Jim Talent

former US Representative and Senator from Missouri

A Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 1956; B.A., Washington University 1978; J.D., University of Chicago School of Law 1981; law clerk to Judge Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit 1982-1983; adjunct professor, Washington University School of Law 1984-1986; State house of representatives 1985-1993; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001); chairman, Committee on Small Business (One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 2000; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2000; elected to the U.S. Senate in the November 4, 2002, special election to the term ending January 3, 2007, a seat previously held by appointed Senator Jean Carnahan, and took office on November 25, 2002; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2006.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Christopher C Papagianis President of Paulson Family Foundation and Partner at Paulson & Co.

• Policy advisor (past)

Shimmy Stein West Front Strategies

• Advisor (past)

Jesse Appleton Lobbyist and Former Senior Advisor to Asst. Sec. for Financial Markets, Treasury Department

• Legislative Assistant (Sep 1 '04→Jan 1 '07) [+1]

• Legislative Correspondent (Dec 1 '02→Jun 1 '06)

Brett Thompson

• Legislative Director ('02→'07)

Mary McKenzie Rosado

• Legislative Counsel/Director ('93→'96)

Board Memberships

Mercury Public Affairs LLC public relations firm

• Lobbyist

Defense Policy Board Federal advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Defense

• Board Member

Positions

International Government Relations Group

• Co-Chairman ('07→?)

Clade X Johns Hopkins Health Security 2018 Pandemic Table Top Exercise

• Player (May 18 '18→?)*

Donors

Stanley Herzog Herzog Companies

• Donation · 10,000 USD ('00)

Talent Victory Committee

• Other Campaign Committee

Kyl Talent Road to Victory Committee

• Other Campaign Committee

2005 Senators Classic Committee

• Other Campaign Committee

2005 Joint Candidate Committee

• Other Campaign Committee

Talent Majority Cmmittee

• Other Campaign Committee

Talent for Senate Committee

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 2 contributions · 3,500 USD ('07→'11)

WinRed Republican Party (GOP) fundraising platform endorsed by the Republican National Committee

• 3 contributions · 3,000 USD (Mar 22 '20→Jun 11 '21)

Saxby Chambliss Republican US Senator and Representative from Georgia

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('08)

Jim Bognet

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Mar 22 '20→Sep 30 '20)

Bognet For Congress

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Mar 22 '20→Sep 30 '20)

Roy Blunt US Senator from Missouri (2011-present); former US Representative 1997-2011

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('10)

Mike Gallagher US Representative from Wisconsin (2017-present)

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Sep 30 '19)

Mike Gallagher For Wisconsin

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Sep 30 '19)

Ann L Wagner Republican U.S. Representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jun 11 '21)

Ann Wagner for Congress Fundraising Committee for Ann Wagner (R, MO-2)

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jun 11 '21)

Campaign Donors

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Stephen F Brauer Chairman and CEO, Hunter Engineering

• 14 contributions · 25,737 USD ('92→'06)

William J Inman

• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD ('06)

Bucky Bush Brother of George H.W. Bush and Uncle of George W. Bush; former president of Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis

• 15 contributions · 23,600 USD ('92→'06)

William W Canfield TALX Corporation

• 15 contributions · 22,950 USD ('92→'06)

James S McDonnell III Retired, Boeing

• 11 contributions · 14,300 USD ('92→Mar 28 '05)

David A Jones Jr Former Chairman of the Board of Humana; son Humana's founder

• 6 contributions · 12,600 USD ('06)

John Brunner St. Louis based home health care executive; candidate for US Senate in 2012 and governor in 2016

• 13 contributions · 12,350 USD ('92→Sep 28 '06)

Craig D Schnuck former chairman and CEO of Schnuck Markets

• 9 contributions · 11,000 USD ('92→'03)

William J Hume Chairman - Basic American Inc.

• 6 contributions · 10,400 USD ('02→'05)

Jack E Thomas Chairman and CEO, Coin Acceptors, Inc.

• 11 contributions · 10,100 USD ('92→'06)

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Nov 25 '02→Jan 3 '07)

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 5 '93→Jan 3 '01)

Family

Brenda Talent CEO, Show-Me Institute

• Wife

Schools

The University of Chicago Law School

• JD (?→'81)

Washington University in St. Louis A private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri

• BA (?→'78)

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Gender	Male
Birthday	Oct 18 '56
Website	http://talent.senate.gov/
Aliases	James Matthes Talent

Jim Talent

former US Representative and Senator from Missouri

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