Gail Riecken
[2] Gail Engel graduated from Benjamin Bosse High School in Evansville and earned her BA in Sociology and Social Work from Indiana University.In 2004, Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel appointed Riecken as Director of the City Parks and Recreation Department where she served until December 2007.[7] Riecken ran for Congress in 1998 as the Democratic nominee in Indiana's 8th congressional district but lost in the general election to the incumbent Republican John Hostettler.[1] In 2008, Gail Riecken first won election to the Indiana House of Representatives in District 77 in an unopposed race.In 2012, in a district with redrawn lines favoring Democrats, Riecken defeated Republican Alan Leibundguth 64.4% to 35.6%.