Annette Sweeney
{{Short description|American politician (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Annette Sweeney
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|9}}
| birth_place = Buckeye, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| education = Concordia University,
Nebraska (BA)
| state_senate = Iowa
| district = 27th
| term_start = April 16, 2018
| term_end =
| predecessor = Bill Dix
| successor =
| constituency = District 27 - (2023-Present)
District 25 - (2018-2023)
| state_house2 = Iowa
| district2 = 44th
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2013
| predecessor2 = Polly Granzow
| successor2 = Rob Taylor
| image = Iowa State Senator Annette Sweeney.jpg
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Annette Sweeney (born December 9, 1957) is an American politician who is the Iowa State Senator for the 27th District. A Republican, she has been in the Iowa Senate since 2018, when she won a special election to replace Bill Dix after Dix resigned from the Senate.{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-16|title=Sweeney wins election to replace Dix in Iowa Senate|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/10/sweeney-wins-election-replace-dix-iowa-senate/501131002/|newspaper=Des Moines Register}}
Prior to her election to the Senate, Sweeney was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013.
Sweeney was born in Buckeye, Iowa. She went to college at Concordia University Nebraska. She taught middle school literature in Peoria, Illinois, for a short time before taking over the family farm. She married David Sweeney in 1985.
Election Results
= 2018 General Election=
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Annette Sweeney|votes=16,621|percentage=61.6%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Tracy Freese|votes=10,345|percentage=38.3%}}
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= 2022 General Election =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Annette Sweeney|votes=16,889|percentage=66.6%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Sam Cox|votes=8,418|percentage=33.2%}}
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023025824/http://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/members/annette-sweeney/biography Iowa Republicans biography of Sweeney]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111218221748/http://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PID=7504 Iowa Legislature biography of Sweeney]
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{{succession box| title=27th District |before=Amanda Ragan | years = 2023 – present|after=Incumbent}}
{{succession box| title=25th District |before=Bill Dix | years = 2018 – 2023|after=Herman Quirmbach}}
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{{succession box| title=44th District |before=Polly Granzow | years = 2009 – 2013|after=Rob Taylor}}
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Category:Women state legislators in Iowa
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Category:21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
Category:People from Hardin County, Iowa
Category:Concordia University Nebraska alumni
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