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demmiblue

(37,872 posts)
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 01:42 PM Oct 2021

Dale Kildee, who represented Flint area in Congress for 36 years, dies at 92

FLINT, MI -- Dale Kildee, who served as the Flint area’s congressman for more than 30 years, has died at age 92.

Kildee, a Democrat, who had the sixth-highest seniority in the U.S. House of Representatives when he announced he would not seek re-election a decade ago, was a former Flint school teacher and the son of an assembly line worker at Buick.

He won his first election to the state House in 1964, was elected to Congress in 1976, and was re-elected 17 straight times.

He died Wednesday, Oct. 13, according to the Kildee family and the office of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Twp.

https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2021/10/dale-kildee-who-represented-flint-area-in-congress-for-36-years-dies-at-92.html


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Dale Kildee, who represented Flint area in Congress for 36 years, dies at 92 (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2021 OP
He was a wonderful man, a great congressman and a family friend Siwsan Oct 2021 #1
He will be missed James48 Oct 2021 #2

Siwsan

(27,354 posts)
1. He was a wonderful man, a great congressman and a family friend
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 01:50 PM
Oct 2021

His family and mine came from the same neighborhood, and he was a lifelong friend of my godparents. I always got a big hug from Dale, when I'd see him at political events. It was through him I got a very hard to find campaign sign for John Kerry.

RIP, my friend!

James48

(4,616 posts)
2. He will be missed
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 04:23 PM
Oct 2021

He walked my neighborhood and knocked on my door in 1992, as we were added to his district after the 1990 census reapportionment. He was a good man.

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