Doc Hastings

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Doc Hastings
United States Representative from Washington's 4th district
In office 1995 - present
Preceded by	Jay Inslee
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	February 7, 1941 Spokane, Washington
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Claire Hastings
Religion	Roman Catholic

Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the Fourth Congressional District of Washington. Hastings won his seventh term in the election held November 7, 2006.

Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2.1 Career in Congress 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life and education

Hastings was born in Spokane, Washington. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1964 to 1969.^[1] He attended Columbia Basin College and Central Washington University with a degree in business.

[edit] Career

[edit] Career in Congress

He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987, including in the capacity of Assistant Majority Leader. Hastings was elected to the House in 1994 after being defeated in a prior bid in 1992. In the 1994 elections, Hastings unseated incumbent Jay Inslee, who later returned to Congress as a representative from the 1st District.

Hastings sits on the House Rules Committee. He is also the chairman of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, where he controversially replaced Joel Hefley; Hefley had angered Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republican leaders by issuing several reports and letters criticizing House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

On February 2, 2005, Hastings was appointed chairman of the House Ethics Committee's newly created subcommittee investigating the congressional page program in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal [1].

[edit] See also

• Washington United States House elections, 2006

[edit] References

Allen, Mike. "House GOP Leaders Name Loyalist to Replace Ethics Chief", The Washington Post, February 3, 2005, retrieved November 7, 2006.

1. ^ Veterans in the US House of Representatives 109th Congress (PDF). Navy League. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Campaign website
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• http://www.pollingreport.com/

Preceded by Jay Inslee

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 4th congressional district 1995 – present

Incumbent

Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators: Patty Murray (D), Maria Cantwell (D) Representative(s): Jay Inslee (D), Rick Larsen (D), Brian Baird (D), Doc Hastings (R), Cathy McMorris (R), Norman Dicks (D), Jim McDermott (D), Dave Reichert (R), Adam Smith (D) All delegations: Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands