Former Arizona Congressman and State Senator Jim Kolbe has passed away at the age of 80 on Dec. 3. Kolbe served 11-terms as a congressman and in the state legislature for three, representing Tucson.
Jim Kolbe, who represented Arizona in Congress for more than two decades, has died. A statement from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's office says Kolbe died Saturday at the age of 80. Kolbe was elected to the U.S. House in 1984, serving 11 terms before he retired.
Jim Kolbe, a Republican congressman who represented a heavily Democratic region of Arizona for more than two decades and was a proponent of gay rights, has died. He was 80.
Former U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe of Arizona — the first openly-LGBTQ veteran and the second openly-gay Republican elected to Congress — died today (Saturday, Dec. 3) following a stroke, according to the Associated Press.
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