1. David Edward Bonior was born on June 6,1945 and is an American politician from the US state of Michigan.
17 Facts About David Bonior
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David Bonior was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Irene and Edward David Bonior.
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David Bonior graduated from Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan, in 1963, where he excelled in sports.
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David Bonior served in the United States Air Force during the peak of the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972, though not in Vietnam.
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David Bonior was a founder of the Vietnam Era Veterans Caucus on Capitol Hill and was a strong supporter of the Vietnam veterans' movement.
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David Bonior was a Democratic member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976.
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David Bonior's district was renumbered as the 10th in 1993, after Michigan lost a House seat as a result of the 1990 United States census.
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From 1991 to 2002, David Bonior was the House Democratic Whip.
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David Bonior served as Majority Whip in the 102nd and 103rd Congresses.
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David Bonior was Minority Whip for the 104th through 107th Congresses.
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In Congress, David Bonior generally had a progressive voting record, but opposed abortion in most cases.
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For most of his tenure in Congress, David Bonior represented a fairly compact district in Macomb and St Clair counties northeast of Detroit.
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David Bonior lost in a heavily contested Democratic Party primary between former Governor James Blanchard, and then-Michigan Attorney General and eventual party nominee Jennifer Granholm, who went on to win the general election.
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In 2006, former Senator John Edwards chose David Bonior to run his campaign for the presidency in 2008.
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David Bonior served as campaign manager for the duration of Edwards' candidacy.
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David Bonior has become a restaurateur, owning and operating the restaurants Agua 301 and Zest.
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David Bonior is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.