Richard A. Flintrop is a former member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
.
Biography
Flintrop was born on December 15, 1945, in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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. He graduated from
East Troy High School in
East Troy, Wisconsin
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, before attending the
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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,
American University
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and
George Washington University
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, preside ...
.
Career
Flintrop was elected to the Assembly in 1972. In 1979, he was a candidate in the
Democratic primary for the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Wisconsin's 6th congressional district
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, losing to
Gary R. Goyke.
Goyke would lose to
Tom Petri
Thomas Evert Petri (born May 28, 1940) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1979 to 2015; he is a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Petri was born in Marinette, Wisconsin. When he was a toddler, his fat ...
in the general election. Additionally, Flintrop was Vice Chairman of the
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Winnebago County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,730. Its county seat is Oshkosh. It was named for the historic Winnebago people, a federally recognized Native American tribe now known ...
Democratic Party.
References
Politicians from Milwaukee
People from East Troy, Wisconsin
People from Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh alumni
American University alumni
George Washington University alumni
1945 births
Living people
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