Richard Sherzan

Richard E. Sherzan (born December 22, 1946) is an American politician in the State of Arizona. He is a life-long Democrat. Sherzan was born in Mobile, Alabama, to Gloria and Edward Sherzan. He grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. He moved to Arizona in 1983. He has an M.A., Master's degree, in American History, University of Iowa, and a J.D. degree from Drake University Law School. In 1976, he was Polk County, Iowa, Coordinator for the Morris K. Udall Presidential Campaign. He served in the Iowa State Legislature, House of Representatives, from 1979 to 1981, after a year long, door-to-door campaign.

Richard Sherzan
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
In office
January 8, 1979 – January 11, 1981
Personal details
Born (1946-12-22) December 22, 1946
Mobile, Alabama, United States
Political partyDemocratic
RelationsGary, Helen, Michael (brothers and sister)
OccupationRetired (2014) Administrative Law Judge
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchArmy
WarsVietnam War
AwardsPurple Heart Award; and Bronze Star Award with "V" Device

In Arizona, he worked as a law clerk with Maricopa County Attorney's Office (Civil Division); Arizona Attorney General's Office (Criminal Division); and private law firms (self-employed). He has a lifetime Arizona Community College Teacher Certification (Law, History), and has also been a part-time Community College Teacher, and a Substitute Teacher for K-12. In 2014, after working 17 years, he retired, as Administrative Law Judge, from the Arizona Dept. of Economic Security, Unemployment Insurance Office of Appeals. He is a U.S. Army, Vietnam War Veteran, with Honorable Discharge; Purple Heart Award; and Bronze Star Award with "V" Device (heroism in ground combat, Vietnam). He also protested the Vietnam War.

In Arizona, Sherzan has been an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate, in the Arizona Democratic Party primary elections, during the general elections of 2016 and 2018.[1]

References
  1. Richard Sherzan; Apache Junction Independent Newspaper, May 24, 2017


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