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{{Officeholder
{{Officeholder
|name=Mike Fitzpatrick
|name=Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick
|image=MikeFitzpatrick.jpg
|image=MikeFitzpatrick.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|party=[[Republican]]
|state=Pennsylvania
|state=Pennsylvania
|district=8th
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2007
|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 (2007-2011)
|former=n
|former=n
|succeeded=Patrick Murphy
|succeeded=Patrick Murphy (2011) and Brian Fitzpatrick (2017)
}}
}}
}}
}}
'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (born June 28, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) represented [[Pennsylvania]]'s 8th congressional district in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for one-term (2005-2007), after being narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010.
'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 – January 6, 2020) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], who represented the [[suburb]]an (Levittown) 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after which he was 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 also served as a Bucks County commissioner. During his tenure in Congress, he worked to establish the Washington Crossing National Cemetery.<ref name=death/>
Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]]. A [[Roman Catholic]], he was married and the father of six children.<ref name=death>{{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>Levittown, is survived by his wife and six children.
[[U.S. Senator]] [[Pat Toomey]] said that Fitzpatrick served the state and country with “great integrity, competence, and dignity.” Former Pennsylvania [[Governor]] [[Mark Schweiker]] called Fitzpatrick a public servant who “worked tirelessly to improve the lives of those he served.”<ref name=death/>
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