Frank Riggs served three terms in the US House of Representatives during the 1990s.
16 Facts About Frank Riggs
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Frank Riggs served in the United States Army from 1972 to 1975.
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An Army veteran, having served as a Military Police officer, Riggs worked as a police officer and deputy sheriff in Santa Barbara, California, and Sonoma County, respectively.
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Frank Riggs was a member of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees from 1984 to 1988 and was a real estate executive and owner of his own development company for over 20 years.
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In 1999, Frank Riggs joined the board of the Charter Schools Development Corporation, and served with CSDC until 2012.
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Frank Riggs served as CEO of ABS School Services of Phoenix, which provides financial accounting and business management services to approximately 200 school district charter, private, and federal grant schools.
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Frank Riggs was the founding board president for Arizona Connections Academy, a statewide on-line charter school.
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Frank Riggs has resided in Scottsdale, Arizona for 14 years.
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Frank Riggs was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican in 1990 from California's 1st District, narrowly defeating four-term Democrat Doug Bosco.
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Frank Riggs represented the area stretching from Napa County to the northern Pacific coast.
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Frank Riggs served in the 102nd, 104th, and 105th Congresses.
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Frank Riggs served on the House Education and Workforce Committee and chaired the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families in the 105th Congress.
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Frank Riggs voted against the Gulf War resolution and, as a member of the Gang of Seven, a group of freshman Republican congressmen, favored identifying publicly the congressmen who made overdrafts at the House Bank.
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Frank Riggs was defeated in 1992 by Democrat Dan Hamburg but won a rematch in 1994.
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In 1998, Frank Riggs faced a potentially competitive contest against State Senator Mike Thompson, who was due to be termed out of his seat.
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In 2016, Frank Riggs created an exploratory candidacy for the Arizona Corporation Commission, but ultimately did not run for the position.