Dale Kildee, who represented Flint area in Congress for 36 years, dies at 92

[demmiblue]

FLINT, MI -- Dale Kildee, who served as the Flint area’s congressman for more than 30 years, has died at age 92.

Kildee, a Democrat, who had the sixth-highest seniority in the U.S. House of Representatives when he announced he would not seek re-election a decade ago, was a former Flint school teacher and the son of an assembly line worker at Buick.

He won his first election to the state House in 1964, was elected to Congress in 1976, and was re-elected 17 straight times.

He died Wednesday, Oct. 13, according to the Kildee family and the office of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Twp.

https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2021/10/dale-kildee-who-represented-flint-area-in-congress-for-36-years-dies-at-92.html

[Siwsan]

1. He was a wonderful man, a great congressman and a family friend

His family and mine came from the same neighborhood, and he was a lifelong friend of my godparents. I always got a big hug from Dale, when I'd see him at political events. It was through him I got a very hard to find campaign sign for John Kerry.

RIP, my friend!

[James48]

2. He will be missed

He walked my neighborhood and knocked on my door in 1992, as we were added to his district after the 1990 census reapportionment. He was a good man.