Ray Vecchio

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{About|the Mississippi politician|the television character|Due South characters#Detective Raymond Vecchio}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Ray Vecchio

|image= Official portrait of Representative Raymond (Ray) Vecchio, 1988.jpg

|alt=

|caption= Official portrait of Vecchio, 1988

|state_house=Mississippi

|district=112th

|term_start=January 8, 1985

|term_end=January 5, 1993

|preceded=Royce Luke

|succeeded=John Read

|birthname=Raymond Robert Vecchio

|birth_date={{birth date|1933|02|15}}

|birth_place=Rochester, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|2015|10|09|1933|02|15}}

|death_place=Ocean Springs, Mississippi

|party=Democratic

|spouse={{marriage|Anna Clyde Thames|December 27, 1952}}

|children=

|occupation=

|education={{ubl|St. John Fisher College|Boston University|Golden Gate University}}

|allegiance={{flagu|United States}}

|branch=United States Air Force

|rank=Major

|serviceyears=1952–1979

|battles=Korean War

}}

Raymond Robert Vecchio (February 15, 1933 – October 9, 2015) was an American politician who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. After being narrowly defeated by Gautier mayor John Read in the 1992 Democratic Party primary election for his state house seat, he worked as a field representative in the office of Congressman Gene Taylor.{{cite news|title=Raymond R. Vecchio|newspaper=The Mississippi Press|date=October 11, 2015|url=https://obits.gulflive.com/us/obituaries/gulflive/name/raymond-vecchio-obituary?id=12733694|via=Legacy.com|accessdate=January 8, 2024}}