{{Short description|American politician (born 1958)}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Enid Greene | image = Enid G. Mickelsen.jpg | state = [[Utah]] | district = {{ushr|UT|2|2nd}} | term_start = January 3, 1995 | term_end = January 3, 1997 | preceded = [[Karen Shepherd]] | succeeded = [[Merrill Cook]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|6|5}} | birth_place = [[San Rafael, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{ubl |{{marriage|Joe Waldholtz|1993|1996|end=div}} |{{marriage|Scott J. Mickelsen|2008}}}} | children = 1 | education = [[University of Utah]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Brigham Young University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Enid Greene Mickelsen''', formerly '''Enid Greene Waldholtz''' (born June 5, 1958), is an American politician from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Utah]] who served one term in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. She was the third woman and first Republican woman elected to Congress from Utah.
==Early life== Greene was born in [[San Rafael, California]], to naval officer and financier D. Forrest Greene and Gerda Marie Beyer. She is one of five children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=gerda-beyer-greene&pid=153751674|title=Gerda Beyer Greene |date=2011-09-22|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |via=Legacy.com }}</ref> She graduated from [[East High School (Salt Lake City)|East High School]] and earned her [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from the [[University of Utah]] in 1980. She received her [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[Brigham Young University]] in 1983.
She worked as a lawyer for [[software]] company [[Novell]] and then at a [[Salt Lake City]] law firm. She was deputy chief of staff for Governor [[Norman H. Bangerter]].
Mickelsen and [[Jon Huntsman Jr.]] were co-directors of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s campaign in Utah.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 27, 1984 |title=Students work in trenches of Utah's political arena |page=1 |work=The Daily Utah Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-utah-chronicle/149243794/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613070249/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-utah-chronicle/149243794/ |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
==Career== ===Run for the U.S. House of Representatives=== While serving as chair of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), Enid met Joe Waldholtz, and they were soon in a relationship. Greene ran for the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in 1992 against [[Karen Shepherd]] for the Utah Second District, which was entirely contained in [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]] at that time, losing by four percentage points.
===Second run for U.S. House of Representatives=== Greene married Waldholtz in 1993. After her marriage, Greene took the name ''Enid Greene Waldholtz''. During her 1994 rematch against Shepherd, Joe acted as her campaign manager. Her campaign spent approximately $2 million, the most expensive House race in the country that year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/congress_12-11a.html |title=Online NewsHour: Enid Waldholtz – December 11, 1995<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021180910/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/congress_12-11a.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Greene was swept into the [[104th United States Congress|104th Congress]] in the Republican landslide in November. She was named to the House Rules Committee, the first freshman on that committee in over 80 years.
In March 1995, she announced she was pregnant. Greene became the second representative ever to give birth while in office (the first being [[Yvonne Brathwaite Burke]]) and the first Republican.
===Financial scandal=== Her term was marred with scandal as her campaign was accused of finance violations. Almost $1.8 million<ref>[http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_96016134661+6 F.E.C. IMAGE 96016134667 (Page 7 of 16)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021191915/http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_96016134661+6 |date=2015-10-21 }}</ref> of the money spent in the 1994 campaign came from her husband, Joe, who had embezzled nearly $4 million from her father. Joe Waldholtz disappeared in November 1995 for six days before surrendering to the police. During that time, she announced that she was suing for [[divorce]], for custody of her daughter, and to change her name to 'Enid Greene'. ''The Washington Post'' reported Waldholtz was addicted to heroin.
Under pressure from Utah Republicans, she announced on March 5, 1996 her plans to not seek re-election to Congress. Joe Waldholtz pleaded guilty to federal charges of tax, bank, and campaign fraud.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9606/05/waldholtz.plea/index.html | publisher=CNN | title=Waldholtz enters guilty pleas | access-date=May 2, 2010}}</ref> While released on [[parole]], Joe Waldholtz was subsequently convicted of forging insurance and [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Veterans Affairs]] checks from his stepmother and his late father. He was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04135/316203.stm | work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | title=Ex-GOP strategist headed back to jail | first=Jim | last=McKinnon | date=May 14, 2004}}</ref>
After Enid’s decision to not seek reelection, no woman was elected to a seat in the federal house or senate from Utah until [[Mia Love]] in 2014.
===Comeback=== Greene slowly returned to Utah state politics. In 2003, she was elected vice chair of the [[Utah Republican Party]].
Greene was a candidate for [[Lieutenant Governor of Utah]] in 2004, but her ticket with gubernatorial candidate [[Nolan Karras]] was unsuccessful, garnering only 34% of the vote in the Republican primary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elections.utah.gov/2004.primary.election.canvass.pdf |title=Official Results State of Utah Primary Election June 22, 2004 |publisher=Utah Elections |access-date=2006-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923034900/http://www.elections.utah.gov/2004.primary.election.canvass.pdf |archive-date=2006-09-23 }}</ref>
After losing in the primary, Greene became Utah Republican vice chair. She became acting chair of the Utah Republican Party upon the resignation of Joe Cannon in November 2006. She was unanimously elected to serve as state party chair in February 2007 until the next convention in June 2007.
Enid Greene remarried in 2008 to then sheriff's deputy Scott J. Mickelsen, who later became a judge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Did those crossed wires glow?|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/news/ci_5271092|date=2007-02-21|first1=Paul|last1=Rolly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utcourts.gov/judgesbios/showGallery.asp?dist=3&ct_type=U#3141|title=Third District Justice Court Judges |date= 2012-09-30}}</ref> She was a delegate at the 2012 Republican National convention,<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-30/Mormon-Romney-ascendance/57457724/1 ''USA Today'' August 31, 2012]</ref> served as chair of the 2016 Republican National Convention Site Selection Committee,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsoutofcontext/57426783-64/convention-2016-cities-mickelsen.html.csp|title=Utahn to lead GOP 2016 convention site search|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |access-date=January 22, 2014}}</ref> and was appointed by RNC Chair [[Reince Priebus]] as chair of the 2016 Republican Convention Rules Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/283966-rnc-taps-convention-rules-chairman-amid-potential-rules/|title=GOP taps party insider as convention chairman|last=Kamisar|first=Ben|date=2016-06-17|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ {{ushr|Utah|2|}}: Results 1992–1994<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |access-date=2008-01-10 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archive-date=2007-07-25 }}</ref> !|Year ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! !|3rd Party !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |[[U.S. House election, 1992|1992]] | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|'''[[Karen Shepherd]]'''}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |127,738 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |50% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Enid Greene |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |118,307 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |47% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |{{nowrap|A. Peter}} Crane |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |6,274 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2% | |'''*''' |- |[[U.S. House election, 1994|1994]] | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Karen Shepherd]] |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |66,911 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Enid Greene Waldholtz'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |85,507 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |46% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Merrill Cook]] |{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |34,167 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |18% | |}
{{asterisk}} Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1992, Eileen Koschak of the [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers party]] received 650 votes.
==See also== * [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==References== * Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. ''The Almanac of American Politics, 1994''. Washington, D.C.: [[National Journal]], 1993. {{ISBN|978-0-89234-058-3}} * Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa. ''The Almanac of American Politics, 1998''. Washington, D.C.: [[National Journal]], 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-89234-080-4}} * Michael Barone, Richard E. Cohen, and Grant Ujifusa. ''The Almanac of American Politics, 2002''. Washington, D.C.: [[National Journal]], 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-89234-099-6}} * Benson, Lee. ''Blind Trust: The True Story of Enid Greene & Joe Waldholtz'', Agreka Books (November 1997), {{ISBN|978-1-888106-97-8}} * Leigh Dethman, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070214122259/http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660194620,00.html "Greene elected Utah GOP chief"], ''[[Deseret News]]'', February 11, 2007
==External links== {{CongBio|G000408}} * {{C-SPAN|36832}}
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