Tom McClintock Net Worth 2023, Age, Wife, Children, Height, Family, Parents, Salary

Name	Tom McClintock
Net Worth	$5 million
Occupation	Politician
Age	66 years
Height	1.78m

Tom McClintock net worth

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Introduction

Tom McClintock is an American politician. He is a member of the Republican Party and is serving as the U.S. representative for California’s 5th congressional district since 2009 (known as the 4th congressional district until 2023). His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno; it includes Yosemite National Park.

McClintock served as a California state assemblyman from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000 when he became a California state senator, a position he held until 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in the 2003 recall election and for lieutenant governor of California in the 2006 election.

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Early life

Thomas Miller McClintock II was born on July 10, 1956 (age 66 years) in White Plains, New York, United States. He is the son of American parents, Chris McClintock (father) and Tim McClintock (mother). He graduated in 1978 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At 23, he was elected chair of the Ventura County Republican Party and served until 1981.

McClintock was chief of staff to State Senator Ed Davis from 1980 to 1982. From 1992 to 1994, he served as director of the Center for the California Taxpayer. He was director of the Claremont Institute’s Golden State Center for Policy Studies from 1995 to 1996.

Career

Tom McClintock ran for California’s 36th State Assembly district in 1982, at age 26, then based in Thousand Oaks, after redistricting. He defeated Democrat Harriet Kosmo Henson 56%–44%. He was reelected in 1984, defeating Tom Jolicoeur 72%–28%. In 1986, he was reelected to a third term, defeating Frank Nekimken 73%–25%.

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McClintock was reelected in 1988 to a fourth term, defeating George Webb II 70%–29%. In 1990, he was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Ginny Connell 59%–36%. After running for Congress in 1992 and for controller in 1994, McClintock ran for the Assembly again in 1996. He ran for California’s 38th State Assembly district and defeated Democrat Jon Lauritzen 56%–40% to win his sixth Assembly term. In 1998, McClintock was reelected to a seventh term unopposed.

He authored California’s lethal injection use for California’s death penalty law. He also opposed tax increases and supported spending cuts. He was a strong proponent of abolishing the car tax. In 2000, McClintock retired from the California Assembly to run for California’s 19th State Senate district. He ranked first in the May 7 open primary with 52% of the vote. In November, he defeated Democrat Daniel Gonzalez, 58%–42%. He was reelected in 2004, defeating Paul Joseph Graber, 61%–39%.

In 2008, McClintock voted against Proposition 2, which prohibits confining calves, pigs and hens in small cages in which they cannot extend their limbs. “Farm animals are food, not friends”, he said in response to backlash to his vote. He also cited concern about increased grocery bills. In 2000, he was instrumental in proposing a two-thirds reduction in the vehicle license fee, or car tax. In 2003, he opposed then-Governor Gray Davis’s attempt to rescind a rollback of a vehicle license fee.

Tom McClintock has also opposed deficit reduction efforts that would have increased taxes. He supported the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and performance-based budgeting. He ran for California State Controller after incumbent Gray Davis retired. He won the Republican primary, defeating John Morris, 61%–39%. In the general election, he lost to Kathleen Connell, former Special Assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Director of the L.A. Housing Authority, 48%–46%, with three other candidates receiving the other 6% of the vote.

McClintock ran for controller again in 2002, facing Democratic nominee Steve Westly, an eBay executive. Westly outspent him 5-to-1. McClintock’s campaigns focused on increasing accountability for the state budget. The ads featured the character Angus McClintock, a fictional cousin and fellow Scottish American extolling McClintock’s thriftiness and accountability in low-budget 15-second ads. He lost by a margin of just 0.2%, or 16,811 votes, to Westly, who won with 45.3% of the vote. Three other candidates received 9.5% of the vote.

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He ran in the recall election against Davis in 2003. Republican and film actor Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election with 49% of the vote. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante finished second with 31%. McClintock finished third with 14%. Together, Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians or 62.1% of the vote. 132 other candidates received the remaining 6.4%.

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McClintock performed the best in Stanislaus County, where he received 24% of the vote. He also cracked 20% or higher in several other counties: Mariposa (23%), Tuolumne (22%), Tehama (21%), Calaveras (20%), Madera (20%), Modoc (20%), Shasta (20%), San Joaquin (20%), and Ventura (20%). He ran for lieutenant governor in 2006. He defeated Tony Farmer in the Republican primary, 94–6%. In the general election, he lost to Democratic State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, 49%–45%.

Wife

Tom McClintock was married to his first wife Lori McClintock from 1987 to 2021. His wife died in December 2021, from dehydration due to the gastroenteritis caused, according to a coroner’s report, by “adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion”. McClintock is a Baptist. Tom McClintock lives in the Sacramento area and Thousand Oaks. As of June 2023, Tom McClintock is single and hasn’t remarried after the death of his wife.