Dennis Roman "Denny" Newinski (August 21, 1944 – February 10, 2009) was an American politician and machinist. Newinski was born in

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. He graduated from DeSasalle High School, Minneapolis, in 1963. Newinski went to Dunwoody College of Technology. He lived in

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with his wife and family and was a machinist working for

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until he retired in 2000.. Newinski was a

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. In 1988, he then joined the Republican Party. Newinski served in the

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in 1991 and 1992. He also ran for the Republican nomination for the

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in 1994, in1996, and in 1998 and lost the election He died from cancer at his home, in Maplewood, Minnesota, after being exposed to asbestos.'Dennis Newinski was former state legislator,' Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), February 13, 2009

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