Joe Zakas

American politician
Joseph C. Zakas
Zakas in 1988
Member of the Indiana Senate
from the 11th district
In office
November 3, 1982 – November 7, 2018
Preceded byDaniel Anthony Manion
Succeeded byLinda Rogers
Personal details
Born (1950-11-07) November 7, 1950 (age 73)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnne
Children4
Residence(s)Granger, Indiana, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Illinois (BA)
University of Notre Dame (JD, MBA)
Zakas with President Ronald Reagan in 1988

Joseph C. Zakas (born November 7, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for the 11th district from 1982 to 2018.[1][2]

Early life and education

Zakas was born in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1972 and a dual JD–MBA from the Notre Dame Law School.[3]

Career

Zakas worked as an attorney for Thorne Grodnik LLP in Elkhart, Indiana. He was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 1982, succeeding Dan Manion.[4] He was the Republican nominee for Indiana's 3rd congressional district in 1996, losing in the general election by Democrat Tim Roemer.[5] Zakas lost renomination to the State Senate in 2018.[6]

References

  1. ^ About Sen. Joe Zakas Indiana Senate Republicans. Accessed January 2, 2010
  2. ^ "Offices". 3 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Indiana Legislator Database". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15.
  4. ^ "20 Nov 1982, Page 1 - Palladium-Item at Newspapers.com".
  5. ^ "Results of Contests For the U.S. House, District by District". The New York Times. 1996-11-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  6. ^ "Linda Rogers upsets Joe Zakas in GOP primary race for State Senate District 11".

External links

  • Joe Zakas at Ballotpedia
  • State Senator Joe Zakas Official Indiana State Legislature Site
  • Profile at Our Campaigns
  • Profile at Vote Smart
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  11. ▌Linda Rogers (R)
  12. ▌Blake Doriot (R)
  13. ▌Sue Glick (R)
  14. ▌Tyler Johnson (R)
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  44. ▌Eric Koch (R)
  45. ▌Chris Garten (R)
  46. ▌Andrea Hunley (D)
  47. ▌Gary Byrne (R)
  48. ▌Mark Messmer (R)
  49. ▌Jim Tomes (R)
  50. ▌Vaneta Becker (R)


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