Which school did Ric Keller go to from 1981 to 1982?
Ric Keller Richard Anthony Ric Keller ( born September 5 , 1964 ) is an American politician , and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives , representing . Keller was defeated in his bid for a fifth term by Democrat Alan Grayson . Personal information . Keller was born in Johnson City , Tennessee . He received a bachelors degree from East Tennessee State University , where he graduated first in his class in 1986 , and a law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1992 . He was a lawyer in Florida before being elected to the House of Representatives in 2000 . Keller served as the chairman of the House higher education subcommittee . As the only Floridian in Congress to serve on the House Education and the Workforce Committee ( now Education and Labor ) , Congressman Keller was the states point man on education and workforce issues in Washington . Congressman Keller also sat on the House Judiciary Committee , where he was a leading advocate of the COPS ( Community Oriented Policing Services ) program to put more law enforcement officers on the streets . In March 2003 , Keller and his wife of 10 years , Cathleen , divorced . He and his ex-wife split the custody of their two children , with his ex-wife being the primary residential parent . He has since remarried ; he and his wife Dee Dee live in Orlando . He has four children : Nick , Christy , Kaylee , and Kate . Keller is now a partner at Hill , Rugh , Keller & Main , P.L . in Orlando , Fla . Committee assignments . - Education and the Workforce Committee ( now Education and Labor ) - Subcommittee on Early Childhood , Elementary and Secondary Education - Subcommittee on Higher Education , Lifelong Learning , and Competitiveness ( Chairman and Ranking Member ) - Judiciary Committee - Subcommittee on Courts , the Internet , and Intellectual Property - Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law - Antitrust Task Force and Competition Policy Congressional campaigns . 2000 . In Kellers first run for Congress , he finished in second place in the Republican primary with 31% of the vote , against fellow Republican Bill Sublette , who had 43% , but defeated Sublette in the runoff election , getting 52% of that vote . During the primary campaign , Keller publicly signed a terms limits pledge while Sublette refused to do so , and Keller made his signing a major part of his campaign . In the 2000 general election , Keller won with 51% of the vote against Democrat Linda Chapin . 2002 . After the 2001 Congressional re-apportionment , Floridas 8th District was redistricted from a near equal representation ( Democrat-Republican ) to one that included seven percent more Republicans than Democrats . Keller readily won the 2002 Congressional election against Democrat Eddie Diaz , winning with 65% of the vote . 2004 . In 2004 Keller won his third term with 60% of the vote against Democratic challenger Stephen Murray . 2006 . In 2006 , Keller won the Republican primary with 72% of the vote , defeating businesswoman Elizabeth Doran . In the general election , Keller defeated Democrat Charlie Stuart , 53% to 46% . In October , during a debate with Stuart , Keller was asked whether or not , if elected , he would seek a fifth term in 2008 . When I make that decision , I’ll let you know , Keller responded . 2008 . Keller ran for re-election in 2008 after deciding not to keep his term limits pledge . Keller said , I don’t like making mistakes , but I admit that was a big one . As a rookie candidate , I underestimated the value of experience and seniority . He won against Todd Long , an Orlando attorney and radio talkshow host , in the Republican primary . Keller was defeated by Democrat Alan Grayson ( campaign website ) , an attorney for Fried Frank , on Nov . 4th , 2008 . Grayson won largely by swamping Keller in Orange County , home to two-thirds of the districts population . Political positions and actions . Cheeseburger Bill . In 2003 , Keller was sponsor of H.R . 339 , the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act . At the same time , Keller had taken the maximum level of PAC donations up to $300,000 for his personal campaign funding from restaurants including McDonalds , Wendys and Burger King . The bill would have shielded manufacturers , distributors , and sellers of food and beverages from lawsuits blaming them for weight gain , obesity , or a health condition related to weight gain or obesity . Keller , who said he was about 20 pounds over his ideal weight , said that he thought consumers should stop blaming fast food sellers and junk food manufacturers for their weight issues . In 2005 , Keller reintroduced the bill as H.R . 554 , the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005 . The bill passed the House but was never voted on by the Senate . Iraq War . In June 2006 , Keller voted to affirm that the war in Iraq was part of the Global War on Terror , and against any exit date for the war . In February 2007 , Keller announced during a speech that he was in favor of the Democratic proposal at the time for withdrawing from Iraq . He stated Let me give you an analogy . Imagine your next door neighbor refuses to mow his lawn and the weeds are all the way up to his waist . You decide you’re going to mow his lawn for him every single week . The neighbor never says thank you . He hates you and sometimes he takes out a gun and shoots at you . Under these circumstances , do you keep mowing his lawn forever ? Do you send even more of your family members over to mow his lawn ? Or do you say to that neighbor , ‘You better step it up and mow your own lawn or there’s going to be serious consequences for you’ ? Position on 2008 Bailout . On September 29 , 2008 , Keller voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 . Other issues . Keller is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker . In 2006 , he cosponsored H.R . 4777 , the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act .