Bob Glanzer

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| name = Bob Glanzer

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| state_house = South Dakota

| district = 22nd

| term_start = January 10, 2017

| term_end = April 3, 2020

| predecessor = Peggy Gibson
Dick Werner

| successor = Lynn Schneider (elect)

| birth_name = Robert E. Glanzer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|9|13}}

| birth_place = Huron, South Dakota, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|4|3|1945|9|1}}

| death_place = Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.

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| party = Republican

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| education = Tabor College (BBA)

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Robert E. Glanzer (September 13, 1945 – April 3, 2020) was an American politician who served in the South Dakota House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party from 2017 to 2020.{{Cite news |url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2020&Member=1681&Cleaned=True |title=SDLRC - Representative Bob Glanzer - 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405005406/https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2020&Member=1681&Cleaned=True |archive-date=April 5, 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.plainsman.com/article/glanzer-announces-re-election-bid-for-district-22-house |title=Glanzer announces re-election bid for District 22 House |date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405005558/https://www.plainsman.com/article/glanzer-announces-re-election-bid-for-district-22-house |archive-date=April 5, 2020}}

Early life and education

Robert E. Glanzer was born on September 13, 1945, to Jacob S. Glanzer and Mattie King in Huron, South Dakota. In 1963, he graduated from James Valley Christian School in Huron and later graduated from Tabor College with Bachelor of Business Administration and a minor in physical education in 1967.

Career

He taught business education classes and coached sports at Wessington Springs High School. In 1975, he became the manager of the South Dakota State Fair and retired from his banking career in 2012 after 33 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.performance-radio.com/2018/02/27/glanzer-announces-candidacy-for-re-election/|title=Glanzer Announces Candidacy for Re-Election|date=February 27, 2018|website=Performance Radio Inc|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2020}}

In 2016, he started his first political campaign for one of the twenty-second state house district's two seats and won in the general election.{{Cite news |url=https://christianleadermag.com/five-minutes-with-bob-glanzer/ |title=Five Minutes with Bob Glanzer |date=March 1, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405035929/https://christianleadermag.com/five-minutes-with-bob-glanzer/ |archive-date=April 5, 2020}} During his tenure as a state representative, he served on the Agriculture and Natural Resources and Education Committees and on the Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion.{{Cite web|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx|title=SDLRC - Representative Bob Glanzer - 2018|access-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728192036/http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx|archive-date=July 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}

Death

On August 2, 1968, he married Penny Glanzer and later had two children with her.{{Cite news|date=April 4, 2020|title=Obituary Robert E. Glanzer of Huron, South Dakota Kuhler Funeral Home|url=https://www.kuhlerfuneralhome.com/obituary/robert-glanzer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405010319/https://www.kuhlerfuneralhome.com/obituary/robert-glanzer|archive-date=April 5, 2020}}

On March 22, 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19 and was initially treated at the Huron Regional Medical Center and was later moved to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls during the pandemic.{{Cite news |url=https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/sd-rep-bob-glanzer-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ |title=SD Rep Bob Glanzer tests positive for COVID-19 |date=March 24, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405011245/https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/sd-rep-bob-glanzer-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ |archive-date=April 5, 2020}} On April 3, 2020, he died due to the coronavirus at age 74. He was the second person in his family to die from COVID-19 complications and the third in South Dakota.{{Cite news |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/04/03/coronavirus-claims-life-south-dakota-lawmaker/2912941001/ |title=Coronavirus news: South Dakota lawmaker Bob Glanzer dies of COVID-19 |date=April 4, 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Rep-Bob-Glanzer-dies-after-contracting-COVID-19-569386111.html |title=Rep. Bob Glanzer dies after contracting COVID-19 |date=April 4, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405005746/https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Rep-Bob-Glanzer-dies-after-contracting-COVID-19-569386111.html |archive-date=April 5, 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/149d01fc15cdf1143cc36b5ecbaf73d0 |title=South Dakota lawmaker dies of coronavirus |date=April 4, 2020}}

Electoral history

{{Election box begin|title = 2016 South Dakota House of Representatives 22nd district election{{Cite news |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=816402 |title=SD State House 22 2016 |date=March 2, 2017}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Bob Glanzer

|votes = 6,106

|percentage = 36.87%

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Roger Chase

|votes = 4,992

|percentage = 30.14%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Joan Wollschlager

|votes = 3,159

|percentage = 19.07%

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Carmen Dannenbring

|votes = 2,306

|percentage = 13.92%

|change =

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{{Election box total|

|votes = 16,563

|percentage = 100.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title = 2018 South Dakota House of Representatives 22nd district election{{Cite news |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=850447 |title=SD State House 22 2018 |date=April 4, 2020}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Bob Glanzer

|votes = 5,296

|percentage = 39.63%

|change = +2.76%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Roger Chase

|votes = 4,579

|percentage = 34.27%

|change = +4.13%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Tyler B. Volesky

|votes = 3,488

|percentage = 26.10%

|change =

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{{Election box total|

|votes = 13,363

|percentage = 100.00%

|change =

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References

External links

[https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2020&Member=1308&Cleaned=True#divBills Official Page] at the South Dakota Legislature
[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/169843/bob-glanzer Profile] at Vote Smart
[https://www.kuhlerfuneralhome.com/obituary/robert-glanzer Obituary] at kuhlerfuneralhome.com

Category:1945 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota

Category:Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives

Category:People from Huron, South Dakota

Category:Tabor College (Kansas) alumni

Category:21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature