Larry McKibben

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name =Larry E. McKibben

| state_senate =Iowa

| district =22nd

| term_start =January 13, 1997

| term_end = 2008

| preceded =Randal Giannetto

| succeeded =Steve Sodders

| prior_term =32nd (1997-2003)

| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1947|1|5}}

| birth_place =Marshalltown, Iowa

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| party =Republican

| spouse =Marki

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| residence =Marshalltown, Iowa

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| occupation =Lawyer

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| website =[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209061638/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=132 McKibben's website]

| footnotes ={{cite web |url=http://www.marshalltownlaw.com/Attorneys.shtml/1916801_1

|title=Moore, McKibben, Goodman, Lorenz & Ellefson, LLP |access-date=June 15, 2009

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Larry E. McKibben (born January 5, 1947, in Marshalltown, Iowa) was the Iowa State Senator from the 22nd District. He had served in the Iowa Senate since 1997 and was an assistant minority leader until he retired in 2008. He received his B.A. (1970) from the University of Northern Iowa and his J.D. (1972) from the University of Iowa College of Law. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1973.{{cite web |url=http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1916801_1#tabAnchor |title=Larry E. McKibben - a Marshalltown, Iowa (IA) General practice |access-date=June 15, 2009 }} McKibben served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Commerce committee; the State Government committee; the Veterans Affairs committee; the Judiciary committee, where he was ranking member; and the Ways and Means committee, where he was ranking member. He also served on the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. McKibben was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, District 3, in 1998.{{cite web |title=Iowa General Assembly - Larry McKibben |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |access-date=December 9, 2006 |url=http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209061638/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=132 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2006 }} McKibben was re-elected in 2004 with 14,185 votes (51%), defeating Democratic opponent Wayne Sawtelle.{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf |title=Canvass Summary - FINAL - ELECTION: 2004 General Election (11/2/2004) |date=December 6, 2004 |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104025211/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2007 }} He did not rerun in the 2008 Iowa Senate elections.{{cite news |title=State senator Larry McKibben to retire |first=Ken |last=Black |author-link=Ken Black |url=http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/502822.html?nav=5005 |work=Marshalltown Times Republican |location=Marshalltown, IA |date=February 15, 2008 |access-date=June 15, 2009 |quote=Sen. Larry McKibben, R-Marshalltown, has announced his retirement after the current regular session of the Legislature adjourns later this spring. Speculation that McKibben would retire has been consistent for the past several months. The three-term senator would have been facing re-election later this year. Four years ago, he narrowly won re-election against Marshalltown fire fighter Wayne Sawtelle. "It was time that my wife and I thought we both needed to spend some time together," McKibben explained. "It's become more and more difficult to work 70 to 80 hours a week from January to April and maintain a tax practice."}} From 2013 to 2019, McKibben served as a member of the Iowa Board of Regents.{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Marissa |last2=Mitchell |first2=Andy |title=Iowa Republican Party member appointed to serve as new regent |url=https://dailyiowan.com/2019/03/06/iowa-republican-party-member-appointed-to-serve-as-new-regent/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |work=The Daily Iowan |date=March 7, 2019}} In 2017, he considered running for the board presidency, as Bruce Rastetter decided to step down.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Vanessa |title=Former Iowa lawmaker Larry McKibben announces bid for Board of Regents presidency |url=https://www.thegazette.com/news/former-iowa-lawmaker-larry-mckibben-announces-bid-for-board-of-regents-presidency/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |work=The Gazette |date=April 20, 2017}} Michael Richards was elected to succeed Rastetter as board president.{{cite news|last1=Charis-Carlson|first1=Jeff|title=Iowa Regents tap Michael Richards to replace Rastetter as next president|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/05/01/iowa-regents-tap-michael-richards-next-president/308211001/|access-date=28 May 2017|agency=The Des Moines Register|date=1 May 2017}}