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Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant to the president for homeland security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States secretary of homeland security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representative…
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Born 26 August 1945 · Q559822
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s clear from recent primaries that millions of American want to vote by mail, especially during the pandemic. He notes that numerous studies have shown that neither party has an advantage when it comes to mail-in voting, despite Trump
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“s first homeland security secretary, is co-chair of a new bipartisan group called VoteSafe, which is pushing to expand vote-by-mail options, along with safe in-person voting, for this November”
Campaign: 2022 Senate election.
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Ridge endorsed fellow Republican Mehmet Oz in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
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Ridge suffered a stroke while at his home in Bethesda, Maryland
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Confirmed to CNN that it was the first time he ever voted for a Democratic presidential candidate
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“s clear from recent primaries that millions of American want to vote by mail, especially during the pandemic. He notes that numerous studies have shown that neither party has an advantage when it comes to mail-in voting, despite Trump”
Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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Ridge was hospitalized in critical condition in Texas after a cardiac event on November 16, 2017.
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Ridge endorsed Jeb Bush and subsequently John Kasich after Bush's withdrawal from the 2016 Republican presidential primaries
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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Ridge served as co-chair of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, a commission that recommended changes to U
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Ridge was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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Ridge's two former chiefs of staff, Mark Campbell and Mark Holman, opened a lobbying firm after Ridge lent the firm his name
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Ridge announced that he would not be a candidate for the U
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Antimicrobial company PURE Bioscience named Ridge, along with former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, to its advisory board
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Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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And was named senior advisor to Texas-based security technology company TechRadium, Inc
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With starting director compensation of $35,000 annual retainer plus a $1,500 meeting fee or per diem fee and (at the time) $60,000 in annual deferred stock units
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Ridge was announced as a senior advisor for Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
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Was named to the board of Home Depot, with an expected annual compensation of about $100,000
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Ridge submitted his resignation to the president, saying, "After more than 22 consecutive years of public service, it is time to give personal and family matters a higher priority
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“s terror alert level in the days before the 2004 presidential vote. Work in the private sector Ridge is the founder and chairman of Ridge Global, an advisory firm in Washington, D.C. Ridge served on a state-appointed incident review panel that investigated the Virginia Tech shooting. Ridge also sits on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council. Ridge Policy Group In 2010, Ridge”
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005).
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At which time he became the Director of Homeland Security following the September 11 attacks
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Career landmark: Homeland Security Advisor (2001–2003).
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Campaign: 2000 presidential election.
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With 57 percent of the vote in a four-way race
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With the most votes for a Republican governor in Pennsylvania (where Democrats outnumbered Republicans by almost 500,000) in more than half a century
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And served as a close advisor to Republican presidential nominee George W
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Career landmark: Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001).
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Despite being little-known outside of northwest Pennsylvania
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Despite being little-known outside of northwest Pennsylvania, Ridge ran for governor
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Career landmark: United States representative (1993–1995).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1991–1993).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1989–1991).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1987–1989).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1985–1987).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1983–1985).
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Ridge won a seat in Congress from northwestern Pennsylvania by the margin of only 729 votes
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Studied at Penn State Dickinson Law, Juris Doctor (1972).
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After his first year at the Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the United States Army
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Studied at Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts (1967).
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Born 1945-08-26.
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s terror alert level in the days before the 2004 presidential vote. Work in the private sector Ridge is the founder and chairman of Ridge Global, an advisory firm in Washington, D.C. Ridge served on a state-appointed incident review panel that investigated the Virginia Tech shooting. Ridge also sits on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council. Ridge Policy Group In 2010, Ridge
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