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Former North Coast Congressman Frank Riggs Passes Away

Former North Coast Congressman Frank Riggs has passed away. Riggs died on December 20th in Arizona at the age of 73. He was first elected to congress in 1990 as a Republican unseating Democratic Representative Doug Bosco. Riggs would serve three terms, on-and-off, before attempting to unseat Senator Barbara Boxer in 1998 before withdrawing. He would then move to Arizona in 2001 and attempted a run at governor or state schools superintendent in the 2010’s. However, both attempts failed. Before serving in congress, Riggs served as a Windsor schools trustee and a Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputy.

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