Jack Kemp, former QB and Congressman, dies by Jonathan Martin at Politico reports that the former quarterback for the NFL Buffalo Bills, a nine term Congressman from Western New York, housing secretary and vice-presidential candidate with Senator Bob Dole in 1996, has died of cancer at age 73.
Kemp was a supply side advocate and early on called for the GOP to become more diverse, based on his gridiron experiences.
Jack Kemp, star on the field and in politics, dies from the New York Times
Jack Kemp: Capitalist for the Common Man from the Wall Street Journal
He played a pivotal role in the ascent of the Republican Party, moving the party to embrace supply side economics and making tax cuts a central element of the party platform.
From 1977, the Buffalo-area congressman advocated in favor of the Kemp-Roth tax cut, which became law in 1981 under President Reagan. Kemp served in the House from 1971 to 1989.
He was seen as a rising star in the party in the Reagan years, but his 1988 presidential campaign against Bob Dole and George HW Bush flamed out.
Kemp served as Bush's HUD Secretary, but was always viewed warily by Bush loyalists.
Despite their political differences, Dole the deficit hawk and Kemp the supply sider teamed up in 1996 on the GOP ticket.
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