Nancy Dunkel

{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}}

{{about|the politician|the basketball player|Nancy Dunkle}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Nancy Dunkel

|image = Nancy Dunkel - Official Portrait - 85th GA.jpg

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|state_house1 = Iowa

|district1 = 57th

|term_start1 = 14 January 2013

|term_end1 = 8 January 2017

|predecessor1 = Jack Drake

|successor1 = Shannon Lundgren

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1955}}

|birth_place = Manchester, Iowa

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|occupation = banker

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Nancy A. Dunkel (born 1955) is an American politician.

Dunkel was born in 1955, in Manchester, Iowa. She was raised in Earlville and attended Loras College. Dunkel later moved to Dyersville, where she worked as a banker and in retirement, led the Dyersville Area Community Foundation.{{cite news |title=Representative Nancy Dunkel |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=10737&ga=86 |access-date=20 June 2022 |agency=Iowa General Assembly}} In 2011, Dunkel was elected to the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame.{{cite news |last1=Plogman |first1=Danielle |title=Iowa Women's Hall of Fame inductees announced |url=https://www.thegazette.com/life/iowa-womens-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=The Gazette |date=15 August 2011}}

Politically, Dunkel is affiliated with the Democratic Party. She ran unopposed for the open seat in District 57 of the Iowa House of Representatives in 2012,{{cite news |title=IBM employee announces bid to unseat Dunkel |url=https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_ef6591ef-c799-57c0-ab74-f60ef9013f85.html |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Telegraph Herald |agency=Associated Press |date=4 March 2014}} [https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_ef6591ef-c799-57c0-ab74-f60ef9013f85.amp.html Alternate URL] as the incumbent officeholder Jack Drake was redistricted. Dunkel defeated Republican candidate Ryan Kilburg and Libertarian candidate David Snowden Overby in 2014.{{cite news |title=Zwingle man will challenge Dunkel |url=https://www.cpioneer.com/news/article_7b7391aa-a368-5a9f-a05b-cb663d5e0258.html |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Cascade Pioneer |date=5 March 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Becker |first1=Stacey |title=3 vie to represent most of Dubuque County |url=https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_6fdb02b9-b9bf-5552-b068-e35a477cefd9.html |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Telegraph Herald |date=25 October 2014}} After stepping down from the state legislature, Dunkel accepted a gubernatorial appointment to serve on the Iowa Board of Regents in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Charis-Carlson |first1=Jeff |title=Branstad reappoints one regent, doesn't reappoint another |url=https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/college/2017/03/01/branstad-reappoints-one-regent-doesnt-reappoint-another/98606256/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Iowa City Press-Citizen |date=1 March 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Vanessa |title=Two new members to join Board of Regents |url=https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/two-new-members-to-join-board-of-regents/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=The Gazette |date=1 March 2017}} The Iowa Senate voted unanimously to approve Dunkel's appointment.{{cite news |last1=Dalbey |first1=Jake |title=Three regent appointees confirmed by Senate |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_539669d8-1e31-11e7-9341-33489b31a5fc.html |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=10 April 2017}}