- Felix Grucci
Infobox_Congressman
name = Felix Grucci
date of birth = birth date and age|1951|11|25
place of birth =Brookhaven, New York
state =New York
district = 1st
term_start =January 3 ,2001
term_end =January 3 ,2003
preceded =Michael Forbes
succeeded =Tim Bishop
party = Republican
spouse = Madeleine Grucci
children = Felix Grucci
religion =Roman Catholic Felix J. Grucci, Jr. (born
November 25 ,1951 ) is a former United States Representative fromEast Patchogue, New York . He was elected as a Republican to the107th United States Congress and served from 2001 until 2003.Grucci was born in
Brookhaven, New York . The son of the owner of a fireworks company,Fireworks by Grucci , he worked for his father and later took over the business. In 1993, Grucci ran for his first political office, earning a seat on the Brookhaven Town Council. In 1996, he was elected to a four year term as town supervisor. In 2000, he was elected to Congress easily, after Democratic incumbentMichael Forbes , who had switched from the Republican Party in 1999, was upset in the primary by an underfunded and unknown opponent, Regina Seltzer.Grucci was considered a lock for re-election in the First District in 2002. Running against little-known college provost
Tim Bishop , Grucci's campaign launched an attack ad claiming that his opponent had ignoredsexual assault charges at Southampton College. Not only did the attacks raise his opponent's profile, they were based on inaccurate and discredited information from the college's student newspaper. The attack backfired and Bishop was narrowly elected, one of just a handful of Democratic bright spots in an otherwise good election cycle for Republicans.He is married to Madeleine, with two children, Danielle and Felix III .
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