David R. "Dave" Cummiskey (born April 4, 1949)is an American politician. Cummiskey was born in

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...

. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from

Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU, MSU, or Minnesota State) is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. It is Minnesota's second-largest university and has over 145,000 living alumni worldwide. Founded in 1868, it is t ...

. Cummiskey served on the Mankato City Council and was a

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. He served in the

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from 1973 to 1978.Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-David R. "Dave" Cummiskey
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1940 births Living people Politicians from Mankato, Minnesota Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni Minnesota city council members Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Democratic-stub