Bob Inglis
former U.S. congressman
Robert Durden Inglis Sr. (born October 11, 1959) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is member of the Republican Party.
Inglis was first elected to Congress in 1992, serving three terms before running for U.S. Senate in 1998, losing to Democrat Fritz Hollings in the general election. He returned to the House after being re-elected in 2004. A moderate Republican and critic of the Tea Party movement, Inglis lost renomination to Trey Gowdy in a landslide in 2010, garnering 29.3% of the vote.
In 2012, Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a nationwide public engagement campaign based in George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, which promotes conservative and free-enterprise solutions to energy and climate challenges. He accepts the scientific consensus on climate change and supports market-based solutions like a revenue-neutral carbon tax, to be paid for by a reduction in income and payroll taxes. Inglis is also executive director of republicEN, a group of conservatives promoting free market fixes to climate change.
Early life, education, and law career
Inglis was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Helen Louise (née McCullough) and Allick Wyllie Inglis Jr.
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