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Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick is represents the 8th district of Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives of the 114th Congress of the United States. Mike Fitzpatrick serves as a member of the Republican Party. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 and held the position until 2006, being defeated by Democrat Patrick Murphy. He ran again in 2010 against his democratic opponent Murphy. He recovered his seat from Murphy and is currently serving however he has announced he will be retiring in 2016. Mike Fitzpatrick was born on June 28th, 1963 in Philadelphia. Mike and his parents moved to Bucks County and was raised there as a child. Mike was raised in a family of Roman Catholics and this most likely influenced his early Republican beliefs. He attended Bishop Egan High School or now currently known as Conwell-Egan High School in Fairless Hills. Mike relocated to Florida and attended St. Thomas University with an academic scholarship. There he received his bachelor's degree in 1985 through the honors program. He came back to Pennsylvania and received his law degree from Penn State University and started to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1995, Fitzpatrick was appointed to Bucks County Commissioner by a panel of 11 …show more content…

He stated that if elected again he would only serve three more additional terms. He said this because he does not stand for the term limits set in Washington and how the government rewards long-term politicians as they do not allow for different people in government. He won the Republican Primary with 77 percent of the vote in 2010. He then went on to defeat democrat Patrick Murphy regaining his chair as Congressman in the 8th district. In 2012, Kathryn Boockvar ran for the position but lost to Fitzpatrick 57 percent to 43 percent. In 2014, he went up against a former Army Ranger democratic candidate Kevin Strouse and won the

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