Mike Dean (born December 26, 1955) is an American politician from

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. Dean attended B. C. Rain High School and played for the

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team as a

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. He played

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for

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, but left college without graduating in 1979 to help with the family hauling business after

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. He founded his own trucking company, Mobile Waste, and sold it to

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after a year. Dean served the 104th district in the

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for two terms. He was then elected to the

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in 2000. Dean was defeated for reelection in 2012 by Jerry Carl. Dean married Gina, his high school sweetheart.

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