Chip Baltimore
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chip Baltimore
| image = Chip Baltimore - Official Portrait - 84th GA.jpg
| caption = Baltimore in 2011
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| office = Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
| constituency = 48th (2011–2013)
47th (2013–2019)
| term_start = January 10, 2011
| term_end = January 14, 2019
| predecessor = Donovan Olson
| successor = Phil Thompson
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_place = Oskaloosa, Iowa, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse =
| relations =
| children = 2
| residence = Boone, Iowa, U.S.
| education = Iowa State University (BBA)
University of Minnesota (JD)
| occupation =
| profession = Attorney
| signature =
| footnotes =
}}
Chip Baltimore is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
Early life and education
Baltimore was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1966. He was raised on a farm with his two siblings. After graduating from Oskaloosa Senior High School in 1984, he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and economics from Iowa State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=86&personID=9401|title=Representative Chip Baltimore|website=www.legis.iowa.gov|access-date=2017-09-27}}{{Cite web|title=Iowa House Republicans » Meet Our Members – Chip Baltimore|url=http://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/meet-our-members-chip-baltimore|access-date=2021-08-24|language=en-US}}
Career
For most of his legal career he has practiced law in Boone, Iowa. Baltimore was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2010.{{Cite web|date=2014-04-02|title=Baltimore to run for third term in Iowa House|url=https://greenecountynewsonline.com/2014/04/02/baltimore-to-run-for-third-term-in-iowa-house/|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Greene County News Online|language=en-US}}
Baltimore served on several committees in the Iowa House, including the Commerce and Ways and Means committees, as well as the Justice Systems Appropriations Budget Subcommittee. He formerly served as the chair of the House Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Chip Baltimore|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Chip_Baltimore|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}} Baltimore did not seek re-election in 2018 and left office in January 2019.{{Cite web|title=Rep. Baltimore Letting Someone Else "Take up the Flag"|url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/show/river-to-river/2018-06-20/rep-baltimore-letting-someone-else-take-up-the-flag|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Iowa Public Radio|language=en}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730230442/http://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/members/chip-baltimore/biography Iowa Republicans bio of Baltimore]
- [http://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=9401 Iowa Legislature bio of Baltimore]
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{{Succession box
| title = 48th District
| before = Donovan Olson
| years = 2011–2013
| after = Rob Bacon
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{{Succession box
| title = 47th District
| before = Ralph Watts
| years = 2013–present
| after = Incumbent
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Category:Iowa State University alumni
Category:University of Minnesota Law School alumni
Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Oskaloosa, Iowa