Annette Sweeney

Annette Sweeney (born December 9, 1957) is an American politician who is the Iowa State Senator for the 27th District. A Republican, she has been in the Iowa Senate since 2018, when she won a special election to replace Bill Dix after Dix resigned from the Senate.^[1]

Preceded byBill Dix

ConstituencyDistrict 27 - (2023-Present)
District 25 - (2018-2023)

Preceded byPolly Granzow

Succeeded byRob Taylor

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Annette Sweeney
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 27th district
Incumbent
Assumed office April 16, 2018
Preceded by	Bill Dix
Constituency	District 27 - (2023-Present) District 25 - (2018-2023)
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 44th district
In office 2009–2013
Preceded by	Polly Granzow
Succeeded by	Rob Taylor
Personal details
Born	(1957-12-09) December 9, 1957 (age 68) Buckeye, Iowa, U.S.
Party	Republican
Education	Concordia University, Nebraska (BA)

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Prior to her election to the Senate, Sweeney was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013.^[1]

Sweeney was born in Buckeye, Iowa. She went to college at Concordia University Nebraska. She taught middle school literature in Peoria, Illinois, for a short time before taking over the family farm. She married David Sweeney in 1985.