Richard "Dick" Chrysler (born April 29, 1942) is a politician

Politician

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 from the U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

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Chrysler was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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, and graduated from Brighton High School in Brighton, Michigan

Brighton, Michigan

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. He became vice-president of Hurst Performance

Hurst Performance

Hurst Performance, Inc. of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, manufactured and marketed products for enhancing the performance of automobiles, most notably for muscle cars.-Products:...

 and the founder and president of Cars and Concepts (which bought out Hurst), and RCI.

In 1986, he campaigned for governor of Michigan as a Republican, but lost a hard fought primary to Wayne County Executive, William Lucas

William Lucas (Michigan)

William "Bill" Lucas was Wayne County, Michigan executive from 1983-1987 and was the 1986 Republican candidate for governor of Michigan....

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Chrysler lost in his first campaign for the United States House of Representatives

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 in 1992 to Bob Carr

Milton Robert Carr

Milton Robert Carr, commonly known as Bob Carr, is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Carr served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 6th and 8th congressional districts for eight terms and one term, respectively. Carr's career in the U.S...

. He was elected in 1994 as a Republican from Michigan's 8th congressional district

Michigan's 8th congressional district

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 to the 104th Congress

104th United States Congress

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, serving from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 1997. While in Congress, he worked on the issue of changing the income tax to a flat tax

Flat tax

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, but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Deborah Ann Greer "Debbie" Stabenow is the junior United States Senator from Michigan and a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to the U.S. Senate, she was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001...

 in the 1996 election for the 105th Congress

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Electoral history

• 1996 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 8th District
  • Debbie Stabenow
    Debbie Stabenow
    Deborah Ann Greer "Debbie" Stabenow is the junior United States Senator from Michigan and a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to the U.S. Senate, she was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001...
    
     (D), 54%
  • Dick Chrysler (R) (inc.), 44%

• 1986 Race for Governor (Republican Primary)
  • Bill Lucas
    William Lucas (Michigan)
    William "Bill" Lucas was Wayne County, Michigan executive from 1983-1987 and was the 1986 Republican candidate for governor of Michigan....
    
    (R)
  • Dick Chrysler (R)
  • Dan Murphy (R)
  • Colleen Engler (R)