Jim Kolbe
| Jim Kolbe | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | James F. McNulty, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | J.D. Hayworth |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Gabrielle Giffords |
| Member of the Arizona Senate | |
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In office 1977–1982 |
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James Thomas Kolbe June 28, 1942 Evanston, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
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Sarah Dinham (m. 1977–92) Hector Alfonso (m. 2013) |
| Residence | Tucson, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University, Stanford University |
| Occupation | political assistant, business consultant |
| Religion | Methodist |
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| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1967–69 (Navy) 1970-77 (Navy Reserve) |
James Thomas "Jim" Kolbe (born June 28, 1942) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 5th congressional district, 1985–2003 and 8th congressional district, 2003–2007.
Kolbe was born in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, but when he was five, his family moved to a ranch in rural Santa Cruz County, Arizona. He attended Patagonia Elementary School and Patagonia Union High School, but graduated from the United States Capitol Page School in 1960 after serving for three years as a United States Senate Page for Barry Goldwater. He completed his higher education at Northwestern University in Evanston, where he was a member of Acacia Fraternity and Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, served in the United States Navy, and was a special assistant to Illinois Republican Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. He then moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he was a business executive.
In 1976, Kolbe ran for the Arizona Senate in a Tucson-area district and defeated a one-term Democrat who had been elected in the national Democratic wave of 1974. He served three terms in that body, and was majority whip from 1979 to 1982. He divorced his wife in 1992. In 2013, he married his partner Hector Alfonso.
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