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The comment was widely criticized.<ref>{{cite web|last=DiSalvo|first=David|title=Republican Senate Nominee Todd Akin: Victims Of "Legitimate Rape" Don't Get Pregnant|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/08/19/republican-senate-nominee-todd-akin-victims-of-legitimate-rape-dont-get-pregnant/|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Abouhalkah|first=Yael T.|title=Todd Akin's rape fantasy|url=http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/todd-akins-rape-fantasy/|publisher=Kansas City Star|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Eligon|first=John|title=Senate Candidate Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> Related news articles cited a 1996 article in an obstetrics and gynecology journal, which found that 5% of women who were raped became pregnant, which equaled about 32,000 pregnancies each year in the US alone.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Aaron|title=Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate: ‘Legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/19/todd-akin-gop-senate-candidate-legitimate-rape-rarely-causes-pregnancy/|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref>
The comment was widely criticized.<ref>{{cite web|last=DiSalvo|first=David|title=Republican Senate Nominee Todd Akin: Victims Of "Legitimate Rape" Don't Get Pregnant|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/08/19/republican-senate-nominee-todd-akin-victims-of-legitimate-rape-dont-get-pregnant/|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Abouhalkah|first=Yael T.|title=Todd Akin's rape fantasy|url=http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/todd-akins-rape-fantasy/|publisher=Kansas City Star|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Eligon|first=John|title=Senate Candidate Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> Related news articles cited a 1996 article in an obstetrics and gynecology journal, which found that 5% of women who were raped became pregnant, which equaled about 32,000 pregnancies each year in the US alone.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Aaron|title=Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate: ‘Legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/19/todd-akin-gop-senate-candidate-legitimate-rape-rarely-causes-pregnancy/|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref>


Political analysts believe that the comments have the potential to swing the [[United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012|2012 United States Senate election in Missouri]];<ref>{{cite news|last=Silver|first=Nate|title=Akin Comments Could Swing Missouri Senate Race|url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/akin-comments-could-swing-missouri-senate-race/??smid=tw-nytimes|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Henneberger|first=Melinda|title=Say goodnight, Todd Akin|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/say-goodnight-todd-akin/2012/08/19/beb78a96-ea40-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_blog.html|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> the [[Washington Post]] reported a "stampede" of Republicans dissociating from Akin as part of [[damage limitation]], with [[National Republican Senatorial Committee|NRSC]] chairman [[John Cornyn]] saying the GOP would no longer provide him senate election funding and describing Akin as "endangering Republicans’ hopes of retaking the majority in the Senate".<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-todd-akins-rape-comments-abortion-is-back-in-the-campaign-spotlight/2012/08/20/c497bae4-eac7-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html |title=National GOP pulls funding from Todd Akin’s Missouri race|last= Nia-Malika Henderson & Paul Kane|work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2012-08-20 |publisher=[[Washington Post Company]] |location=[[Washington, DC|Washington DC]] |issn=0190-8286 |accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> A campaign spokesman for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan said both disagreed with Akin's position and would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. Akin said, "In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it's clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year."<ref name="apAug2012">Associated Press (August 19, 2012). [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-08-19/todd-akin-rape/57146944/1 Rep. Akin says he 'misspoke' about rape in interview.] ''[[USA Today]]''</ref> His opponent in the 2012 Senate race, Sen. [[Claire McCaskill]], responded via [[Twitter]], stating "as a woman & former prosecutor who handled 100s of rape cases, I'm stunned by Rep Akin's comments about victims this AM."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bassett|first=Laura|title=Missouri GOP Senate Candidate's Remarks On Rape Stir Controversy|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/19/159273876/missouri-gop-senate-candidates-remarks-on-rape-stir-controversy|publisher=NPR|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref>
Political analysts believe that the comments have the potential to swing the [[United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012|2012 United States Senate election in Missouri]];<ref>{{cite news|last=Silver|first=Nate|title=Akin Comments Could Swing Missouri Senate Race|url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/akin-comments-could-swing-missouri-senate-race/??smid=tw-nytimes|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Henneberger|first=Melinda|title=Say goodnight, Todd Akin|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/say-goodnight-todd-akin/2012/08/19/beb78a96-ea40-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_blog.html|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> the [[Washington Post]] reported a "stampede" of Republicans dissociating from Akin as part of [[damage limitation]], with [[National Republican Senatorial Committee|NRSC]] chairman [[John Cornyn]] saying the GOP would no longer provide him senate election funding and describing Akin as "endangering Republicans’ hopes of retaking the majority in the Senate".<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-todd-akins-rape-comments-abortion-is-back-in-the-campaign-spotlight/2012/08/20/c497bae4-eac7-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html |title=National GOP pulls funding from Todd Akin’s Missouri race|last= Nia-Malika Henderson & Paul Kane|work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2012-08-20 |publisher=[[Washington Post Company]] |location=[[Washington, DC|Washington DC]] |issn=0190-8286 |accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> A campaign spokesman for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan said both disagreed with Akin's position and would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. Akin said, "In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it's clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year."<ref name="apAug2012">Associated Press (August 19, 2012). [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-08-19/todd-akin-rape/57146944/1 Rep. Akin says he 'misspoke' about rape in interview.] ''[[USA Today]]''</ref> Media columnists noted the comment had not been mis-spoken but a sincere reflection of personal belief,<ref name="todd-huffington">{{cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/todd-akin-rape_b_1810928.html |title=Todd Akin: It's Not a War on Women, It's a War on Critical Thinking and Democracy |first= Soraya |last=Chemaly|work=huffingtonpost.com |year=2012-08-20 |accessdate=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="todd-wp">{{cite news |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/postscript-todd-akin-and-legitimate-rape/2012/08/20/06ef1d86-eaf7-11e1-b811-09036bcb182b_blog.html |title=Todd Akin and ‘legitimate rape’ - PostPartisan |first= Rachel |last=Manteuffel |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2012-08-20|publisher=[[Washington Post Company|WPC]] |location=[[Washington, DC|Washington DC]] |issn=0190-8286 |accessdate=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="todd-slate">{{cite web |url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/08/20/todd_akin_s_legitimate_rape_comment_not_a_misstatement_but_a_worldview_.html |title=Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape' comment: Not a misstatement, but a worldview. |first= Laura |last=Helmuth |work=slate.com |year=2012-08012|accessdate=21 August 2012}}</ref> with attention drawn to Akin's scientific ignorance<ref name="todd-huffington" /><ref name="todd-wp" /><ref name="todd-slate" /> and past actions and statements consistent with this belief.<ref name="todd-slate" /> His opponent in the 2012 Senate race, Sen. [[Claire McCaskill]], responded via [[Twitter]], stating "as a woman & former prosecutor who handled 100s of rape cases, I'm stunned by Rep Akin's comments about victims this AM."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bassett|first=Laura|title=Missouri GOP Senate Candidate's Remarks On Rape Stir Controversy|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/19/159273876/missouri-gop-senate-candidates-remarks-on-rape-stir-controversy|publisher=NPR|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref>


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Todd Akin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 2nd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2001
Preceded byJim Talent
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 86th district
In office
1993–2001
Preceded byJohn Hancock
Succeeded byJane Cunningham
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 85th district
In office
1989–1993
Preceded byFranc Flotron
Succeeded byChris Liese
Personal details
Born
William Todd Akin

(1947-07-05) July 5, 1947 (age 76)
New York City, New York
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLulli Akin
ResidenceWildwood, Missouri
Alma materWorcester Polytechnic Institute, Covenant Theological Seminary
OccupationEngineer, plant manager
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army National Guard
Years of service1972-1980
UnitMissouri

William Todd Akin (born July 5, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.

The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country, and Des Peres located along Interstate 270 in western St. Louis County (West County) and the northwestern exurbs of St. Charles and St. Peters in St. Charles County. He won the 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a crowded field. He will challenge Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in the general election.

Early life, education, and business career

Akin was born in New York City, the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Rev. Paul Bigelow Akin.[1] He moved to St. Louis and attended John Burroughs School. After graduating, he attended the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts where he earned a degree in management engineering, and in 1984 he earned a Master of Divinity degree at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. During college he was member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

From 1972 to 1980, Akin served in the Missouri National Guard.[2] After his military career, he took up work at IBM as an engineer and later became a manager at Laclede Steel Company.

Missouri House of Representatives

Elections

Akin was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1988, representing Town and Country and much of West County. He won re-election in 1990 (59%),[3] 1992 (100%),[4] 1994 (70%),[5] 1996 (67%),[6] and 1998 (66%).[7]

Tenure

In 12 years in the state house, Akin voted for carrying concealed weapons, voted against the parks and soils sales tax, voted against the 1993 tax increase and education spending increase.[8] Akin sponsored legislation to prohibit casino companies from contributing to Missouri state lawmakers.[9] In 1995, he fought Democrat Governor Mel Carnahan on state-funding for abortion, which Akin opposed.[10]

Committee assignments

He was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.[11]

U.S. House of Representatives

Akin is listed in the House roll as "R-St. Louis". The likely reason is that many areas in the St. Louis County portion of the district, including one of his district offices, have St. Louis addresses, even though the district does not include any part of the city of St. Louis itself.

Elections

In 2000, Republican U.S. Representative Jim Talent vacated the seat in his unsuccessful run for Governor of Missouri. Akin won a closely contested Republican primary election to replace Talent, defeating former St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary and State Senator Franc Flotron.[12] He defeated Democratic State Senator Ted House in the general election, winning 55 percent of the vote.[13] He never faced another contest even that close, and was reelected five times.

In 2010, Akin won re-election with 67.9% of the vote.[14] He had been challenged for the seat by Democratic nominee Arthur Lieber, Libertarian nominee Steve Mosbacher, and write-in candidate Patrick M. Cannon.

Tenure

Todd Akin voted for Paul Ryan's FY 2012 budget, which would restructure Medicare.[15]

Akin is an outspoken opponent of abortion in all cases, including health reasons or in cases of rape or incest. He opposes embryonic stem cell research, is a supporter of the right to keep and bear arms, and is generally opposed to increases in taxation and spending. As a U.S. Representative, he has continued to support these views, earning a 96% rating from the American Conservative Union in 2008, and 100% in 2007.[16] Akin has an A rating from the National Rifle Association.[17]

Akin is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker. In 2006, he co-sponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act,[18] and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.[19]

Akin has spent significant time working on military and veterans issues. On the House Armed Services Committee he currently serves as the Chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, which handles all Navy and Air Force issues. In the past he has served as Ranking Republican on the Seapower Subcommittee and the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Akin has also introduced a number of veterans-related bills, most notably the Open Burn Pit Registry Act, which creates a registry for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who were exposed to burn pits.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

2012 U.S. Senate election

Main article: United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012

In mid-May 2011, Akin announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination in 2012 to unseat first-term Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill.[20] Other candidates in the August 2012 Republican primary include businessman John Brunner,[21] author and business executive Mark Memoly,[22] and former Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman.[23] Despite losing some momentum and in a crowded field, Akin won the Republican nomination in the August 7 primary, 36% to 30% for his nearest challenger. [24]

Electoral history

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2000, Missouri's 2nd congressional district election results
Candidates Party Votes %
Tedd House Democratic Party 126,441 42.4%
Todd Akin Republican Party 164,926 55.3%
Sources:[25]


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2002, Missouri's 2nd congressional district election results
Candidates Party Votes %
John Hogan Democratic Party 77,223 31.0%
Todd Akin Republican Party 167,057 67.1%
Sources:[26]


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2004, Missouri's 2nd congressional district election results
Candidates Party Votes %
George Weber Democratic Party 115,366 33.0%
Todd Akin Republican Party 228,725 65.4%
Sources:[27]


Template:American politics/party colors/Democratic/rowTemplate:American politics/party colors/Republican/row
2006, Missouri's 2nd congressional district election results
Candidates Party Votes %
George Weber Democratic Party 105,242 36.6%
Todd Akin Republican Party 176,452 61.3%
Sources:[28]

Controversies

Home of record

In May 2011, questions were raised about Akin's official address for voting. According to the Associated Press and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Akin has lived in Wildwood, in far western St. Louis County, since at least 2009, and perhaps as early as 2007, when he and his wife purchased a home there. However, he has continued to list his official residence as Town and Country, and signed a polling place logbook attesting to his living there in April 2011. According to the Missouri Secretary of State's office, anyone knowingly giving false information to election workers is guilty of a felony violation of state election laws.[29][30]

Liberalism and God

In late June 2011, Akin was discussing NBC's recent removal of the words "under God" from a video clip of the Pledge of Allegiance. Akin told radio host Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council that:

Well, I think NBC has a long record of being very liberal, and at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God.... This is a systematic effort to try to separate our faith and God, which is a source in our belief in individual liberties, from our country. And when you do that you tear the heart out of our country.[31]

Two days later, Akin said in a radio interview there he would not apologize, since he meant that not all liberals hate God, only that liberals have "a hatred for public references for God." The next day, he said:

People who know me and my family know that we take our faith and beliefs very seriously. As Christians, we would never question the sincerity of anyone's personal relationship with God. My statement during my radio interview was directed at the political movement, Liberalism, not at any specific individual. If my statement gave a different impression, I offer my apologies.[32]

Comments on abortion in cases of rape

In an August 19, 2012 interview aired on St. Louis television station KTVI-TV, Akin was asked his views on whether women who became pregnant due to rape should have the option of abortion. He replied:

Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.[33]

The comment was widely criticized.[34][35][36] Related news articles cited a 1996 article in an obstetrics and gynecology journal, which found that 5% of women who were raped became pregnant, which equaled about 32,000 pregnancies each year in the US alone.[37]

Political analysts believe that the comments have the potential to swing the 2012 United States Senate election in Missouri;[38][39] the Washington Post reported a "stampede" of Republicans dissociating from Akin as part of damage limitation, with NRSC chairman John Cornyn saying the GOP would no longer provide him senate election funding and describing Akin as "endangering Republicans’ hopes of retaking the majority in the Senate".[40] A campaign spokesman for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan said both disagreed with Akin's position and would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. Akin said, "In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it's clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year."[41] Media columnists noted the comment had not been mis-spoken but a sincere reflection of personal belief,[42][43][44] with attention drawn to Akin's scientific ignorance[42][43][44] and past actions and statements consistent with this belief.[44] His opponent in the 2012 Senate race, Sen. Claire McCaskill, responded via Twitter, stating "as a woman & former prosecutor who handled 100s of rape cases, I'm stunned by Rep Akin's comments about victims this AM."[45]

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  45. ^ Bassett, Laura. "Missouri GOP Senate Candidate's Remarks On Rape Stir Controversy". NPR. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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