1. Raphael John Musto was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic Party member of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1980 to 1981.
16 Facts About Ray Musto
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Ray Musto served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 118th district from 1971 to 1980 and of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 14th district from 1982 until his retirement in 2010.
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Ray Musto was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pittston Township High School.
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Ray Musto served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War.
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Ray Musto graduated from Kings College in Wilkes-Barre in 1971.
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When his father, longtime State Representative James Ray Musto, died in 1971, the younger Ray Musto won a special election to fill his seat.
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Ray Musto was elected to a full term in 1972 and was reelected three times.
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Ray Musto won a four-way special election for the remainder of Flood's term.
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Ray Musto ran for a full term later that year, but was narrowly defeated by Republican challenger James Nelligan, whom Musto had defeated in the special election.
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Ray Musto declined an implied bribe from the FBI agents and was never charged in the investigation.
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Ray Musto was elected to the state Senate in 1982 and was reelected six times, representing a district consisting of Wilkes-Barre and portions of the Poconos.
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Ray Musto did not seek re-election in 2010, choosing instead to retire at the end of his term.
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On November 23,2010, a federal grand jury issued a six-count indictment against Ray Musto, charging him with accepting more than $28,000 from an unnamed company and individual in exchange for his help in obtaining grants and funding.
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Ray Musto was charged with accepting $3,000 from another unnamed individual in a separate incident.
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Ray Musto was released from a federal medical prison in North Carolina in April 2014.
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Ray Musto had been declared mentally unfit to stand trial and was diagnosed with advanced stage lymph-node cancer while being treated at the prison.