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James David "Jim" Matheson (born March 21, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Utah from 2001 to 2015. He represented Utah's 2nd district from 2001 to 2013 and its from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the distinction of being the only Democratic congressman from Utah and represented a more Republican-leaning district than any other Democratic member of Congress.〔(Introducing The Cook Political Report Partisan Voting Index (PVI) for the 111th Congress ) 〕 On December 17, 2013, Matheson announced he would not seek reelection in the 2014 elections. A moderate Democrat, he has been speculated to run in 2016 for Governor of Utah or for the U.S. Senate. In 2015, he joined the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs as a lobbyist. ==Early life, education and career== Matheson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and obtained an A.B. from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Congressman Jim Matheson – Biography )〕 His father, Scott M. Matheson, served as governor of Utah from 1977 to 1985, and his brother, Scott Matheson, Jr., was the 2004 Democratic nominee for Governor. Matheson is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to entering politics, Matheson worked in the energy field, working for several different companies and studying environmental policy. He later started his own energy consulting firm. His wife, Amy, is a pediatrician and they have two sons, William and Harris.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://townhall.com/election-2012/election-2010//state/ut/candidate/james-jim-david-matheson/ ) 〕 He joined a group that was in favor of increased compensation for people who were affected by the radiation from Cold War atomic testing. The radioactive fallout from nuclear tests caused the cancer that killed Matheson's father.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/person/jim-matheson-ut/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Matheson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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