Ron Corbett | |
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Mayor of Cedar Rapids | |
In office January 2010 –January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Kay Halloran |
Succeeded by | Brad Hart |
Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives | |
In office 1995–2000 | |
Preceded by | Harold Van Maanen |
Succeeded by | Brent Siegrist |
Personal details | |
Born | Erie,Pennsylvania,U.S. | October 12,1960
Political party | Republican |
Children | 5 |
Education | Cornell College (BA) |
Website | Official website |
Ron Corbett (born October 12,1960) is an American politician and former mayor of Cedar Rapids,Iowa. [1]
Corbett was born in Erie,Pennsylvania,in 1960. In 1974,his family moved to Iowa and he later graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon,Iowa,in 1983. [2]
After graduation,Corbett worked for The Equitable Life Insurance Company as an agent for ten years. In 1986 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives,where he served 7 terms. He was Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1999. [3] He then resigned his House seat to become president of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. [1] [2] He left that position for Cedar Rapids-based international trucking firm CRST,working directly under executive director John Smith.
He was elected mayor of Cedar Rapids in 2009 with 62% of the vote. [4] [5] He was reelected to another four-year term in 2013. In December 2016,he announced that he would not seek reelection for mayor of Cedar Rapids but would instead consider a run for the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa in 2018. [6]
In 2015,he resigned from CRST and launched Engage Iowa,a conservative think tank of which he serves as president. [7] Its first policy initiative,on water quality and state tax reform,was introduced in November 2015. [8]
Ron Corbett | 62.3% | 14,642 |
Brian Fagan | 35.7% | 8,385 |
P.T Larson | 1.8% | 421 |
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