Anthony D. Ribaudo (November 21, 1941 – March 23, 2020) was an American politician from

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, of the

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. Ribaudo was born and raised in

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and attended

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. In

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

, Ribaudo was an unsuccessful candidate for

mayor of St. Louis The mayor of St. Louis is the chief executive officer of St. Louis's city government. The mayor has a duty to enforce city ordinances and the power to either approve or veto city ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen. The current mayor i ...

. He finished third in the Democratic

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behind

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and

Tom Villa Thomas Albert Villa (March 16, 1945 – January 20, 2023) was an American Democratic politician from Missouri. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and later represented Ward 11, the Carondelet neighborhood and surrounding ar ...

. After narrowly winning his re-election campaign in 1994, Ribaudo did not seek re-election in 1996. In 1976, he was elected to the

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representing the Hill neighborhood. Ribaudo was re-elected nine times and served part of the time as house

majority leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

. In 1989 he challenged

Bob F. Griffin Bob F. Griffin (August 15, 1935 – July 7, 2021) was an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1971 to 1996 and as Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996, longer than any other s ...

for Speaker of the House. After losing Griffin assigned him to a windowless office. He died of lung cancer on March 23, 2020, in

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, at age 78.

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1941 births 2020 deaths Politicians from St. Louis Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Washington University in St. Louis alumni American people of Italian descent {{Missouri-politician-stub