John Christian Ruckelshaus III is an American politician.
Biography
Ruckelshaus is a
Republican
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Political ideology
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politician who was a member of the
Indiana Senate
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representing the 30th district where he served from 2016 to 2020. He previously served in the
Indiana House of Representatives
The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House memb ...
from 1990 to 1992 from the 49th district. He ran when incumbent State Representative Bill Spencer retired. Ruckelshaus ran for the State Senate in 1992, but lost the Republican primary. He was succeeded by Phillip T. Warner in the 49th district. Ruckelshaus previously served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development for Government Affairs from 2006 to 2008. He replaced Deputy Commissioner Anne Valentine after she retired. He was replaced by Michelle Marshel. Ruckelshaus previously served as a Member of the Washington Township Marion County Advisory Board from 1986 to 1990. Ruckelshaus is the nephew of
William Ruckelshaus
William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and government official.
Ruckelshaus served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1966 to 1968, and was the United States Assistant Attorney Genera ...
, the former
Deputy Attorney General
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under
President
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*President (government title)
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Richard Nixon
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and the former
EPA Administrator
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under Nixon and President
Ronald Reagan
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. His father
John C. Ruckelshaus also served in the Indiana Senate.
References
External links
John Ruckelshaus at BallotpediaProject Vote Smart – Senator John Ruckelshaus (IN)profile
profile
State Senate Website
Living people
Politicians from Indianapolis
Indiana University alumni
Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
Republican Party Indiana state senators
21st-century American politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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