Annette Sweeney
Annette Sweeney | |
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Member of the Iowa Senate from the 27th district | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office April 16, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Bill Dix |
Constituency | District 27 - (2023-Present) District 25 - (2018-2023) |
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 44th district | |
In office 2009–2013 | |
Preceded by | Polly Granzow |
Succeeded by | Rob Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born | (1957-12-09) December 9, 1957 (age 66) Buckeye, Iowa, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Concordia University, Nebraska (BA) |
Annette Sweeney (born December 9, 1957) is an American politician who is the Iowa State Senator for the 27th District. A Republican, she has been in the Iowa Senate since 2018, when she won a special election to replace Bill Dix after Dix resigned from the Senate.[1]
Prior to her election to the Senate, Sweeney was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013.[1]
Sweeney was born in Buckeye, Iowa. She went to college at Concordia University Nebraska. She taught middle school literature in Peoria, Illinois, for a short time before taking over the family farm. She married David Sweeney in 1985.
Election Results
2018 General Election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Annette Sweeney | 16,621 | 61.6% | |
Democratic | Tracy Freese | 10,345 | 38.3% |
2022 General Election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Annette Sweeney | 16,889 | 66.6% | |
Democratic | Sam Cox | 8,418 | 33.2% |
References
- ^ a b "Sweeney wins election to replace Dix in Iowa Senate". Des Moines Register. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Annette Sweeney". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
External links
- Iowa Republicans biography of Sweeney
- Iowa Legislature biography of Sweeney
Iowa Senate | ||
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Preceded by Amanda Ragan | 27th District 2023 – present | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | 25th District 2018 – 2023 | Succeeded by |
Iowa House of Representatives | ||
Preceded by | 44th District 2009 – 2013 | Succeeded by Rob Taylor |
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