- Frank Riggs
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name=Frank D. Riggs
state=California
district=1st
term=January 3 1991 –January 3 1993 January 3 1995 —January 3 1999
preceded=1st Term Douglas Bosco
2nd TermDaniel Hamburg
succeeded=1st TermDaniel Hamburg
3rd TermMike Thompson
date of birth=Birth date and age|1950|9|5|mf=y
place of birth=Louisville, Kentucky
date of death=
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party=Republican|Frank D. Riggs (born
September 5 ,1950 ) is apolitician from the states ofCalifornia andArizona .Riggs was born in
Louisville, Kentucky , and he served in theUnited States Army from 1972 to 1975. Riggs worked as a police officer and in real estate. He was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1990 from California's 1st District, representing the area stretching from Napa County to the northern Pacific coast.Riggs voted against the Gulf War resolution and, as a member of the
Gang of Seven , a group of newly-minted, idealistic congressmen, favored revealing the Congressmen who made overdrafts at the House Bank. Riggs was defeated in 1992 byDaniel Hamburg , but he defeated Hamburg in 1994.In 1996, Riggs won re-election in a campaign that generated controversy after Riggs used the example of Polly Klaas while attacking his opponent's anti-death penalty stance. Riggs ran for the Republican nomination for
United States Senate in 1998 but was defeated by State TreasurerMatt Fong .It was generally thought that Riggs could not win reelection against
Mike Thompson , who won the seat in 1998. With his late entrance, 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. In 2001, Riggs moved toArizona .In 2005, Riggs was starting to explore a run for Governor as most Arizona Republicans were deciding not to challenge popular Governor
Janet Napolitano for reelection. However, Riggs soon discovered that he had to have been a five-year resident of Arizona in order to run for governor.External links
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