Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th district
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by
Bob Inglis
Succeeded by
Bob Inglis
Personal details
Born
James Warren DeMint
(1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 (age 72) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Debbie Henderson
(m. 1973)
Children
4
Education
University of Tennessee (BA) Clemson University (MBA)
Jim DeMint's voice
Jim DeMint on the importance of ideas in his farewell speech Recorded December 20, 2012
James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation. A leading figure in the Tea Party movement, DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and is the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.
DeMint served as the United States representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina in 2004 and reelected in 2010. DeMint served in the Senate until January 2, 2013, when he stepped down to become president of The Heritage Foundation. On May 2, 2017, DeMint resigned his position at Heritage at the request of its board. He later became a senior advisor to Citizens for Self-Governance and the founding chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute.
James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South...
Republican U.S. Senator JimDeMint won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Alvin Greene. However, DeMint did not serve out the full...
Fritz Hollings retired, and Republican U.S. Representative JimDeMint won the open seat. DeMint was the first Republican to hold this Senate seat since 1879...
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law. He was succeeded in the House by JimDeMint, who had been an informal adviser to Inglis. 2004 In 2004, DeMint opted to run for Hollings's open Senate...
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advisor, and speechwriter. She is a former senior staffer to Senators JimDeMint and Ted Cruz. She was a columnist for The Washington Times from 2009 to...
personnel from Libya. In the Senate, three Tea Party backed Republicans, JimDeMint, Mike Lee and Michael Crapo, voted to limit foreign aid to Libya, Pakistan...
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Republican nominee Pat Toomey then won the seat. Incumbent Republican JimDeMint won re-election to a second term. Alvin Greene, the Democratic nominee...
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the Republican primary election. After Ravenel endorsed Republican JimDeMint, DeMint went on to win the Republican runoff and the general election. Subsequently...
the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. Two-term Republican senator JimDeMint was re-elected with 61.48% of the vote in 2010. He resigned at the start...
declined to seek re-election in 2004 and was succeeded by Republican JimDeMint. As of 2024, he is the last Democrat to serve in the US Senate from South...
resignation of fellow Republican JimDeMint. With 61.1% of the vote, he won the 2014 special election to serve the remainder of DeMint's term. Scott was then re-elected...
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the original on December 21, 2012. "South Carolina Republican US Sen. JimDeMint resigning to take over at Heritage Foundation". The Washington Post. December...
its responsibilities at the Savannah River site. In 2012, after Senator JimDeMint resigned from the United States Senate to become president of The Heritage...
gun buybacks, DeMint pushed through an amendment to the act stating that the money cannot be used for any anti-gun programs. DeMint's amendment passed...
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