Larry Balow

Larry C. Balow was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on April 29, 1943. He graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School and attended technical college from 1962 to 1963. He is married with 3 children.^[3] Before his political career, Prior to his career on the Eau Claire City Council and in the Wisconsin State Legislature, Balow served as a firefighter and a small business owner.

Balow served as a member of the Eau Claire City Council from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1998 and reelected in 2000.^[4] He was a member of the following assembly committees; Agriculture, Colleges and Universities, Rural Development, Small Business, Corrections and the Courts, Financial Institutions, Insurance, Transportation Projects Commission, Small Business and Economic Development, and Transportation. In March 2003, Representative Balow announced that he would offer an amendment to the Wisconsin state budget that would keep Wisconsin's Pet Facilities Law on the books. He was applauded by many of his constituents and animal rights activists.^[5]

After not seeking reelection to the Wisconsin State Assembly and being succeeded by Terry Moulton in 2004, Balow was elected again as an At-large representative on the Eau Claire City Council. As a councilman, he proposed the city examine ways to grow its tax base - including revisiting the concept of a convention center that could be a public-private partnership. He said such a center would be a third leg to the area's existing economy, which relied heavily on retail and medical businesses.^[6] He was generally considered a fiscal conservative on the city council. He did not seek re-election in 2013.

• Eau Claire City Council - Larry C. Balow
• Alderman Balow Contact Information
• Wisconsin State Assembly Campaign Contributors