Steve Bartlett

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Bartlett served as a U.S. Representative from 1983 until his resignation in 1991. He won the open seat over former state Representative Kay Bailey Hutchison, later the state treasurer, U.S. Senator, and an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 2010. The position became vacant when the long-term Republican incumbent, James M. Collins ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against the Democrat Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., of Houston.

While in Congress, Bartlett served as a member of the House Banking Committee, where he "led the successful push to let the market set interest rates on government-insured mortgages." He served as Deputy Whip and was a sponsor or principal cosponsor of nearly 20 major pieces of legislation,{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} including the Enhanced Secondary Mortgage Market Act, Fair Labor Standards Act Reforms, FHA Deregulation and the Americans with Disabilities Act.{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/ |title=THOMAS (Library of Congress) |access-date=2010-05-28 |archive-date=2006-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060130145431/http://thomas.loc.gov/ |url-status=dead }}{{Vague|date=July 2011}}

Bartlett left the House to run for mayor of Dallas. On November 5, 1991, he was elected to the nonpartisan position with 54 percent of the vote.{{cite web|url=https://assets01.aws.connect.clarityelections.com/Assets/Connect/RootPublish/dallas-tx.connect.clarityelections.com/ElectionDocuments/1991/11051991/Final_Reports.pdf|title=Dallas County Joint Election November 5, 1991|access-date=December 30, 2023}} He was sworn in on December 2, 1991.{{cite web|url= https://dallascityhall.com/government/citysecretary/archives/Pages/Archives_1992-028.aspx|title=Inaugural Speech of Mayor Steve Bartlett and Farewell Address of Mayor Annette Strauss, 1991|access-date=December 30, 2023|website=dallascityhall.com}} As mayor, Bartlett led an effort to reduce violent crime and adopted a $5 billion capital improvements plan. He worked to improve an economic revitalization, a downtown renaissance, and 30,000 new residential units in or adjacent to downtown Dallas.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Bartlett served as the city's executive until 1995.

Bartlett was hired to head the Financial Services Roundtable in 1999. In 2012, he was replaced as president and CEO by former Republican presidential candidate and the former Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota.[http://www.fsround.org/fsr/about/executive.asp "Roundtable Management"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115085647/http://www.fsround.org/fsr/about/executive.asp |date=2012-11-15 }}, FSR webpage. Pawlenty is listed as President and CEO and Bartlett as Former President and CEO. Retrieved 2012-11-08.

Following his government service, Bartlett served on a number of boards of directors, including IMCO Recycling, Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation, Sun Coast Industrial and the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of RespectAbility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.respectability.org/2017/07/rep-steve-bartlett/|title=Rep. Steve Bartlett|last=laurenappelbaum|date=2017-07-12|website=Respect Ability|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}} In addition, he also served on the board of governors of the National YMCA, the Fannie Mae National Advisory Council and the board of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. In 2001 he served on the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education.[http://www2.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/reports.html www2.ed.gov] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413124649/http://www2.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/reports.html |date=April 13, 2010 }}

Bartlett has been recognized for his leadership skills by the National Association of Manufacturers, National Federation of Independent Business; Ebony, Essence, and Jet magazines; Texas Association for Retarded Citizens; Anti-Defamation League; National Council of La Raza; American Electronics Association; Watchdogs of the Treasury; and Best Dad by the NF Foundation.

In 2011, Bartlett earned about $2 million a year at Financial Services Roundtable.

Bartlett has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and as a member of the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement.[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150528194543/http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44 Steve Bartlett], bio, U.S.-Muslim Engagement webpage.

On August 24, 2020, Bartlett was one of 24 former Republican lawmakers to endorse Democratic nominee Joe Biden on the opening day of the Republican National Convention.{{cite news|author1=Cole, Devan|title=Here are the prominent Republicans backing Biden|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/politics/republicans-supporting-biden/index.html|access-date=5 September 2020|work=CNN|date=3 September 2020}}

Bartlett was born in Los Angeles, California and reared in Lockhart in Caldwell County, Texas. He attended Kimball High School in Dallas, at which he met his future wife at a Young Republicans bake sale;{{cite web| url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/wall-street-lobbyists-try-to-reform-the-reform/ | title= Wall Street Lobbyist Aims to 'Reform the Reform' | date= July 14, 2011 | first= Ben |last= Protess| work= The New York Times | accessdate=2011-07-25}} he graduated in 1966. Barlett attended the University of Texas at Austin, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1971.{{CongBio|B000204|inline=yes|date=2011-07-25}} He also became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Bartlett is married to the former Gail Coke; the Bartletts have three children and six grandchildren. They reside in McLean, Virginia.

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