Albert Sorensen
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Albert Sorensen
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|2|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place =Norwalk, Iowa
| residence =Boone, Iowa
| state_senate=Iowa
| district=40th
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = January 13, 1997
| predecessor = Jack Nystrom
| successor = Jerry Behn
| prior_term =44th (1991–1993)
| party = Democrat
| majority =
| spouse = JoAnn
}}
Albert "Al" Sorensen (born February 19, 1932) is an American politician who served as a Democratic Iowa State Senator from 1991 to 1997. He joined the Senate after winning a special election in 1991, his predecessor, Jack Nystrom (R-Boone), having resigned to serve on the Iowa Liquor Commission.{{cite news
|last=Eschliman
|first=Bob
|title=Sorensen to run for Iowa Senate: Stage is set for rematch of 1996 battle
|work=Boone News-Republican
|publisher=Boone Publishing Company
|date=February 27, 2008
|url=http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=19339246&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554434&rfi=6
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714091255/http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=19339246&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554434&rfi=6
|archivedate=July 14, 2011
}} He won re-election in 1992, but lost in 1996 to Republican Jerry Behn.
During his second term in the Senate, Sorensen served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Agriculture committee; the Natural Resources, Environment and Energy committee; the Small Business, Economic Development & Tourism committee; the State Government committee; and the Local Government committee, where he was the chair.
Sorensen was elected to the Boone County Board of Supervisors in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. He was nominated to be the Democratic candidate for the [https://archive.today/20121224152255/http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Redist/sjpg/s-24.jpg 24th Senate District], challenging Republican incumbent Jerry Behn in the 2008 general election.[http://www.sos.state.ia.us/PDFs/elections/2008/P08.mht Unofficial 2008 Primary Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182203/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/PDFs/elections/2008/P08.mht |date=2016-03-03 }}, from the Iowa Secretary of State's website.
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References
External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070905222545/http://www.co.boone.ia.us/supervisors.htm Boone County Board of Supervisors] profile
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070829203405/http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/76GA/Senate/Members/Albert-Sorensen.html Iowa General Assembly - Senator Albert Sorensen] - 1996 official Senate website
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=6454 Project Vote Smart - Albert Sorensen] profile (Senate candidate)
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=85492 Project Vote Smart - Albert Sorensen] profile (County Supervisor; incomplete)
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{{succession box| title = 40th District |before=George Kinley | years = 1993 – 1997 |after=Jerry Behn}}
{{succession box| title = 44th District |before=Jack Nystrom | years = 1991 – 1993 |after=Leonard Boswell}}
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Category:Democratic Party Iowa state senators
Category:Members of the Evangelical Free Church of America
Category:County supervisors in Iowa
Category:People from Boone, Iowa
Category:20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
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