Christopher H. Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and represented the 4th District of Connecticut. Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. His loss to Jim Himes in the 2008 election makes New England's House delegation entirely Democratic in the 111th Congress.

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  • Christopher H. Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and represented the 4th District of Connecticut. Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. His loss to Jim Himes in the 2008 election makes New England's House delegation entirely Democratic in the 111th Congress. He was the most senior member of House of Representatives to be defeated in the 2008 election. On May 12, 2009, Shays was elected to the Board of Directors for the CIT Group, a New Jersey-based commercial finance company.
  • Christopher H. "Chris" Shays, född 18 oktober 1945 i Stamford, Connecticut, är en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Connecticuts fjärde distrikt i 1987-2009. Shays avlade 1968 sin grundexamen vid Principia College. Han avlade sedan 1974 sin MBA vid New York University. Fyra år senare avlade han ytterligare en master vid NYU. Kongressledamoten Stewart McKinney avled 1987 i AIDS. Shays vann fyllnadsvalet för att efterträda McKinney i representanthuset. Han omvaldes tio gånger. Demokraten Jim Himes besegrade Shays i kongressvalet i USA 2008 med 51% av rösterna mot 48% för Shays.
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  • Betsi DeRaismes Shays
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  • January 3, 2009
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  • August 18, 1987
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  • Christopher H. Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and represented the 4th District of Connecticut. Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. His loss to Jim Himes in the 2008 election makes New England's House delegation entirely Democratic in the 111th Congress.
  • Christopher H. "Chris" Shays, född 18 oktober 1945 i Stamford, Connecticut, är en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Connecticuts fjärde distrikt i 1987-2009. Shays avlade 1968 sin grundexamen vid Principia College. Han avlade sedan 1974 sin MBA vid New York University. Fyra år senare avlade han ytterligare en master vid NYU. Kongressledamoten Stewart McKinney avled 1987 i AIDS. Shays vann fyllnadsvalet för att efterträda McKinney i representanthuset.
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