Super Collider. The SSC would have been about three times as powerful as CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most notable for discovering a particle consistent with a Higgs boson. Committee assignments Slattery served on the Energy & Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Budget, and Banking Committees. 1994 gubernatorial election Finney served one term as governor, and Slattery decided to run for the open governorship in 1994, stepping down from Congress. However, he faced Republican Bill Graves. Slattery lost that race, a victim of the Republican landslide of 1994. Post-congressional career Law career Slattery lived in Virginia and was partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm, Wiley Rein LLP after his defeat. In 2019, he left Wiley Rein, where he had worked for more than two decades, to start his own firm, Slattery Strategy. Jim Slattery has been practicing law since 1975 and has advised domestic and international clients who have matters pending before the U.S. Congress, federal agencies and regulatory bodies. His extensive client list has included large publicly traded corporations and smaller family controlled businesses. He has special experience in public policy matters related to health care, railroads, International trade, Ukraine and Iran. Slattery maintains strong relations with senior Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate. He has also done various consulting and pro bono work, including successfully advocating for the release of a Princeton University student who had been imprisoned in Iran. His youngest son, Mike Slattery, lives in Mission, Kansas. Mike was elected to the Kansas State House in 2008, defeating his Republican opponent Ronnie Metzker. Mike edged out fellow Democrat Andy Sandler by three votes in a hotly contested primary. 2008 U.S. Senate campaign Slattery declared his intention to run for the United States Senate in March 2008 against incumbent Pat Roberts, and officially announced his run in a statewide tour on April 29. Slattery was defeated by Roberts. The loss was the 25th consecutive setback for Democrats running for U.S. Senate seats from Kansas (24 regular elections plus a 1996 special election following the resignation of Bob Dole). The state last elected a Democrat in 1932, George McGill, who lost his re-election bid in 1938. References External links Partner profile at Wiley Rein LLP Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate Campaign contributions (2008) at OpenSecrets.org Lobbyist profile at OpenSecrets.org |- |- |- 1948 births Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas Kansas lawyers