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Joseph C. Zakas
Zakas in 1988
Member of the Indiana Senate
from the 11th district
In office
November 3, 1982 – November 7, 2018
Preceded by Daniel Anthony Manion
Succeeded by Linda Rogers
Personal details
Born (1950-11-07) November 7, 1950 (age 73)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party Republican
SpouseAnne
Children4
Residence(s) Granger, Indiana, U.S.
Education University of Illinois ( BA)
University of Notre Dame ( JD, MBA)
Zakas with President Ronald Reagan in 1988

Joseph C. Zakas (born November 7, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for the 11th district from 1982 to 2018. [1] [2]

Early life and education

Zakas was born in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1972 and a dual JD–MBA from the Notre Dame Law School. [3]

Career

Zakas worked as an attorney for Thorne Grodnik LLP in Elkhart, Indiana. He was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 1982, succeeding Dan Manion. [4] He was the Republican nominee for Indiana's 3rd congressional district in 1996, losing in the general election by Democrat Tim Roemer. [5] Zakas lost renomination to the State Senate in 2018. [6]

References

  1. ^ About Sen. Joe Zakas Indiana Senate Republicans. Accessed January 2, 2010
  2. ^ "Offices". 3 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Indiana Legislator Database". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15.
  4. ^ "20 Nov 1982, Page 1 - Palladium-Item at Newspapers.com".
  5. ^ "Results of Contests For the U.S. House, District by District". The New York Times. 1996-11-07. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  6. ^ "Linda Rogers upsets Joe Zakas in GOP primary race for State Senate District 11".

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