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David Bonior David Edward Bonior ( born June 6 , 1945 ) is an American politician from the U.S . state of Michigan . First elected to the U.S . House of Representatives in 1976 , Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002 , during which time Democrats were in both the majority ( 1991–1995 ) and minority ( 1995–2002 ) , making Bonior the third and second highest-ranking Democrat in the House , respectively . During his tenure in office , Bonior was the public face of Democratic opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) , and was known for his tenacity in opposing Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich , against whom Bonior filed more than seventy-five ethics charges . Early life . Bonior was born in Detroit , Michigan , the son of Irene ( Gavreluk ) and Edward Bonior . He traces his family history from Ukraine and Poland . He graduated from Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods , Michigan , in 1963 , where he excelled in sports . He received a B.A . from the University of Iowa , where he also played football and became a member of the Iowa Beta chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity , in 1967 . He received an M.A . from Chapman College in Orange , California , in 1972 . He served in the United States Air Force during the peak of the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972 , though not in Vietnam . He was a founder of the Vietnam Era Veterans Caucus on Capitol Hill and was a strong supporter of the Vietnam veterans movement . Political career . Bonior was a Democratic member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976 . In 1976 , he was elected to the U.S . House of Representatives from Michigans 12th District ( based in Macomb County ) for the 95th and to the twelve succeeding Congresses , serving from January 3 , 1977 to January 3 , 2003 . His district was renumbered as the 10th in 1993 , after Michigan lost a House seat as a result of the 1990 United States Census . From 1991 to 2002 , Bonior was the House Democratic Whip . He served as Majority Whip in the 102nd and 103rd Congresses . He was Minority Whip for the 104th through 107th Congresses . While the Democrats were in the majority , Bonior was the third-ranking Democrat in the House , behind Speaker Tom Foley and House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt . While they were in the minority , Bonior was second-in-command behind Gephardt . In Congress , Bonior generally had a progressive voting record , but opposed abortion in most cases . In 1991 he strongly supported recognition of Ukraine as an independent nation and was critical of the Bush administration on that matter . For most of his tenure in Congress , Bonior represented a fairly compact district in Macomb and St . Clair counties northeast of Detroit . However , after the 2000 United States Census , Michigan lost one of its 16 seats in the House of Representatives . The redistricting process was controlled by the Republican majority in the state legislature , and Boniors home in Mount Clemens was shifted from the 10th District to the 12th District . That district had long been represented by Democrat Sandy Levin , a longtime friend of Boniors . At the same time , the state legislature radically altered the 10th , extending it all the way to the Thumb . The new district was considerably more rural and Republican than its predecessor ; George W . Bush narrowly won the old 10th , but would have won the new 10th by a large margin . By all accounts , the 10th had been redrawn for popular Republican Michigan Secretary of State and Macomb County resident Candice Miller . Due to this , Bonior did not run for reelection to the House , and chose to run for Governor of Michigan , stepping down as House Democratic Whip in early 2002 ; Nancy Pelosi of California succeeded him as Whip . He lost in a heavily contested primary between former Governor James Blanchard , and then-Michigan Attorney General and eventual nominee Jennifer Granholm , who went on to win the general election . As expected , Miller easily won Boniors House seat and held it until retiring in 2016 . Proving how Republican the new district is , no Democratic nominee has won more than 40% of the vote since Bonior retired . Post-congressional career . Following his retirement from the House , Bonior became a professor of labor studies at Wayne State University , and founded American Rights at Work , a union advocacy organization of which he currently serves as chairman . In 2006 , former Senator John Edwards chose Bonior to run his campaign for the presidency in 2008 . Bonior served as campaign manager for the duration of Edwards candidacy . Upon the election of Barack Obama in November 2008 , Bonior was a member of the President-Elects economic advisory board . He has also become a restaurateur , owning and operating the restaurants Agua 301 and Zest . Bonior is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One . Bonior and his wife were described as longtime members of the Democratic Socialists of America in 2015 .