Kolbe, Jim, 1942-

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/02/2004 AZ District 8 Won 60.36% (+24.16%)</li>
<li> 09/07/2004 AZ District 8 - R Primary Won 57.46% (+14.91%)</li>
<li> 11/05/2002 AZ District 8 Won 63.33% (+29.74%)</li>
<li> 09/10/2002 AZ District 8 - R Primary Won 72.47% (+44.94%)</li>
<li> 11/07/2000 AZ District 5 Won 60.15% (+24.83%)</li>
<li> 09/12/2000 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 78.82% (+57.64%)</li>
<li> 11/03/1998 AZ District 5 Won 51.60% (+6.41%)</li>
<li> 09/08/1998 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 77.18% (+54.37%)</li>
<li> 11/05/1996 AZ District 5 Won 68.74% (+42.83%)</li>
<li> 09/10/1996 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 69.93% (+39.85%)</li>
<li> 11/08/1994 AZ District 5 Won 67.72% (+38.99%)</li>
<li> 11/00/1994 US House Republican Policy Committee Chair Lost 34.22% (-31.56%)</li>
<li> 09/13/1994 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 80.32% (+60.64%)</li>
<li> 11/03/1992 AZ District 5 Won 66.54% (+36.80%)</li>
<li> 09/08/1992 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 65.09% (+30.18%)</li>
<li> 11/06/1990 AZ District 5 Won 64.75% (+29.51%)</li>
<li> 11/08/1988 AZ District 5 Won 67.80% (+35.60%)</li>
<li> 09/13/1988 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 77.74% (+65.82%)</li>
<li> 11/04/1986 AZ District 5 Won 64.85% (+29.70%)</li>
<li> 11/06/1984 AZ District 5 Won 50.92% (+2.72%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1982 AZ District 5 Lost 48.28% (-1.44%)</li>
<li> 09/07/1982 AZ District 5 - R Primary Won 54.13% (+24.39%)</li>
<li> 11/04/1980 AZ State Senate 14 Won 72.64% (+45.27%)</li>
<li> 11/07/1978 AZ State Senate 14 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1976 AZ State Senate 14 Won 60.03% (+20.05%)</li>
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<p>James Thomas Kolbe (born June 28, 1942) is an American politician and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 5th congressional district, 1985–2003 and 8th congressional district, 2003–2007.</p>

<p>Kolbe was born in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, but when he was five, his family moved to a ranch in rural Santa Cruz County, Arizona. He attended Patagonia Elementary School and Patagonia Union High School, but graduated from the United States Capitol Page School in 1960 after serving for three years as a United States Senate Page for Barry Goldwater. He completed his higher education at Northwestern University in Evanston, where he was a member of Acacia fraternity and Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He served in the United States Navy, including a year in Vietnam in the riverine, "Swift Boat," force. He was a special assistant to Illinois Republican Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. He then moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he was a business executive.</p>

<p>In 1976, Kolbe ran for the Arizona Senate in a Tucson-area district and defeated a one-term Democrat who had been elected in the national Democratic wave of 1974. He served three terms in that body, and was majority whip from 1979 to 1982. He and his wife were divorced in 1992. He is a member of Catalina United Methodist Church. In 2013 he married his partner, Hector Alfonso</p>

KOLBE, James Thomas, a Representative from Arizona; born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., June 28, 1942; graduated from United States Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., 1960; B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1965; M.B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1967; United States Navy, 1967-1969; United States Naval Reserves, 1970-1977; special assistant to Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie, 1972-1973; business executive; member of the Arizona state senate, 1977-1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 2007); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006.