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Five graduates re-elected to U.S. House

Author: Dennis Brown

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Five University of 91³Ô¹Ï graduates were re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election.

In Indiana, Democrat Joe Donnelly, a 1977 and ’81 graduate, won a second term in Congress representing the 2nd District (in which 91³Ô¹Ï is located); Democrat Peter Visclosky, a 1973 91³Ô¹Ï Law School graduate, won a 12th term in the 1st District; and Republican Mark Souder, who earned an MBA from 91³Ô¹Ï in 1974, was elected to an eighth term in District 3.

Republicans Peter King and Dan Lungren also were re-elected to their 10th and second terms in New York and California, respectively. King earned a law degree in 1968, and Lungren earned his bachelor’s degree the same year.

Republican Rep. Mike Ferguson from New Jersey’s 7th District did not seek re-election.

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