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Jeff Flake
Jeffry Lane "Jeff" Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Arizona. He served as a U.S. Representative for Arizona from 2001 to 2013, representing (initially ). He is a member of the Republican Party.
Flake was the 2012 Republican nominee to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate. He defeated Democrat Richard Carmona in the general election on November 6, 2012.
In 2013, the National Taxpayers Union gave Flake the Taxpayers’ Friend Award. The Union keeps a scorecard on Members of Congress, rating Members on certain votes. Flake’s score was the highest of anyone in Congress for 2013. Upon receiving the award, Flake referred to himself as “the biggest cheapskate in the Senate.”
==Early life, education, and early career==
Flake was born in Snowflake, Arizona, the son of Nerita (née Hock) and Dean Maeser Flake.〔(Jeff Flake ancestry ). Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-05.〕 His birth town was named in part for his great-great-grandfather, Mormon pioneer William J. Flake.〔Schorn, Daniel (2009-02-11). (''Rep. Flake On Cutting Congressional Pork'' ). CBS News .〕 Flake obtained both an undergraduate and graduate degree from Brigham Young University and was a Mormon missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to South Africa in the early 1980s. He speaks Afrikaans. He worked in the public affairs sector after college and served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia and Executive Director of the Goldwater Institute before entering the House of Representatives. He opposed economic sanctions on South Africa in the 1980s.〔("Rolly: My recollection of events 20 years ago turned out to be a little flaky" ) ''Salt Lake Tribune''.〕
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