Former US Rep from Wisconsin Dies

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Jerry Kleczka, a liberal Democrat who represented a Wisconsin district that included his hometown of Milwaukee for 20 years, has died. He was 73. Kleczka died Sunday in the Madison area of natural causes, according to his nephew, Jeff Kleczka. A factory worker's son, Kleczka represented Wisconsin's 4th District from 1984 to 2005. He retired from Congress and was succeeded by Democrat Gwen Moore.


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