Liz Bennett
Liz Bennett | |
|---|---|
 Bennett in 2023 | |
| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 39th district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Kinney |
| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 65th district | |
| In office January 11, 2015 – January 8, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Tyler Olson |
| Succeeded by | Shannon Lundgren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 6, 1982 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Kirkwood Community College (AA) Cornell College (BA) |
| Website | https://lizbennett.com/ |
Elizabeth Bennett (born 1982) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Iowa Senate from the 39th District since 2023. She initially served in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 65th District from 2015 to 2023.[1][2] She is currently a member of the Democratic Party.[3]
Bennett is the first openly LGBTQ woman to serve in Iowa's state legislature.[4][5]
Early and personal life
[edit]Bennett was born in 1982 in Rock Island County, Illinois. She moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2002 and attended Kirkwood Community College and Cornell College, graduating from the latter with a Bachelor of Arts in politics and women's studies.[6][7]
Bennett resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[7]
Voting record
[edit]In the 2017 legislative session, Bennett voted against[8] a cut of $638,000 to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Iowa Veterans Home.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Iowa State Legislature". Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ↑ "House 65 rivals view role of state government differently". Cedar Rapids Gazette, October 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Bias appears to be gone, but women still a minority in government". Cedar Rapids Gazette, January 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Iowa LGBTQ activists vow they won't be silenced". Iowa City Press-Citizen, January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Liz Bennett wins Democratic primary for open seat in Senate District 39". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ↑ Brennan, Paul (September 29, 2021). "Democrat Liz Bennett kicks off campaign for state Senate, reflecting on the less-divided Iowa of decades past". Little Village. Retrieved September 23, 2026.
- 1 2 "State Representative Liz Bennett". www.legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved September 23, 2026.
- ↑ Iowa Legislature. "House File 653" (PDF). Iowa Legislature. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ↑ Iowa Legislature. "House File 653". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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