Bob Pavlak's father, Leo Pavlak, was a South St Paul police officer who was shot and killed during a payroll robbery by Arthur Barker of the Ma Barker Gang on August 30,1933.
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11 Facts About Bob Pavlak
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Bob Pavlak's mother died of cancer the following year, leaving him orphaned at age 10.
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Bob Pavlak served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
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Bob Pavlak worked as a downtown traffic officer for many years.
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Bob Pavlak was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1966.
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In 1974, Bob Pavlak lost his seat when he was defeated by Arnold Kempe, the candidate of the Democratic Farmer Labor Party.
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Bob Pavlak took his seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives on January 3,1979.
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Voters in the district filed a lawsuit alleging that Bob Pavlak's campaign had violated state election law by reprinting and circulating the deeply flawed Dispatch editorial.
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