Dolores Mertz
Dolores M. Mertz | |
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| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 8th district 15th (1989–2003)[1] | |
| In office January 1989 – January 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Marcella Frevert |
| Succeeded by | Tom Shaw[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 30, 1928 Bancroft, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Dolores M. Mertz (born May 30, 1928) was the Iowa State Representative from the 8th District. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1989 through 2011.[3]
Born in Bancroft, Iowa to John and Gertrude (née Erickson) Shay, she earned her AA from Briar Cliff College (now Briar Cliff University).[3]
Mertz served on several committees in the Iowa House – the Judiciary committee; the Natural Resources committee; the Transportation committee; and the Agriculture committee, where she is chair. She also serves on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee. Her political experience includes twenty-five years as Democrat precinct leader and 13 years on the Kossuth County Central Committee.[3] Mertz was re-elected in 2006 with 8,142 votes, running unopposed.
She is the former co-chairperson, currently "Chairman Emeritus" on the Board of Directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a national association of legislators.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b c "State Representative". 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Board of Directors - American Legislative Exchange Council". www.alec.org.
External links[]
- Financial information (state office) at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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