Borski was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he graduated from the University of Baltimore in 1971. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives from 1977 to 1982.
In 1982, he took on GOP Representative Charles F. Dougherty in the 3rd Congressional District, which had been renumbered from the 4th after the 1980 Census. 1982 was a rough year for Republicans due to a recession and Borski would be a beneficiary of the public discontent. He also was helped by some friendly redistricting that shifted some heavily Democratic wards to the 3rd. Borski scored a narrow victory of less than 3,000 votes—in the process, ousting the last Republican to represent a significant portion of Philadelphia in the House. The Borski-Dougherty battles would be fought out in this district three more times in 1992, 1998, and 2000 with Borski victorious each time.
In his 20 years in Congress, Borski rose to become the second-ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He was generally classed as a liberal Democrat, but opposed abortion in most cases.
In 2002, the Republican-controlled State Legislature threw Borski a curve. Pennsylvania was due to lose two districts as a result of the 2000 United States Census, and the legislature dismantled his northeast Philadelphia district. Borski's home was drawn into the Montgomery County-based 13th District of two-term Democrat Joe Hoeffel. They expected that either Borski or Hoeffel would be bloodied from the resulting primary election. However, Borski decided not to run, instead retiring from Congress and allowing Hoeffel to avoid a costly primary campaign.
After retiring, Borski formed his own lobbying firm, Borski Associates. Governor Ed Rendell hired Borski in 2003 to help lobby for the state of Pennsylvania in Congress.
On October 10, 2002, Robert Borski was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the invasion of Iraq. In 2003, the post office where Borski's father once carried mail was renamed in his honor.[1]
In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Democrats in Pennsylvania.[2]
References
^. U.S. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2003-04-01. at the Wayback Machine
^Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010). (PDF). Politics Magazine. pp. 44–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-29.
robert, borski, robert, anthony, borski, born, october, 1948, american, politician, democratic, party, congressman, from, state, pennsylvania, from, 1983, until, 2003, representing, state, congressional, district, member, house, representatives, from, pennsylv. Robert Anthony Borski Jr born October 20 1948 is an American politician He was a Democratic Party Congressman from the U S state of Pennsylvania from 1983 until 2003 representing the state s 3rd congressional district Robert BorskiMember of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 3rd districtIn office January 3 1983 January 3 2003Preceded byJoseph SmithSucceeded byJoe Hoeffel Redistricting Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 175th districtIn office January 4 1977 November 30 1982Preceded byFortunato PerriSucceeded byGerard KosinskiPersonal detailsBornRobert Anthony Borski 1948 10 20 October 20 1948 age 74 Philadelphia PennsylvaniaPolitical partyDemocraticBorski was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and he graduated from the University of Baltimore in 1971 He was a member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives from 1977 to 1982 In 1982 he took on GOP Representative Charles F Dougherty in the 3rd Congressional District which had been renumbered from the 4th after the 1980 Census 1982 was a rough year for Republicans due to a recession and Borski would be a beneficiary of the public discontent He also was helped by some friendly redistricting that shifted some heavily Democratic wards to the 3rd Borski scored a narrow victory of less than 3 000 votes in the process ousting the last Republican to represent a significant portion of Philadelphia in the House The Borski Dougherty battles would be fought out in this district three more times in 1992 1998 and 2000 with Borski victorious each time In his 20 years in Congress Borski rose to become the second ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee He was generally classed as a liberal Democrat but opposed abortion in most cases In 2002 the Republican controlled State Legislature threw Borski a curve Pennsylvania was due to lose two districts as a result of the 2000 United States Census and the legislature dismantled his northeast Philadelphia district Borski s home was drawn into the Montgomery County based 13th District of two term Democrat Joe Hoeffel They expected that either Borski or Hoeffel would be bloodied from the resulting primary election However Borski decided not to run instead retiring from Congress and allowing Hoeffel to avoid a costly primary campaign After retiring Borski formed his own lobbying firm Borski Associates Governor Ed Rendell hired Borski in 2003 to help lobby for the state of Pennsylvania in Congress On October 10 2002 Robert Borski was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the invasion of Iraq In 2003 the post office where Borski s father once carried mail was renamed in his honor 1 In 2010 Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Democrats in Pennsylvania 2 References Edit Robert A Borski Post Office Building U S House of Representatives Archived from the original on 2003 04 01 Archive index at the Wayback Machine Roarty Alex Sean Coit January 2010 Pennsylvania Influencers PDF Politics Magazine pp 44 49 Archived from the original PDF on 2009 12 29 External links Edit Media related to Bob Borski at Wikimedia Commons Philadelphia portalUnited States Congress Robert Borski id B000644 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Congressman Bob Borski Biography house gov borski Archived from the original on 2002 11 02 Archive index at the Wayback Machine Congressman Robert Borski s Homepage at the Wayback Machine archive index PA redistricting lawsuit Appearances on C SPANU S House of RepresentativesPreceded byJoseph Smith Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 3rd congressional district1983 2003 Succeeded byPhil EnglishPennsylvania House of RepresentativesPreceded byFortunato Perri Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 175th District1977 1982 Succeeded byGerard KosinskiU S order of precedence ceremonial Preceded byRobert Smith Walkeras Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United Statesas Former US Representative Succeeded byCurt Weldonas Former US Representative Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Borski amp oldid 1134488172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
