style="background:#def;"|Frank McCloskey (Inc.) | style="background:#def;"|Democratic | style="background:#def;"|116,645 | style="background:#def;"|50.0% | | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|Rick McIntyre | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|Republican | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|116,641 | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|50.0% |- |1982 |Congress, 8th district |General | | style="background:#def;"|Frank McCloskey | style="background:#def;"|Democratic | style="background:#def;"|100,592 | style="background:#def;"|51.7% | | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|H. Joel Deckard (Inc.) | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|Republican | style="background:#ffe8e8; text-align:right;"|94,127 | style="background:#ffe8e8;"|48.3% |- Life after Congress Following his 1994 defeat, McCloskey was elected chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party. In addition to his work on achieving peace in the Balkans, he was named director of Kosovo programs for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in 2002. McCloskey Fellowship Indiana University's Russian and East European Institute and the NDI announced an endowment at Indiana University in McCloskey's honor in 2005. The McCloskey Fellowship brings one scholar every year from the Balkans to Indiana University and Washington, D.C., to conduct academic research, or is awarded to one Indiana University student whose work focuses on the Balkans or residents of the Balkan region. Death Rep. McCloskey died in Bloomington on November 2, 2003, following a year-long battle with bladder cancer. As a veteran of the United States Air Force (1957–1961), he was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. Rep. McCloskey and his wife, Roberta, were married for over 41 years and had two children — Helen and Mark. The Woodbridge Station United States Post Office in Bloomington is now named after Rep. McCloskey, who served on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee in the House. A part of Indiana Highway 45 from Bloomington heading west is also named for McCloskey. In Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, a bridge over the river Miljacka is named as the "Congressman McCloskey Bridge" in honor of his deeds and help to the country during the Balkan Wars. McCloskey's widow Roberta died from cancer on February 2, 2005, at the age of 61 in Bloomington. Notes References External links Frank McCloskey, Bloomingpedia tribute to Frank McCloskey, Croatian American Association 1939 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Deaths from bladder cancer Deaths from cancer in Indiana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni Indiana lawyers Journalists from Indiana Mayors of Bloomington, Indiana Politicians from Philadelphia The Indianapolis Star people United States Air Force airmen