1. Louis Arthur "Skip" Bafalis was an American businessman and politician who served as the US representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983.
11 Facts About Skip Bafalis
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Skip Bafalis graduated in 1948 from Manchester Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, then attended until 1952 Saint Anselm College in neighboring Goffstown, New Hampshire.
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Skip Bafalis was in the United States Army from 1953 to 1956, having reached the rank of captain.
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Skip Bafalis was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1964 and then to the Florida Senate in 1966 and 1968.
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In 1972, Skip Bafalis was elected to the ninety-third United States Congress from a newly created district stretching from the Palm Beaches to Fort Myers.
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Skip Bafalis was elected to the four succeeding congresses and served from January 3,1975, to January 3,1983.
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Skip Bafalis was not a candidate for re-election to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982, but was an unsuccessful gubernatorial nominee, having been defeated by the then incumbent Bob Graham, a Democrat from Miami.
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Skip Bafalis tried to make a comeback in 1988 when he ran in the Republican primary for Florida's 13th congressional district when incumbent Connie Mack III gave it up to run for Senate.
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Skip Bafalis had represented much of this district, including Fort Myers, during his initial stint in Congress.
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Skip Bafalis lost in the primary runoff to Lee County Commissioner Porter Goss.
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Skip Bafalis died in Fairfax Station, Virginia, March 10,2023, at the age of 93.