birth_date residence term_end alma_mater profession preceded state_house term_start spouse image name succeeded birth_place party state district website religion article_title
17 december 1943 crosby , minnesota january 3 , 1981 1972 st. -rrb- university of maryland , college park st. cloud state john university 's university university of minnesota -lrb- b.a. business owner and politician chip cravaack john m. zwach minnesota january 3 , 2013 january 3 , 1975 1969 mary divorced -rrb- nolan -lrb- current -rrb- , marjorie nolan -lrb- rick nolan official photo.jpg rick nolan vin weber raymond kempe brainerd , minnesota minnesota democratic -- farmer -- labor party minnesota minnesota 8th 6th 53a -lsb- http://nolan.house.gov/ representative rick nolan -rsb- catholic rick nolan

rick nolan

richard michael `` rick '' nolan -lrb- born december 17 , 1943 -rrb- is an american politician who has been the u.s. representative for minnesota 's 8th congressional district since 2013 .
a member of the minnesota democratic -- farmer -- labor party , he previously served as the u.s. representative for minnesota 's 6th congressional district from 1975 to 1981 .
after re-entering politics in 2011 , he was nominated to challenge first-term incumbent republican chip cravaack in the 8th district , defeating cravaack on november 6 , 2012 .
nolan and vermont senator patrick leahy are the only two remaining watergate babies in congress , though nolan 's service included a break from 1981 to 2013 .
nolan 's 32 year gap between terms in congress is the longest such break in service in u.s. history .
