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Annette Sweeney | |
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| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 27th district | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Dix |
| Constituency | District 27 - (2023-Present) District 25 - (2018-2023) |
| Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 44th district | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Polly Granzow |
| Succeeded by | Rob Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 9,1957 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Annette Sweeney | 16,621 | 61.6% | |
| Democratic | Tracy Freese | 10,345 | 38.3% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Annette Sweeney | 16,889 | 66.6% | |
| Democratic | Sam Cox | 8,418 | 33.2% | |