Nancy Jane Boettger is the Iowa State Senator from the 29th District. A Republican

Republican Party of Iowa

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 she 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 1995. She received her B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 in Sociology from Iowa State University

Iowa State University

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 in 1965 and her B.A. from Buena Vista College in Education in 1982.

Boettger currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Appropriations committee; the Human Resources committee; the Judiciary committee; the Rules and Administration committee; and the Education committee, where she is the ranking member

Ranking member

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. She also serves as the ranking member of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

Boettger was re-elected in 2006

Iowa Senate elections, 2006

The 2006 Iowa Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. The Senate seats for the twenty-five odd-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered such that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms. Prior to the election, the Senate...

 with 14,474 votes, running unopposed. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf

External links

• Senator Nancy Boettger official Iowa Legislature site
• Senator Nancy Boettger official Iowa General Assembly site
• Senator Nancy Boettger at Iowa Senate Republican Caucus