Annette Sweeney

Annette Sweeney REPRepublican

State Senator, District 27

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Annette SweeneyREPRepublican State Senator, District 27
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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.Prior to her election to the Senate, Sweeney was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013.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.

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Education5 - 5 of 3
Iowa State University
Masters English and Language Arts Teacher Education
1998 - 2000
Ellsworth Community College
Attended Farm Operations
1983 - 1985
Concordia College
BA English Speech and Drama
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Senator
Iowa State Senate
2023 - Current
Senator
Iowa State Senate
2018 - 2023
Represenative
Iowa State House of Representatives
2009 - 2013
Owner and Operator
Practical Promotions
2001 - 2009
Executive Director
Iowa Angus Association
1999 - 2002
Chief Executive Officer
Sweeney Farms
1983 - Current
From Iowa Rural Development Director
United States Department of Agriculture
Other Experience1 - 20 of 20
Member
Hubbard-Radcliffe/South Hardin Vocational Ag Advisory Boards
Member
Hardin County Extension Council
Member
Hardin County Assessor Board and Review
Member
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Member
International Board of the State Agriculture and Rural Leaders Association
Member
Ellsworth Community Agricultural Advisory Council
Member
Hubbard-Radcliffe Vocational Agriculture Advisory Board
Member
Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance
Member
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Member
United States Representative Tom Latham’s Agriculture Advisory Task Force
Member
South Hardin Vocational Agriculture Advisory Board
Member
Iowa Women in Agriculture
Member
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Member
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Member
Iowa Soybean Association
Volunteer
Radcliffe High School
Volunteer
Iowa 4-H
Former Member
Ethics Committee, Iowa State Senate
Former Member
Judiciary Committee, Iowa State Senate
Former Member
Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations, Iowa State Senate
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