Chip Maxwell
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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|caption = Chip Maxwell in 2017
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|name=Chip Maxwell
|image name=
|office=Member of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from the 5th district
|term_start=January 3, 2005
|term_end=January 3, 2009
|preceded=
|succeeded=Marc Kraft
|state_legislature2=Nebraska
|district2=9th
|term_start2=January 8, 2001
|term_end2=January 8, 2005
|preceded2=Shelley Kiel
|succeeded2=Gwen Howard
|party=Republican {{small|(through 2013, 2016–present)}}
Nonpartisan {{small|(2013–2016)}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1962|08|10}}
|birth_place=Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|alma_mater= Boston College
University of Oxford
University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
|occupation=
|residence= Omaha, Nebraska
|website=
}}
Chip Maxwell (born August 10, 1962{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/42001 |title= Chip Maxwell's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= October 14, 2013}}) is an American politician and conservative talk radio host from the state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, Maxwell served in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2005 and on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from 2005 to 2009. He stated that he would run in the Republican Party primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the 2016 Election.{{Cite web|title = Chip Maxwell sets sights on Ashford's House seat in 2016|url = http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/chip-maxwell-sets-sights-on-ashford-s-house-seat-in/article_50e86fbf-04e9-565a-833d-7ec1dd13af01.html|website = Omaha.com| date=September 11, 2015 |accessdate = 2015-11-25}} Maxwell was defeated in the 2016 Republican primary by Don Bacon, 66%–34%, and in 2017 became the host of the "Omaha's Morning Answer" radio show on The Answer/KOTK.{{Cite web|title = Despite Democratic ad blitz, Don Bacon wins GOP nomination in 2nd District House race, will face Brad Ashford|url = http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/despite-democratic-ad-blitz-don-bacon-wins-gop-nomination-in/article_b880ba7c-16fa-11e6-bf5b-030d65faa60e.html|website = Omaha.com| date=May 11, 2016 |accessdate = 2018-03-01}}
Career
Maxwell earned his BA in political science from Boston College, his MA in American history from the University of Oxford, and his JD from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
In 2000 when Democratic State Senator Shelley Kiel ran for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, Maxwell ran to succeed her. In the technically nonpartisan race to succeed her, he defeated fellow Republican J. Scott Knudsen by 4,663 votes (54.83%) to 3,751 (44.11%).{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37178 |title=NE State Senate 09 2000 |publisher=OurCampaigns |accessdate=November 13, 2014}} He declined to run for re-election in 2004, instead running for the District 5 seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.[http://fremonttribune.com/news/local/legislature-losing-years-of-experience-next-year/article_5763c053-8f9f-5724-9a49-c8ec21dac2d5.html "Legislature losing 74 years of experience next year".] [http://fremonttribune.com/ Fremont Tribune.] April 10, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2015. He defeated Democrat John T. Green by 14,084 votes (52.67%) to 12,600 (47.12%).{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=139845 |title=Douglas County Commissioner District 5 2004 |publisher=OurCampaigns |accessdate=November 13, 2014}} He was unseated by Democrat Marc Kraft, a former Omaha City Councillor by 13,882 votes (49.04%) to 11,925 (42.13%).{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=746867 |title= Douglas County Commissioner District 5 2008 |publisher=OurCampaigns |accessdate=November 13, 2014}}
In 2009, Maxwell ran for the Omaha City Council,{{Cite web |url=http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/43467272.html |title=City Council District 3 Candidates Tackle Issues |access-date=October 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112222823/http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/43467272.html |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=dead }} losing to Democrat Chris Jerram by 4,766 votes (52.39%) to 4,247 (46.69%).{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=771230 |title=Omaha City Council District 3 2009 |publisher=OurCampaigns |accessdate=November 13, 2014}}
He considered running in the Republican primary election for the House of Representatives in the 2nd Congressional district against incumbent Republican Lee Terry as a Tea Party challenger in the 2014 elections.{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Margery|title=Terry faces possible tea party primary challenge|url=http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/federal-politics/terry-faces-possible-tea-party-primary-challenge/article_d3084899-cdbf-5ee2-b62b-d3589f187c8f.html|accessdate=October 10, 2013|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=October 9, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kcautv.com/story/23680251/omaha-councilman-running-for-senate |title=Omaha Councilman Running for US House Seat |date=13 October 2013 |website=www.kcautv.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173028/http://www.kcautv.com/story/23680251/omaha-councilman-running-for-senate |archive-date=14 October 2013}} After choosing not to run in the primary, he decided to run in the general election as an independent instead.{{cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/i-have-a-plan-to-save-the-country-chip-maxwell/article_0fe48084-e0f0-11e3-8a15-0017a43b2370.html|title='I have a plan to save the country': Chip Maxwell to run against Lee Terry|date=May 21, 2014|accessdate=May 22, 2014|work=Omaha.com|author=Joseph Morton}} He mounted an independent bid against Lee Terry and Brad Ashford.{{cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/chip-maxwell-running-for-house-against-lee-terry-calls-spoiler/article_85f9a01e-32dc-53c7-b7de-b5031cc5527d.html|title='Chip Maxwell, running for House against Lee Terry, calls spoiler theory 'hysterical'|date=May 22, 2014|accessdate=May 22, 2014|work=Omaha.com|author=Robynn Tysver}}
Despite collecting enough signatures to make the ballot, Maxwell withdrew from the race on July 24, saying that he had been asked by high-profile Republicans not to run and didn't want to create a "permanent rift" in the district's Republican Party. However, he said that he planned to run against Terry in the Republican primary in 2016, and noted that "I think this thing's a toss-up, even with me out of it."{{cite web|url=http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/federal-politics/maxwell-drops-out-of-nd-district-race/article_fccac409-b596-5593-9daf-52213d984337.html|title=Maxwell drops out of 2nd District race|date=July 24, 2014|accessdate=August 20, 2014|work=Lincoln Journal Star}}{{cite web|last1=Jordan|first1=Joe|title=It's official: Tea partyer Maxwell won't challenge GOP's Lee Terry|url=http://watchdog.org/161311/gops-lee-terry/|website=Nebraska Watchdog|publisher=Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity|accessdate=July 28, 2014}} Democratic nominee Brad Ashford defeated Terry in 2014, and Maxwell declared that he would run against Ashford in 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://watchdog.org/181754/congressman-elect-ashford/ |title=Congressman-elect Ashford eyes D.C., GOP and 2016 |access-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107155448/http://watchdog.org/181754/congressman-elect-ashford/ |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.kfab.com/pages/ChipMaxwell.html|title=Chip Maxwell|publisher=KFAB|access-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063410/http://www.kfab.com/pages/ChipMaxwell.html|archive-date=January 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences alumni
Category:Republican Party Nebraska state senators
Category:Politicians from Omaha, Nebraska
Category:University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni