Mike Fitzpatrick

Michael Gerard Fitzpatrick (June 28, 1963 – January 6, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Republican  member of the United States House of Representatives, representing  from 2005 to 2007 and 2011 to 2017. 

After losing his re-election bid in 2006, he was re-elected in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He was a supporter of term limits and did not seek re-election in 2016 and retired in 2017. 

He had a moderate conservative position, and ranked among the most bipartisan members of Congress.

Fitzpatrick was diagnosed with colon cancer in June 2008. He reported five months later that the cancer went into remission after chemotherapy. In 2016, he had surgery after the cancer returned and continued to have the disease until his death.

Fitzpatrick died in Levittown, Pennsylvania on January 6, 2020 from melanoma at the age of 56.

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