Alvin Baldus

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Alvin James "Al" Baldus (April 27, 1926Template:SpndFebruary 2, 2017) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district from 1975 to 1981. He also served 16 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1967–1975 & 1989–1997).

Early and career

Born in Garner, Iowa, Baldus graduated from high school in Elkton, Minnesota, and went to Riverland Community College (formerly Austin Junior College) in Austin, Minnesota.[1]

He was in the United States Merchant Marine from 1944 to 1946 and the United States Army, serving in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953.[1]

In 1959, he wed Lorayne Reiten, to whom he would be married until his death in 2017.[1]

He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1966 to 1975 and again from 1989 to 1997.[2]

Congress

He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district—the first Democrat to hold this seat in 66 years.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He served as part of the 94th, 95th and 96th United States Congresses.[2]

He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1980, losing to Republican Steve Gunderson.

Personal life and family

Alvin Baldus married Anna Lorayne "Lolly" Reiten in 1959, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Menomonie.[2] They had six children together and were married for 58 years before his death in 2017. He died at his home in Menomonie, Wisconsin, on February 2, 2017, at age 90.[3][4][1] He was buried at St Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery.[2]

Baldus' eldest daughter, Deb McGrath, ran for his former seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2022 election, but lost in the Democratic primary to state senator Brad Pfaff.[5]

References

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