1. Bob Inglis is a moderate member of the Republican Party.
25 Facts About Bob Inglis
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In 2012, Bob Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a nationwide public engagement campaign promoting conservative and free-enterprise solutions to energy and climate challenges.
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Bob Inglis was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Helen Louise and Allick Wyllie Bob Inglis Jr.
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Bob Inglis grew up in Bluffton, South Carolina, near Hilton Head Island.
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Bob Inglis earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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Bob Inglis obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Bob Inglis made his first run for elected office when he won the Republican nomination for the 4th District.
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Bob Inglis had promised during his initial bid for the seat to serve only three terms.
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Bob Inglis gave Hollings his third close race in a row, holding the longtime Senator to 53 percent of the vote.
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Bob Inglis was succeeded in the House by Jim DeMint, who had been an informal adviser to Inglis.
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Bob Inglis easily won a three-way Republican primary with 85 percent of the vote, all but assuring his return to Congress.
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Bob Inglis faced the founder of the HBCU Classic and first African American Democratic candidate to run for the 4th District seat, Brandon P Brown from Taylors, in the general election.
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Bob Inglis was re-elected with little difficulty in 2006 and 2008.
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Bob Inglis had attacked Gowdy's conservatism and questioned his opponent's support for creating a costly lake in Union County, South Carolina.
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Bob Inglis was one of seventeen House Republicans who voted for a Democratic resolution opposing the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, and spoke against climate change denial, offshore oil drilling and warrantless surveillance after his return to the House.
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On climate change, Bob Inglis said that conservatives should go with the facts, and the science, and accept the National Academy of Sciences' conclusion that climate change is caused by human activities and poses significant risks, which 97 percent of climate scientists agree with.
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Bob Inglis is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker.
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Bob Inglis supported actions to aid people in war-torn Darfur.
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On December 27,2008, Bob Inglis published an op-ed in The New York Times in support of a revenue neutral carbon tax.
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On September 15,2009, Bob Inglis was one of seven Republicans to cross party lines in voting to disapprove fellow South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson for a lack of decorum during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress.
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Bob Inglis was one of eight House Republicans to support the DREAM Act.
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Bob Inglis is a member of St John in the Wilderness, an Episcopal congregation in Flat Rock, NC.
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In October 2016, Bob Inglis was one of thirty GOP ex-lawmakers to sign a public letter condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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Bob Inglis had previously said, in a May 2016 interview with Chris Hayes, that "under no circumstances" could he vote for Trump.
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In 2024, Bob Inglis endorsed Kamala Harris over Trump in the presidential election.