Frank Riggs
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| Frank Riggs | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district |
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| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Hamburg |
| Succeeded by | Mike Thompson |
| In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Douglas Bosco |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Hamburg |
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| Born | September 5, 1950 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Golden Gate University |
Frank Duncan Riggs (born September 5, 1950)[1] is a politician from the states of California and Arizona.
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Early life
Frank Riggs was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Army from 1972 to 1975.
Career
He worked as a police officer and in real estate. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican in 1990 from California's 1st District, narrowly defeating four-term Democrat Doug Bosco. He represented the area stretching from Napa County to the northern Pacific coast.
He voted against the Gulf War resolution and, as a member of the Gang of Seven, a group of freshman Republican congressmen, favored identifying publicly the congressmen who made overdrafts at the House Bank. He was defeated in 1992 by Democrat Dan Hamburg but won a rematch in 1994.
In 1996, he won re-election. In 1998, State Senator Mike Thompson, who was due to be termed out of his seat, decided to run for the 1st District House seat, and Riggs decided not to run for re-election. Instead, he ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. A late entrant, he dropped out of the race before Election Day but still finished in fifth place (the fourth place Republican) in the state's open primary system. The nomination was won by State Treasurer Matt Fong. Thompson won the congressional seat handily.
In 2001, he moved to Arizona.[2] In 2005, he explored a run for governor, as most Arizona Republicans were deciding not to challenge popular Governor Janet Napolitano for reelection the following year. However, he discovered that he had to be a five-year resident of Arizona in order to run for governor.
In 2014, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Arizona, finishing last in the Republican primary with less than five percent of the vote.[2][3]
References
- ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-1997-06-04/pdf/CDIR-1997-06-04-CA-H-1.pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Linda Bentley, Field of six vying for governor in Republican Primary, Sonoran News, August 06, 2014
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1991–1993 |
Succeeded by Daniel Hamburg |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1995–1999 |
Succeeded by Mike Thompson |
- 1950 births
- American deputy sheriffs
- American municipal police officers
- Arizona Republicans
- California Republicans
- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- United States Army soldiers
