Louis A. Bafalis
| Louis Arthur Bafalis | |
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Skip Bafalis in 1968
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 10th district | |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | J. Herbert Burke |
| Succeeded by | Andy Ireland |
| State Senator from Palm Beach, Florida | |
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In office 1967–1973 |
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| State Representative from Palm Beach, Florida | |
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In office 1965–1967 |
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| Personal details | |
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September 28, 1929 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Political party | GOP gubernatorial nominee, 1982 |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Maria Bafalis |
| Children |
Renee Louise Bafalis ___ |
| Residence | Fairfax, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Manchester Central High School |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Captain |
Renee Louise Bafalis ___
Gregory Louis Bafalis
Manchester Central High School
Louis Arthur Bafalis, usually known as L. A. Bafalis or Skip Bafalis (born September 28, 1929), is a retired American politician, who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 10th congressional district.
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Bafalis graduated in 1948 from Manchester Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, then attended until 1952 Saint Anselm College in neighboring Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was in the United States Army from 1953 to 1956, having reached the rank of captain. After military service, he moved to Florida in 1955 to work as an investment banker.
Bafalis was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1964 and then to the Florida Senate in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor, having lost his party's nomination to Claude R. Kirk, Jr., the controversial incumbent. Also eliminated in the Republican gubernatorial primary was Jack Eckerd of Clearwater. Kirk was subsequently unseated by the Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola. In that same election, U.S. Representative William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg lost the U.S. Senate race to Democrat Lawton Chiles of Lakeland. The intraparty divisions stemming from the defeats of both Kirk and Cramer set back the projected growth of the Florida Republican Party.
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