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Frank Cownie | |
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| Mayor of Des Moines | |
| In office January 5, 2004 –January 2, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Preston Daniels |
| Succeeded by | Connie Boesen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 13,1948 Des Moines,Iowa,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Iowa State University |
Thomas Michael Franklin "Frank" Cownie (born March 13,1948) [1] has been the mayor of Des Moines,Iowa since 2004. [2] He also owns and operates Cownie Furs,a store that has been in his family for generations.
Thomas "Frank" Cownie was born on March 13,1948,in Des Moines,Iowa. He grew up on the city's west side,attending Theodore Roosevelt High School and Iowa State University. He came from a political family;both of his parents served on the city's school board.
Cownie served several terms on the Planning and Zoning Commission and was chairman of Downtown Des Moines,Inc.
In November 2001,he was elected as an at-large member of the Des Moines City Council. He served for two years. [3]
While Iowa's city elections are non-partisan,Cownie is a Democrat.
His mayoral campaign was motivated in part by a $4.7 million budget shortfall that caused the city to have to cut power for 50% of the city's nonresidential streetlights,triple parking meter fines,and fire over 40 city employees. [4]
He narrowly finished second in a six-way primary in 2003,and later defeated Councilwoman Christine Hensley by a nine-point margin. He succeeded fellow Democrat Preston Daniels,who was the first African American mayor of Des Moines.
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