Dave Mulder
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Dave W. Mulder, Ed.D. (born February 17, 1939) was the Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 State Senator
State Senator
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 from the 2nd District. He has served in the Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 members of the Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 59,500 per constituency. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts...

 since 2005. He received his B.S.
Bachelor of Science
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 from Morningside College
Morningside College
Morningside College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church located in Sioux City, Iowa. Founded in 1894 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Morningside College is a private, four-year, co-educational liberal arts institution. Morningside has 21 buildings on a ...

 and his M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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 and Ed.D. from the University of South Dakota
University of South Dakota
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 and has worked as a professor/coach at Northwestern College
Northwestern College (Iowa)
Northwestern College is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Orange City, Iowa. It is also known as Northwestern IA. It is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America . Northwestern began as an academy in 1882. It was then upgraded to junior college status in 1928...

 since 1981.

Mulder served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Economic Growth committee; the Human Resources committee; and the Education committee, where he was the ranking member
Ranking member
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Mulder was elected in 2004 with 24,433 votes, running unopposed. He was not a candidate in the Iowa Senate elections, 2008
Iowa Senate elections, 2008
The 2008 Iowa Senate election were held on November 4, 2008. The Senate seats for the twenty-five even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered such that half the membership is elected every two years, with each Senators serving a four-year term...

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