What is Dick Zimmer?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Dick Zimmer |image = Richard Alan Zimmer portrait.gif |state = [[New Jersey]] |district = {{ushr|NJ|12|12th}} |term_start = January 3, 1991 |term_end = January 3, 1997 |predecessor = [[Jim Courter]] |successor = [[Michael James Pappas|Mike Pappas]] |state_senate1 = New Jersey |district1 = [[New Jersey's 23rd legislative district|23rd]] |term_start1 = April 23, 1987 |term_end1 = January 3, 1991 |predecessor1 = [[Walter E. Foran]] |successor1 = [[William E. Schluter]] |state_assembly2 = New Jersey |district2 = [[New Jersey's 23rd legislative district|23rd]] |alongside2 = [[Karl Weidel]] |term_start2 = January 12, 1982 |term_end2 = April 23, 1987 |predecessor2 = [[Arthur R. Albohn]]<br>[[James J. Barry Jr.]] |successor2 = [[William E. Schluter]] |birth_name = Richard Alan Zimmer |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|8|16}} |birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Marfy Goodspeed |education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) }} '''Richard Alan Zimmer''' (born August 16, 1944) is an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[politician]] and lawyer. He was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[New Jersey|New Jersey's]] [[New Jersey's 12th congressional district|12th congressional district]] from 1991 until 1997. He was the Republican nominee for the [[U.S. Senate]]in [[1996 United States Senate election in New Jersey|1996]] and [[2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey|2008]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Cynthia |last=Burton |title=Zimmer in GOP race for Senate |url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080418_Ex-N_J__lawmaker_running_for_Senate.html |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=2008-04-18 |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-