(1979-12-31) December 31, 1979 (age 44) Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Erin Morrow
(m. 2010)
Children
3
Education
Stanford University (BA) Yale University (JD)
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Website
Senate website
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Hawley on his opposition to the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021 Recorded February 15, 2023
Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley served as the 42nd attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019, before defeating two-term incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election.
Born in Springdale, Arkansas, to a banker and a teacher, Hawley graduated from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006. He was a law clerk to Tenth Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell and Chief Justice John Roberts and then worked as a lawyer, first in private practice from 2008 to 2011 and then for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty from 2011 to 2015. Before becoming Missouri attorney general, he was also an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, and a faculty member of the conservative Blackstone Legal Fellowship.
As Missouri attorney general, Hawley initiated several high-profile lawsuits and investigations, including a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, an investigation into Missouri governor Eric Greitens, and a lawsuit and investigation into companies associated with the opioid epidemic. In the Senate, he became widely known for his criticism of Big Tech, as well as for his criticism of the Chinese government and his support for an independent Hong Kong. His political beliefs have been described as strongly socially conservative.[1] Critics have characterized his ideology as reactionary and theocratic.[2][3][4]
In December 2020, Hawley provoked a political backlash when he became the first senator to announce plans to object to the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. He led Senate efforts to overturn the Electoral College vote count[5][6][7][8][9] and rallied supporters of the notion that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen. Although he did not directly encourage the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, observers perceived his actions as inflammatory.[10][11][12][13][14] In late January 2021, Hawley denied trying to overturn the election results.[15][16]
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^Stewart, Katherine (January 11, 2021). "The Roots of Josh Hawley's Rage". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
^Milhiser, Ian (June 14, 2019). "The one man most likely to turn the U.S. into a theocracy". ThinkProgress. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
^Millhiser, Ian (July 22, 2019). "A GOP senator just laid out his blueprint for theocratic segregationism". ThinkProgress. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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^Cole, Devan; LeBlanc, Paul (January 4, 2021). "The Trump ally in the Senate leading the President's futile effort to challenge the Electoral College votes". CNN. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^Astor, Maggie (January 15, 2021). "Josh Hawley, who led Senate efforts to overturn the election results, is being targeted by a super PAC". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^Peters, Cameron (January 3, 2021). "A GOP plan to challenge election results is splintering the Republican conference". Vox. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^Conroy, J. Oliver (January 12, 2021). "Josh Hawley fanned the flames for diehard Trump voters. Will his gambit pay off?". The Guardian. Retrieved May 2, 2021. Unlike Donald Trump, Hawley did not directly encourage the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol last Wednesday. But his move to muddy the legitimacy of the election undoubtedly fanned the flames.
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^Herb, Jeremy; Mattingly, Phil; Fox, Lauren (December 30, 2020). "GOP senator to delay affirming Biden victory by forcing votes on Electoral College results". CNN. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^Coleman, Justine (January 28, 2021). "Hawley denies trying to overturn election results". The Hill. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^Desrochers, Daniel (January 6, 2022). "Josh Hawley looked like a pariah immediately after Jan. 6. A year later, not so much". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved January 21, 2022. Hawley was treated like a pariah. Democrats filed an ethics complaint against him. There were calls for his resignation and censure. A year later, nothing has come from the ethics complaint and Hawley has neither resigned nor been censured.
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