Michael Patrick Flanagan

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Michael Patrick Flanagan

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Dan Rostenkowski
Succeeded by	Rod Blagojevich

Born	November 9, 1962 (1962-11-09) (age 45) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Republican

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Michael Patrick Flanagan (born November 9, 1962) is an American politician from Illinois, and a Republican. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives.

Flanagan, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, served in the United States Army from 1984 to 1988 (at Fort Sill, in Greece, and at Fort Benning), and 1991 to 1992 (during the Gulf War). He learned Greek at the Defense Language Institute. Flanagan is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Flanagan was elected to represent the fifth district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, defeating eighteen-term Congressman and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Dan Rostenkowski, becoming the first, and as of 2006, Republican to represent a significant portion of Chicago since 1967. Rostenkowski was under indictment during the election.

While a member of Congress, Flanagan served on the House Judiciary Committee, the House Government Reform Committee, and the Joint Committee on Telecommunications.

In 1996, Flanagan was soundly defeated by Democrat Rod Blagojevich, though both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune endorsed Flanagan. His loss was one of the eight seats first-term Republican candidates lost in the 1996 election. His district was too Democratic for him to overcome and Bill Clinton carried it by a substantial margin. He is currently the president of Flanagan Consulting LLC in Washington D.C.

ELECTORAL HISTORY
Year	Office	Winning Candidate	Party	Pct	Opponent	Party	Pct
1994	U.S. House	Michael Flanagan	Republican	54%	Dan Rostenkowski (inc.)	Democrat	46%
1996	U.S. House	Rod Blagojevich	Democrat	64%	Michael Flanagan (inc.)	Republican	36%

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Preceded by Dan Rostenkowski	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th congressional district January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Succeeded by Rod Blagojevich