Martin Merkur (R-MT)

[KDD]

Name: Martin Merkur

Date of Birth: August 8, 1962

Place of Birth: Glasgow, MT

Seat: Montana Class II

Party: Republican

Avatar: Patrick Fabian

Major Caucus: Mainstreet Partnership

 

Gender: Male (0 points)

Age: 55 (0 Points)

Sexuality: Straight, married, 6 children (0 points)

Race: White (0 Points)

Religion: Catholic (0 points)

Education: Bachelor's of Arts, History, University of Michigan (5 points)

 

Family History: Middle Class (0)

 

Career Information:

Professional Athlete (15 points). NHL, Hartford Whalers (1984-1989), Winnipeg Jets (1990), Vancouver Canucks (1991-1994), Pittsburgh Penguins (1995-2002)

Television Host (15 points) ESPN hockey analysis (2003-2008)

US House of Representatives, 3 terms (9 points) Montana at Large (2009-2013)

US Senator Montana Class II, 1 Terms (5 points), Montana Class II (2014-)

Major Cultural Award, Hockey Hall of Fame, 2007 (15 points), Selke Award, 1992, (15 points)

Wrote a Book (2), (20 points)

 

Total Points: 99

 

Martin Merkur was born into a farming family, growing wheat and raising turkeys and ducks. He spent a lot of his children with his mother's family in Manitoba where he fell in love with, and excelled in, ice hockey. He played hockey for the University of Michigan, where he was a star. He was drafted by the Whalers and became an immediate impact player. He was known as a prolific two way center, and play maker, and no slouch when it came to goal scoring either. He was elected to the Hall of Fame after his career ended, after 1400 games, tallying 455 goals, 1005 assists for 1,460 points.

 

After his playing career ended he quickly got a job as a TV commentator for ESPN. He also used this time to write 2 books, both about the history of hockey. He would leave all of that to enter politics in 2008. Always a moderate Republican, in the mold of Arlen Specter or John Heinz, he wished to bring what he called his "common sense conservatism" to Montana and Washington. He won his primary against a not very well opponent, 82-18, and edged his Democratic opponent in the 08 general 53-47. His opponent sought a rematch in 2010 but it was not competitive in the Red Wave, Merkur winning 64-36. He would win again 57-43 in 2012. In 2014 Merkur opted to run for the open seat left by the retiring Max Baucus. He was unopposed in the primary and defeated his Democratic opponent 53-47 in the general

 

 

Edited April 26 by KDD
corrected timeline

[KDD]

I realized I messed up the senate class, will fix

[KDD]

Fixed

[jakeakins]

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