# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chip-cravaack
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:15.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chip-cravaack"
name: "Chip Cravaack"
slug: "chip-cravaack"
description: "Raymond John \"Chip\" Cravaack is an American former politician and aviator. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for northeastern Minnesota's 8th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. In his first run for political office, he upset 18-term Democratic incumbent Jim Oberstar by a margin of 4,400 votes to become the first Republican since 1947 to represent the district. Previously, Cravaack was a pilot for Northwest Airlines, and before that, he was a Navy pilot and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He was defeated by DFL nominee Rick Nolan on November 6, 2012."
tagline: "American politician, U.S. congressman from Minnesota"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chip_Cravaack%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.480922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Cravaack"
    title: "Chip Cravaack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "كيپ كراڤاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%BE_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "چیپ کراواک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Cravaack"
    title: "Chip Cravaack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Cravaack"
    title: "Chip Cravaack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Cravaack"
    title: "Chip Cravaack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump