Annette Sweeney (born December 9, 1957) is an American politician who is the Iowa State Senator for the 25th District. A Republican, she has been in the

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since 2018, when she won a special election to replace Bill Dix after Dix resigned from the Senate. Prior to her election to the Senate, Sweeney was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Sweeney was born in Buckeye, Iowa. She went to college at Concordia University Nebraska. She taught middle school literature in

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, for a short time before taking over the family farm. She married David Sweeney in 1985.

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Iowa Republicans biography of Sweeney

Iowa Legislature biography of Sweeney
1957 births Living people Women state legislators in Iowa Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives People from Hardin County, Iowa Concordia University Nebraska alumni Farmers from Iowa 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians American women farmers {{Iowa-politician-stub