Joe Zakas

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Joseph C. Zakas

| image= File:Joe Zakas in February 1988.jpg

| caption= Zakas in 1988

| state_senate=Indiana

| state=Indiana

| district=11th

| term_start= November 3, 1982

| term_end= November 7, 2018

| preceded= Daniel Anthony Manion

| succeeded= Linda Rogers

| party=Republican

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1950|11|07}}

| birth_place= Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date=

| death_place=

| education =University of Illinois (BA)
University of Notre Dame (JD, MBA)

| spouse=Anne

| children= 4

| residence=Granger, Indiana, U.S.

}}

File:Reagan Contact Sheet C45772 (cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan in 1988]]

Joseph C. Zakas (born November 7, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for the 11th district from 1982 to 2018.[http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_republicans/homepages/s11/3471.htm About Sen. Joe Zakas] Indiana Senate Republicans. Accessed January 2, 2010{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/office/211/|title = Offices|date = 3 March 2015}}

Early life and education

Zakas was born in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1972 and a dual JD–MBA from the Notre Dame Law School.{{cite web |url=http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/6269/Joseph-Zakas |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115010424/http://legdb.iga.in.gov/ |archive-date=2016-11-15 |title=Indiana Legislator Database}}

Career

Zakas worked as an attorney for Thorne Grodnik LLP in Elkhart, Indiana. He was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 1982, succeeding Dan Manion.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/253353780/?terms=Zakas%2B%2BDan%2BManion |title = 20 Nov 1982, Page 1 - Palladium-Item at Newspapers.com}} He was the Republican nominee for Indiana's 3rd congressional district in 1996, losing in the general election by Democrat Tim Roemer.{{Cite news |date=1996-11-07 |title=Results of Contests For the U.S. House, District by District |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/07/us/results-of-contests-for-the-us-house-district-by-district.html |access-date=2022-08-04 |issn=0362-4331}} Zakas lost renomination to the State Senate in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/linda-rogers-upsets-joe-zakas-in-gop-primary-race-for/article_606cf991-bbea-56d7-80c4-c2fca58344ee.html|title=Linda Rogers upsets Joe Zakas in GOP primary race for State Senate District 11}}

References

External links

[https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Zakas Joe Zakas at Ballotpedia]
[http://www.in.gov/S11/ State Senator Joe Zakas] Official Indiana State Legislature Site
[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=14375 Profile] at Our Campaigns{{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=15179 | fec= | congress= }}

Category:1950 births

Category:21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly

Category:Living people

Category:Mendoza College of Business alumni

Category:Notre Dame Law School alumni

Category:People from Granger, Indiana

Category:Republican Party Indiana state senators

Category:University of Illinois alumni