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|district=8th

|district=8th

|terms=January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2007;<br> January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017

|terms=January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2007;<br> January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017

|preceded=Jim Greenwood

|preceded=Jim Greenwood (pre-2005) and Patrick Murphy (2007)

|former=n

|former=n

|succeeded=Patrick Murphy (2011) and Brian Fitzpatrick (2017)

|succeeded=Patrick Murphy (2011) and Brian Fitzpatrick (2017)

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'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 &ndash January 6, 2020) was a [[U.S. Representative from [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania. who represented the 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after being narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick, however, defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010 and served until January 3, 2017.

'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 &ndash January 6, 2020) was a [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], who represented the [[suburb]]an 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after being narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick, however, defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010 and served until January 3, 2017.

Fitzpatrick did not run in 2016, and was succeeded by his brother, Brian Fitzpatrick, who still hold the 8th District seat.

Fitzpatrick did not run in 2016, and was succeeded by his brother, Brian Fitzpatrick, who still hold the 8th District seat.

Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>

Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>

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