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Former Rep. Richard Hanna, GOP moderate from Upstate NY, dies at 69
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/03/former-rep-richard-hanna-gop-moderate-from-upstate-ny-dies-at-69.html
Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from Oneida County, is shown in a file photo January 13, 2014, while speaking to the editorial board of syracuse.com
By Mark Weiner | mweiner@syracuse.com
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a fiercely independent Republican from Upstate New York who championed LGBT and women’s rights, died Sunday at a hospital in Oneida County. He was 69.
Hanna’s family said in a statement that he died surrounded by loved ones “after a private and courageous battle with cancer.”
Hanna, of Barneveld in Oneida County, served three terms in Congress representing an eight-county district that stretched from Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border.
He decided to retire at the end of his term in 2016. Before leaving office, he gained national attention as the only House Republican to publicly endorse and vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
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Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from Oneida County, is shown in a file photo January 13, 2014, while speaking to the editorial board of syracuse.com
By Mark Weiner | mweiner@syracuse.com
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a fiercely independent Republican from Upstate New York who championed LGBT and women’s rights, died Sunday at a hospital in Oneida County. He was 69.
Hanna’s family said in a statement that he died surrounded by loved ones “after a private and courageous battle with cancer.”
Hanna, of Barneveld in Oneida County, served three terms in Congress representing an eight-county district that stretched from Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border.
He decided to retire at the end of his term in 2016. Before leaving office, he gained national attention as the only House Republican to publicly endorse and vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
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Aww! He was one of the only post-millennium Republicans I ever liked. Cross gently, Congressman.
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