Libby Jacobs
{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Libby Jacobs - Official Portrait - 82nd GA.jpg
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| name =Libby Swanson Jacobs
| state_house =Iowa
| district = 60th
| term_start = January 13, 2003
| term_end = January 11, 2009
| preceded = Lance Horbach
| succeeded = Peter Cownie
| state_house2 =Iowa
| district2 = 74th
| term_start2 = January 9, 1995
| term_end2 = January 12, 2003
| preceded2 = Dorothy F. Carpenter
| succeeded2 = Mark Davitt
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1956|10|1}}
| birth_place =Lincoln, Nebraska
| party =Republican
| spouse =Steven
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| residence =West Des Moines, Iowa
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| website = [https://archive.today/20121212011419/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PID=74 Jacobs's website]
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Libby Swanson Jacobs (born October 1, 1956) is a former Iowa State Representative from the 60th District.
Education
Jacobs received her BA in political science from the University of Nebraska and her MPA from Drake University.{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/6508/libby-jacobs|title=Libby Jacobs' Biography|publisher=Vote Smart|access-date=November 6, 2023}}
Career
Prior to her career in politics, Jacobs was president of a consulting firm called The Jacobs Group, LLC. She also spent some time in the telecommunications, non-profit, and financial services industries.{{cite web|title=Elizabeth (Libby) S. Jacobs, Chair|url=http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/util/board_members/libby_jacobs.html|publisher=Iowa Utilities Board|accessdate=16 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030095309/http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/util/board_members/libby_jacobs.html|archivedate=30 October 2013}}
She served{{when|date=May 2012}} in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009. She was a majority whip and sat on several committees: the Commerce committee; the Judiciary committee; the State Government committee; and the Ways and Means committee.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} Jacobs was re-elected in 2006 with 7,849 votes, running unopposed. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061214021626/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf]
As a member of the Iowa Utilities Board, she voted in June 2016 alongside Nick Wagner in favor and against Chairwoman Geri Huser to allow the controversial construction of the Bakken pipeline to continue.{{cite web | url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/06/despite-critics-bakken-pipeline-gets-go-ahead-iowa/85480324/| title=Despite critics, Bakken pipeline gets go-ahead in Iowa | work=Des Moines Register | date=6 June 2016 | accessdate=8 June 2016 | author=William Petrowski}}
Awards and honors
Jacobs has won a number of awards which include:
- West Des Moines Citizen of the Year (2008)
- Drake University Outstanding Master of Public Administration Alumnus Award (2008)
- Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Business Leadership Award (2008),
- Iowa Grocers Association Legislative Leadership Award (2005)
- Des Moines Business Record Woman of Influence (2001)
Family
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113621/http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS024621 Jacobs on Project Vote Smart]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070422210905/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=74 Jacobs's Capitol Web Address]
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Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Iowa
Category:University of Nebraska alumni
Category:Drake University alumni
Category:Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska
Category:People from West Des Moines, Iowa
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
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