Dwayne Arlan Alons is the Iowa State Representative from the 4th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...

 since 1999. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Iowa Air National Guard

Iowa Air National Guard

The Iowa Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Iowa. It is, along with the Iowa Army National Guard, an element of the Iowa National Guard.-Units:The Iowa Air National Guard consists of the following units:...

 and served as Chief of Staff at its headquarters.

Education

Alons earned a B.S. degree in mathematics from 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...

 in Orange City, Iowa

Orange City, Iowa

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,582 people, 1,719 households, and 1,285 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,808.5 people per square mile . There were 1,805 housing units at an average density of 584.8 per square mile...

 in 1968, his M.S. degree in management from the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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 in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...

 in 1974, graduated from the Air Command and Staff College

Air Command and Staff College

The Air Command and Staff College is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and is the United States Air Force's intermediate professional military education school. It prepares field grade and equivalent officers of all U.S...

 correspondence program in 1984, completed the National Security Management Course in 1987, and graduated from the Army War College 1990.http://www.ng.mil/ngbGomo/library/bio/1015.htm

Military service

Alons was the Chief of Staff at the Iowa Air National Guard Headquarters. He was responsible for ensuring that units of the Iowa Air National Guard are organized, manned, equipped, trained, and ready to accomplish their assigned state and federal missions. He served as principal advisor to the Assistant Adjutant General on matters pertaining to Guard. Alons' military career began in 1969, when he received a commission through Officer Training School. He provided briefings to local media highlighting the 132nd Fighter Wing Provide Comfort II deployment to İncirlik, Turkey. He is a command pilot with more than 3,860 flying hours in the F-4, F-100, A-7, and F-16.http://www.ng.mil/ngbGomo/library/bio/1015.htm

Iowa House of Representatives

Alons currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Alons was re-elected in 2006 with 9,743 votes, running unopposed. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf

Alons' district is so heavily Republican

Republican Party of Iowa

The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel...

 and conservative that winning the Republican primary is tantamount to election

Tantamount to election

"Tantamount to election" is a phrase to describe a situation in which one political party so dominates the demographics of a voting district, that the person winning the party nomination for a race will virtually be assured of winning the general election...

.

Recent Quotes

"Well, look at all that has been spent, you know, with the AIDS and with the issues related to the dying at an early age. I think life, longevity, of a lot of these folks is below 50, when you know, the normal people that do not enter into that kind of relationship, their either late into their 70s or early 80s for longevity. A lot more actual productive years and contributing to society."http://iowaindependent.com/52184/rep-alons-homosexuality-has-brought-a-lot-of-problems-to-society

"I think that whole lifestyle has brought a lot of problems to society…For the most part when you look at some of the issues that have been brought up by homosexuals’ lifestyle, there are a lot of negatives that have been brought into society and I think government is trying to deal with that and should be dealing with."http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/09/alons-interview/

External links

• http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/09/alons-interview/# "Video Interview of Alons at Iowa State Capitol, saying homosexuality, itself, had -brought a lot of problems in society."
• Representative Dwayne Alons official Iowa General Assembly site
• Profile at Iowa House Republicans