Lowell Junkins

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Lowell Junkins
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Member of the Iowa State Senate
In office
January 8, 1973 January 11, 1987
Personal details
Born (1944-03-09) March 9, 1944 (age 76)
Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
Political partyDemocratic
Occupationreal estate developer, businessman, farmer

Lowell L. Junkins (born March 9, 1944) is an American politician in the state of Iowa.

Junkins was born in Fort Madison, Iowa and attended Iowa State University. He served in the Iowa Senate from 1973 to 1987, as a Democrat. [1] He unsuccessfully ran for Governor in 1986, losing to Terry Branstad.

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References

  1. Iowa Legislative Services Agency. "State Senator" . Retrieved 16 October 2015.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Roxanne Conlin
Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa
1986
Succeeded by
Donald Avenson