110th United States Congress]] | ||
[[Category: Republican Party]] | [[Category: Republican Party]] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT: Bennett, Foster}} | {{DEFAULTSORT: Bennett, Foster}} | ||
[[Category:111th United States Congress]] | [[Category:111th United States Congress]] | ||
Revision as of 22:46, January 8, 2011
| Bob Bennett | |||
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| U.S. Senator from Utah From: January 5, 1993 - January 5, 2011 | |||
| Predecessor | Jake Garn | ||
| Successor | Mike Lee | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Joyce McKay | ||
| Religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | ||
Robert Foster Bennett, born September 18, 1933 (age 93), is the former Republican United States Senator from Utah. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1992 after serving as chief executive officer at for the United States Department of Transportation.[1] Over the course of the 111th Congress, Bennett voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88% of the time during the current Congress.[2].
In May of 2010, Bennett failed to garner the support of the 40 percent of the delegates he needed in order to win the right to appear on the primary ballot. He finished third and last behind a businessman and a Tea Party Movement-sympathetic attorney. He therefore left the Senate after the session of Congress ended.[3]