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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