Daryl Beall (born December 11, 1946) is an American

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. He was the Iowa State Senator from the

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, he served in the

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from 2003 to 2015, in Iowa Senate district 25 before Iowa's 2012 redistricting. He received his A.A. from

Iowa Central Community College Iowa Central Community College is a public community college in Fort Dodge, Iowa, with satellite campuses in Webster City and Storm Lake. History The college was organized in 1966 on the foundation of three area junior colleges which had been ...

, his B.A. from

Buena Vista University Buena Vista University is a private university in Storm Lake, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1891 as Buena Vista College, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. The university's campus is situated on the shores of Storm Lake, a natur ...

, and his MPA from

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The University offers over 140 undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, education, Legal education, law, and pharmacy. Drake U ...

. Beall served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Economic Growth committee; the Education committee; the Local Government committee, where he is vice chair; the Transportation committee, where he is vice chair; and the Veterans Affairs committee, where he is chair. He also serves on the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. Beall was re-elected in 2006 with 13,032 votes (66%), defeating Republican opponent Tom Sooter. On November 4, 2014, Beall was defeated by Republican

Tim Kraayenbrink Tim Kraayenbrink (born 1959) is the Iowa State Senator from the Iowa Senate, District 5, 5th District. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he has served in the Iowa Senate since winning election in 2015. Born in Paullina, Iowa, Kraa ...

, 12,383 votes (55.8%) to 9801 votes (44.2%). Beall's 2014 election loss came after being placed into a newly redrawn state senate district centered on his home town of Fort Dodge after the 2012 LSA legislative redistricting. The redistricting rules effectively removed his previous Senate 25 district's voting majority Democratic constituency in eastern Webster and all of Greene county. They were replaced with the larger Republican-majority counties of Pocahantas and Humboldt north of Fort Dodge, and Webster County to population balance the new Senate District 5, in which he had to run his re-election campaign.

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1946 births Drake University alumni Democratic Party Iowa state senators Living people Politicians from Fort Dodge, Iowa American United Methodists 21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly {{Iowa-politician-stub

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